Upside-Down Apple Gingerbread

• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 3 Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 8 wedges each
• 2 tablespoons packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup light molasses
• 1/2 cup hot water

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F; grease an 8-inch round cake pan. In a skillet over medium heat, melt 2 Tbsp. butter. Add apple wedges; sprinkle with brown sugar. Saute 5 minutes, until softened. Pour liquid into cake pan and arrange apple wedges in a single layer.
2. Sift flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves. Beat 6 Tbsp. unsalted butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Beat in 1/3 of flour mixture and hot water until smooth; repeat twice. Pour batter into pan; spread evenly over apples.
3. Bake for about 45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Let cool on a rack for about 10 minutes. Run a knife around pan edge to loosen, then invert cake onto a serving plate. Let cool to room temperature before serving.

unsalted butter, golden delicious apples, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, unsalted butter, sugar, egg, light molasses, water

Taken from www.myrecipes.com/recipe/upside-down-apple-gingerbread (may not work)