Deep Dish Apple Pie Upside Down Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 deep-dish baked apple pie (your own homemade or store bought)
• 1 purchased butter pound cake
• 1 1/2 cups caramel sauce
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups prepared whipped cream (optional)
• green apple, slices (to garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 360°f.
• 2 for this recipe, will need 8 individual-sized baking dishes such as souffle cups or ramekins.
• 3 prepare souffle cups or ramekins by buttering bottom and sides of cups and lining bottoms with cut-to-fit parchment or waxed paper circles.
• 4 prepare pound cake according to package directions and set aside.
• 5 in a separate bowl, break up apple pie (crust and all) into bite-sized pieces.
• 6 place 3 tablespoons of caramel sauce in bottom of each souffle cup or ramekin and then top with 3 to 4 tablespoons of apple-pie pieces, arranging them evenly over caramel.
• 7 carefully spoon cake batter into each baking cup, filling to just below the rim; place filled baking cups on cookie sheet or baking tray.
• 8 bake for 15 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• 9 let cakes cool for 45 minutes.
• 10 to serve, run knife around sides of each cake to loosen; then place dessert plate over top of baking cup and flip over, jostling dish slightly to fully remove cake and sauce.
• 11 garnish with whipped cream and apple slices, if desired.