Apple Cake from Grandma Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 C).
• Coat the bottom of a 10-inch cast-iron skillet with cooking oil spray.
• Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of the sugar over the bottom of the pan.
• Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder. In a small bowl, whisk together the egg, milk and vanilla.
• In another bowl, mix together the butter and the 1/4 cup of sugar until light. One minute with a stand mixer or two minutes with a hand held mixer.
• By hand, stir in one-third of the flour mixture and then one-third of the milk mixture just until mixed.
• Add the remaining flour and milk in 2 additions.
• Spread the batter in the skillet. It will be thick and a little sticky.
• If difficult to spread, wet the back of a spoon or ends of your fingers to push the batter out to the edges.
• Peel and core the apples.
• Cut them in slices 1/8 inch thick.
• Starting from the outer edge of the cake, arrange the apples in concentric circles, slightly overlapping over the top of the batter, completely covering it. In a small bowl, mix together the remaining 3 tablespoons sugar with the cinnamon and sprinkle it over the apples.
• Bake until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool for 10 minutes.
• Loosen the edges and bottom of the cake, from the pan using a large metal spatula.
• Place a large plate on the top of the cake.
• Invert the pan and plate together, then remove the pan.
• Place another plate on top of the cake and invert again so it is right-side up.
• Makes 8 servings.