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Blueberry Apple Upside Down Cake

Blueberry Apple Upside Down Cake. An old fashioned comfort food dessert. Great taste never goes out of style.

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Blueberry Apple Upside Down Cake. A quick & easy dessert.

This cake has a preparation time time of only about 15 minutes excluding baking time. The fact that it is best served warm, this blueberry apple upside down cake is another of those crunch-time dessert dishes that are really useful in your recipe repertoire.

Blueberries beginning to ripen.

Blueberries beginning to ripen.

It really is an old fashioned favourite comfort food dessert at our house and one that I have been making for many years. We’ve served it at many a dinners with guests over the years. 

The kids especially love it when served with a scoop of good vanilla ice cream.

Blueberries Picked on Signal Hill

Blueberries Picked on Signal Hill. It’s absolutely fine to use frozen berries too.

So  easy to make with common pantry ingredients. It’s also an ideal Autumn dessert when the apple and blueberry harvests are happening at the same time.

stock photo of frozen blueberries in a white bowl.

Frozen blueberries are also perfectly fine to use in this recipe.

You can’t get a better seasonal dessert than that. However, it’s just as good using frozen berries.

Serve warm with a scoop of good vanilla bean ice cream or a dollop of freshly whipped cream.

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Blueberry Apple Upside Down Cake. Old fashioned baking at its best.

Firmer apples like Red delicious work well in this recipe. I like how the former apples hold their shape and don’t get too mushy. Plenty of other kinds of apples will do equally well.

Red delicious apples on a red background. Stock photo.

I like Red Delicious Apples for this recipe but you can use any kind you like.

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Blueberry Apple Upside Down Cake photo of uncut cake
Yield: 10 servings

Blueberry Apple Upside Down Cake

Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour

With a prep time of only about 15 minutes excluding baking time and the fact that it is best served warm, this is another of those crunch-time dessert dishes that are really useful in your recipe repertoire.

Ingredients

For the apple and blueberry layer

  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • 4 medium sized apples, peeled,cored and sliced
  • ¾ cup blueberries

For the cake batter

  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 eggs, one at a time
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 cup soured milk (just add a tbsp lemon juice or white vinegar)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In the bottom of a 9 inch round (or square) baking pan, combine the melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  3. Stir until well combined and spread evenly in bottom of the pan. Arrange the apples in a single layer on the top of the cinnamon sugar mixture.
  4. Sprinkle the blueberries evenly over the apples.

For the cake batter

  1. Cream together the butter and sugar well.
  2. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Beat in the vanilla extract.
  4. Sift together the flour and baking powder.
  5. Add dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with the soured milk, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients.
  6. Pour cake batter evenly over the prepared fruits and bake at 350 degrees F for 45 - 60minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of the cake comes out clean.
  7. Serve warm with ice cream or vanilla flavoured whipped cream.

Nutrition Information

Yield

10

Serving Size

1 grams

Amount Per Serving Calories 362Total Fat 16gSaturated Fat 9gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 5gCholesterol 76mgSodium 238mgCarbohydrates 52gFiber 3gSugar 28gProtein 5g

The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.

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Denise Chippett

Thursday 8th of September 2022

When do you turn the cake out, should it cool in pan first or do it when it comes out of oven, cake in oven now PLEASE RESPOND ASAP LOL thanks

Pat Marrion

Friday 13th of March 2020

Can I use frozen blueberries in this recipe? I have a lot in the freezer that need to be used!

Judy Loomer

Saturday 31st of January 2015

What type of apple are best for baking?

Barry C. Parsons

Tuesday 3rd of February 2015

I like the firmer apples that don't cook away to applesauce. Golden Delicious or Granny smith are good.

Brian

Monday 13th of October 2014

Looking forward to the arrival of your book.

Barry C. Parsons

Thursday 16th of October 2014

Thanks, should be only a couple of weeks now.

Brian

Monday 13th of October 2014

Can you tell me how to sour the milk?

Barry C. Parsons

Thursday 16th of October 2014

Very easy, just add a tbsp vinegar or lemon juice to it.

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