Easy Upside Down Apple Cake

This is a super easy recipe to make an upside down apple cake.

Ingredients:
Cake ingredients:
2 cups self-rising flour
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/3 cup coconut oil or butter, melted and cooled, or vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla
Topping ingredients:
1 ½ pounds apples, Granny Smith or your choice
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 tbs butter
1 tsp ground cinnamon
2 tbs lemon juice

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°.
Grease a 9 in. diameter cake pan.

Peel and core apples. Slice apples into 1/4 inch pieces.  Add lemon juice.
In a large sauté pan, add butter and brown sugar. Add apples and cook for 7 minutes. Let cool.

Arrange the apples on the bottom of the cake pan.

Use a stand mixer to beat sugar, eggs, and oil until smooth. Add vanilla and milk. Add flour 1/2 cup at a time to the egg mixture until well mixed.

Pour the batter over the apples.

 Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven. Invert cake and serve.