upside-down double apple coffee cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup mott's® natural applesauce
• 1 medium apple
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon water
• 1/2 cup fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Recipe

• preheat oven to 350 degrees f. cut apple in half and remove core. cut each half into slices approximately 1/8-inch thick.
• stir together brown sugar and water in medium saucepan. add apple slices. cook, stirring gently over medium heat, until apple slices are softened, about 5 minutes.
• sprinkle cranberries in bottom of nonstick or greased 9-inch cake pan. arrange apple slices over cranberries, drizzling with brown sugar sauce. set aside.
• in large bowl or mixer, beat butter with granulated sugar until thoroughly combined. add apple sauce and egg.
• in separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and cinnamon. gently blend into apple sauce mixture. spoon batter over apples and cranberries, spreading evenly.
• bake 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. remove from oven and cool 15 minutes before turning cake out wire rack to cool completely.