Name: Imdividual Gingerbread-Apple Upside-Down Cakes
Ingredients: 1/2 c Unsalted butter; at room temperature; 2 lg Granny Smith apples; peeled, cored and, thinly sliced; 1/3 c Brown sugar; 1/3 c Sugar; 1 Egg; 1/4 c Plus 2 tablespoons boiling water; 1/4 c 2 tablespoons molasses; 1 1/4 c All-purpose flour; 1 ts Baking soda; 1/2 ts Salt; 1 ts Ground ginger; 1/2 ts Ground cinnamon; Vanilla Ice cream or creme fraiche

It is said that Satan once called to him the emissaries of hell and said he wanted to send one of them to earth to aid women and men in the ruination of their souls. He asked which one would want to go. One creature came forward and said, 'I will go.' Satan said, “If I send you, what will you tell the children of men?” He said, “I will tell the children of men that there is no heaven.” Satan said, “They will not believe you, for there is a bit of heaven in every human heart. In the end everyone knows that right and good must have the victory. You may not go.” Then another came forward, darker and fouler than the first. Satan said, “If I send you, what will you tell the children of men?” He said, “I will tell them there is no hell.' Satan looked at him and said, 'Oh, no; they will not believe you, for in every human heart there's a thing called conscience, an inner voice which testifies to the truth that not only will good be triumphant, but that evil will be defeated. You may not go.” Then one last creature came forward, this one from the darkest place of all. Satan said to him, “And if I send you, what will you say to women and men to aid them in the destruction of their souls?” He said, “I will tell them there is no hurry.” Satan said, “Go!”

Bruce Thielemann

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Dairy		Apples, Desserts, Fruit	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Unsalted butter; at room temperature
2	lg	Granny Smith apples; peeled, cored and, thinly sliced
1/3	c	Brown sugar
1/3	c	Sugar
1		Egg
1/4	c	Plus 2 tablespoons boiling water
1/4	c	2 tablespoons molasses
1 1/4	c	All-purpose flour
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	ts	Salt
1	ts	Ground ginger
1/2	ts	Ground cinnamon
		Vanilla Ice cream or creme fraiche

INSTRUCTIONS

1.Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter 8 cups of a muffin tin. Melt 1/4
cup of butter in a medium heat. Add the apples and saute until soft, about
5 minutes. Add the brown sugar and stir until melted. Divide the mixture
among the muffin cups and et aside.
2.Cream the remaining 1/4 cup butter with the sugar. Mix in the egg. Slowly
mix in the boiling water and then the molasses. Sift the dry ingredients
together and then stir them into the batter.
3. Divide the batter among the muffin cups. Bake until the top springs back
when touched, about 25 minutes.
4. Using a serrated knife, cut off just enough of the top of the cakes to
make them level. Turn the cakes out of the tin. Immediately place on plates
with a scoop of ice cream or a dollop of creme fraiche and serve.
Recipe by: Mollie O'Neill - New York Timed - October 1, 1995
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #773 by Nan <nbdunn@bigfoot.com> on Sep 6,
1997

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