Warm Apple-Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake

Name: Warm Apple-Cornmeal Upside-Down Cake
Yield: 6 to 8 Servings
Ingredients: 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature; 1/2 cup plus 3/4 cup sugar; 1 1/2 pounds Braeburn or Golden Delicious apples (about 4 medium), peeled, quartered, cored, each quarter cut into 2 wedges; 3/4 cup all purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/3 cup yellow cornmeal; 1/2 cup boiling water; 2 large eggs; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/3 cup whole milk; Vanilla ice cream

By Jeanne Thiel KelleyPhotography by Brian Leatart

December 14, 2008

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