apple upside down cake with vanilla honey glaze and non-dairy cinnamon whipped cream

fall is here.  the air is crisp, everyone is wearing cardigans, all air conditioners are turned off and windows are open.  everyday when we walk to school i see another green leaf the size of my face laying on the cold cement.  

i like fall weather a lot.  i like dressing for fall weather and enjoying fall activities like playing in the leaves and watching football.  but mostly i like eating for fall weather.  warm drinks, spiced dishes, new produce; just writing about it makes me want to cuddle with my husband and watch a movie with hot chocolate.

all this to say, as soon as we took our first bite of this dessert, ryan and i both looked at each other and said, "it reminds me of fall."

ingredients

3 cups almond flour, (its our alternative flour since ryan's stomach had been bothering him.)

1 tsp baking soda

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp nutmeg

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 cup oil

3 eggs

1 cup fresh apple juice

2-3 thinly sliced apples or pears

directions

heat oven at 350F, (or if you don't have an oven, like me, create your own by placing 1 pan on the stove, place open metal noodle strainer inside, place batter in a cheap aluminum dish from the market, and place another pan on top to trap heat.)

mix dry ingredients

in a separate bowl, mix wet ingredients and pour into dry ingredients

mix all and set aside.

vanilla honey glaze

1/2 cup honey

1T vanilla extract

pour vanilla honey into pan to cover the entire bottom of the dish.

place sliced apple on top of glaze, (i liked the dish better when i layered the apple slices a little so that there were more apples

pour batter on top of apples

non-dairy cinnamon whipped cream

1 cup honey

1/4 cup water

4 egg whites

1 tsp vanilla

boil honey and water for 3-4 minutes until it starts to caramelize 

beat egg whites until peaks form

slowly pour hot mix into egg whites

beat for 7 minutes

add vanilla and cinnamon and mix for another 2 minutes

when the cake is finish, flip it upside down so that the cake comes out of the pan.  

drizzle any extra glaze on top.

place it on a plate with a side of whipped cream and blam!  you will have fall in your mouth.