Apple Upside Down Cake

Ingredients

Ingredients for the Apples
• ½ cup maple syrup
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• Pinch Kosher salt
• 1 apple (peeled, cored, and diced)
For the Cake
• Cooking spray
• 1 3/4 cup whole grain pancake mix
• 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• ½ cup red quinoa
• 1 large egg
• 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
• 3/4 cup milk or yogurt

Instructions

1. Grease an 8” round cake or pie pan with cooking spray.
2. In a small saucepan over medium heat, stir together maple syrup, butter, vanilla, cinnamon and salt. Cook until melted, 2 minutes.
3. Layer apples in bottom of greased pan and pour maple syrup sauce on top.
4. In a large bowl, whisk together pancake mix, red quinoa, cinnamon and nutmeg.
5. Add eggs, milk/yogurt, vanilla and stir. If thick, add about ¼ cup water to make more liquid.
6. Pour batter over apples.
7. Bake 25 minutes at 350°F. Lower heat when you put the pan in.
8. Let cool in pan 10 minutes before serving from the pan.