Bake Apple Rosemary Upside Down Cake

Have you been apple picking before? When I first moved to Los Angeles, it was fall. I piled all my friends in a car and we drove east for an hour to a small town near Palm Springs. There were groves and groves of apple trees where you could get a basket and pick whatever your heart desired.

Picking apples will make you appreciate apples a bit more. It was then I realized the difference between red delicious, gala, pink lady, granny smith and my all-time favorite, honeycrisp. When you taste them side-by-side, their differences are remarkable and so noticeable. Before then Im not sure how passionate I was about apples; picking your own will do that to you!

Every year when fall rolls around, my eyes are peeled for honeycrisps. Theyre perfectly sweet with the right amount of texture, making them ideal for baking. And honestly, theyre great in a salad, too. Honestly, they are a fully functioning apple. I decided to put them in this upside down cake and pair the apples with a bit of rosemary. Not too much, since rosemary can be a very strong flavor, but just a hint. Add caramelized brown sugar and a flakes of sea salt, and you have yourself a beautiful winner of a cake.

Adrianna Adarme is a food blogger and author living in Los Angeles, California. She writes the blog A Cozy Kitchen, where she shares comforting, everyday recipes from her kitchen. She recently authored her first cookbook, PANCAKES: 72 Sweet and Savory Recipes for the Perfect Stack. She's a lover of breakfast, pie (and sometimes even pie for breakfast), corgis and cute things. You can find her on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook.