Upside-Down Apple Praline Cake

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This one looked better on the show, but it's an overly-complicated recipe that just didn't work out in so many ways. And it will seriously overflow your pans unless you know enough to fill them only half full and toss the rest of the batter. What a mess-and a waste. I wonder how rigorously this recipe was tested. Not as moist as it looked like it might be.

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Not as moist as you would think. Also, the texture is more like a pound cake. If I ever made it again, I would not stack it. The mousse is delicious, but it seeped out from between the layers.

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I haven't tasted the cake yet, but I'm writing a review to say that the firefighters just left my house -- no kidding! Yes, this cake will overflow the pans, and I had actual flames in the oven! No harm except a lot of smokiness; the cake is actually on the counter cooling and looks just fine. But I'm not sure I'll try this one again unless I come up with an idea to counteract the fire hazard!

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I made a single cake (coffee cake? rather than the layer thing, by halving the recipe. It came out great. The cake itself was very flavorful and moist. Instead of the pralines, I added coarsely chopped pecans to the butter/brown sugar layer. Instead of the Mousse, I whipped heavy cream, beating in some of the off-the-shelf caramel sauce. I then served it putting a dollup of the caramel/cream on each cake wedge. I will definitely make it again. I would in the future, change it a little more. Instead of 1 apple for 1 cake, I would do 2 and slice them a little thicker ... maybe 1/4". Also, rather than put melted butter in the cake pan and add brown sugar, I would melt the butter in a small pot and add the brown sugar, mixing until smooth. The sugar didn't completely smooth out in the cake pan ... and maybe it wasn't supposed to be smooth. But I think I'd like it like that, so I'll try that next time.

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This recipe is the bomb! I followed it exactly and it came out wonderfully! The only drawback was, it kinda bubbled over and made a mess in my oven, but I made the husband clean it so it was totally worth it! I made this for work and it was a huge huge hit! Great job Paula!!!!!