Upside-Down Gingerbread Cake with Apples | Tante Marie's Kitchen

Ingredients

• 1 large baking apple, such as Granny Smith or Pippin, peeled and thickly sliced
• 2-1/2 cups flour
• 2-1/2 tsp. ground ginger
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. salt 1/2 cup (1/4 lb.) butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1 large egg 1 cup unsulphered molasses
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup boiling water 1 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup water
• 4 Tbs. butter
• 1 cup heavy cream