Gingerbread-Apple Coffee Cake(Louise Galen, Los Angeles) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 Tbsp. butter or margarine
6 c. peeled and sliced tart apples (about 2 lb.)
1/4 c. sugar
1/4 c. bourbon or apple juice
Gingerbread Batter
whipped cream (optional)

Preparation

In a 10 to 12-inch frying pan, over medium-high heat, melt butter. Add apples.
Turn often with a spatula until just tender when pierced, about 5 minutes. Stir in sugar and bourbon. Cook until liquid evaporates and apples begin to brown, about 6 minutes. Spoon apples into a well buttered 9 x 13-inch pan. Top with Gingerbread Batter. Bake in a 350\u00b0 oven until cake starts to pull from pan sides and center springs when lightly pressed, about 40 minutes. Run a knife around pan sides.
Invert cake onto a platter.
Serve warm or cold with whipped cream.
Serves 12.