Pouding Chômeur Cake

Name: Pouding Chômeur — Maple-Only
Yield: 1 small baking dish (8×8 in / 20×20 cm), about 6 servings
Cuisine: Québécois
Ingredients: Cake batter: all-purpose flour — 125 g (1 cup); Cake batter: granulated sugar — 100 g (1/2 cup); Cake batter: baking powder — 6 g (1½ tsp); Cake batter: salt — A pinch; Cake batter: egg — 1 large; Cake batter: milk — 60 ml (1/4 cup); Cake batter: unsalted butter — 60 g (4 tbsp / 1/2 stick), melted; Cake batter: vanilla extract — 5 g (1 tsp, optional); Maple sauce: pure maple syrup — 300 ml (1 1/4 cups); Maple sauce: water — 120 ml (1/2 cup); Maple sauce: unsalted butter — 30 g (2 tbsp)

Classic cake with a maple syrup topping that inverts during baking to become the base of the cake as the batter floats to the top.