Blushing Apple Upside-Down Cake
["1 c. butter", "1 1/2 c. brown sugar, packed", "4 1/2 c. flour", "3 c. sugar", "6 cooking apples, pared and sliced", "6 tsp. baking powder", "1 1/2 tsp. salt", "1 c. soft shortening", "2 c. milk", "3 tsp. vanilla", "3 eggs"]
["Heat oven to 350\u00b0.", "Melt butter and put in bottom of pans. Sprinkle brown sugar over the butter.", "Arrange apples on butter sugar coating."]
["butter", "brown sugar", "flour", "sugar", "cooking apples", "baking powder", "salt", "shortening", "milk", "vanilla", "eggs"]