Apple Updside Down Cake

3 cups dried apple slices
1 3/4 cup hot water
3 TBSP butter or margarine
1 1/4 cup sugar
1/4 tsp lemon juice
3/4 tsp cinnamon ground
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

Combine apples and hot water. Set aside. Sift together salt, baking powder and flour. Set aside.  Combine soaked apples and remaining juice, 1 and 1/4 cup sugar, 3 TBSP butter, lemon juice and cinnamon in a sauce pan and simmer just until tender and moist. Pour into well greased 9 x 13 pan.  Sprinkle with pecans. Cream together 1/2 cup butter and 1 cup sugar. Blend in eggs, beat well.  Combine milk and vanilla, add alternately with dry ingredients to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Spread over apple mixture in pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes or until done. Remove from oven. Turn cake upside down over large serving plate.  Let stand a few minutes, remove pan. Serve warm with whipped cream, if desired.   http://murrayandmathews.blogspot.com/2009/04/food-storage-recipe-apple-upside-down.html