Upside-Down Quince Gingerbread Cake

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat a round cake pan with cooking spray.

Mix sugar and water in a skillet, bring to a boil. Boil mixture 4 minutes or until a light honey color. Add butter and reduce heat, when butter is melted, boil until light golden.

Add quinces and cook 8 minutes or until lightly caramelized and crisp tender. Remove from heat and cool in skillet 5 minutes.

Pour quince mixture into baking pan. Beat gingerbread mix with buttermilk until batter is smooth. Pour over quinces, spread to edges of pan. Bake 45 minutes or until done. Cool cake in pan 15 minutes.

Invert onto a serving plate. Cool until cake is warm or at room temp. Serve with vanilla ice cream.