In the realm of culinary delights, few treats can rival the comforting allure of Mom's best apple cake with caramel frosting. This timeless classic, passed down through generations, embodies the essence of home, nostalgia, and the simple pleasures of life. With its tender, moist crumb, perfectly spiced apples, and luscious caramel frosting, this cake is a symphony of flavors that captivates the senses and brings warmth to the heart. Whether you're a seasoned baker or just starting your culinary journey, this definitive guide will lead you through the steps of creating this iconic dessert, ensuring that every bite is a testament to Mom's unwavering love and expertise in the kitchen.
Check out the recipes below so you can choose the best recipe for yourself!
FRESH APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Lightly grease a 9x13x2 inch baking pan and then line it with parchment or wax paper. Grease the paper.
- Measure the vegetable oil into a large mixing bowl.
- Add the granulated sugar and eggs. With an electric mixer on low speed, beat until creamy. Beat in vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder.
- Add the flour in small amounts, beating well after each addition. When all flour has been added, or when batter becomes very stiff, remove the electric mixer and begin stirring by hand.
- Fold in chopped pecans and chopped apples.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared baking pan and spread evenly.
- Bake for 45 to 55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes. Carefully loosen edges and turn it out onto a cake rack, remove wax paper, cool and frost.
- In a saucepan, combine the butter and brown sugar together; place the pan over medium heat and cook until the sugar is dissolved, stirring constantly.
- Remove the pan from the heat; add 3 tablespoons milk and 1 box of confectioners sugar. Beat and add just enough milk to spread.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 659 kcal, Carbohydrate 84 g, Cholesterol 72 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 5 g, SaturatedFat 7 g, Sodium 449 mg, Fat 36 g, ServingSize 12 to 16 servings, UnsaturatedFat 27 g
MOM'S BEST APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL FROSTING
Looking for a way to use up an abundance of apples, I stumbled across this recipe on Pinterest and traced it to bunnysoven.com. She gives credit to Examiner.Com, from Anne Marie Hurley, Livonia, Michigan. I took the liberty of tweeking this just a little. What makes this cake killer is the caramel frosting you make and pour over the cake. Make the cake let it cool , make the caramel sauce and pour the hot caramel sauce over the cake. Uh huh, gooey delicious caramel over a moist apple filled cake. It's easy, fast to make and incredibly delicious. This is a keeper!
Provided by Sharon123
Categories Dessert
Time 1h35m
Yield 1 cake
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350*F. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking dish.
- Cake: In a large mixing bowl, beat together the oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Add the flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg(if using), and baking soda. Beat together until well-incorporated. Stir in the apples.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking dish. Bake for 55 - 60 minutes. Cool completely before adding the topping.
- Topping: In a saucepan, combine the butter, brown sugar, and milk. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture boils. Boil without stirring for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and immediately spread over the top of the cooled cake. Let sit for an hour prior to serving.
SPICED APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL ICING
Easy to prepare and popular with my friends and family, this apple cake is one of my all-time favorite autumn recipes. A slice of this soft treat is delicious with a hot cup of coffee or tea.-Monica Burns, Lusby, Maryland
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 2h
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan. In a large bowl, toss apples with bourbon., In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, pie spice, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in apple mixture and walnuts., Transfer to prepared pan. Bake 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack., In a small heavy saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, milk, bourbon and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally; cook and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Drizzle over warm cake. Cool completely.
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MY MOM'S APPLE CAKE
When I was a kid, this was the cake that my Mom made for every potluck in my Dad's office. I remember seeing this glistening can on the cut crystal plate when Dad would go off to work and I wished that there were leftovers for me. As an adult, I make this cake for special occasions. My husband and I had a two day wedding celebration and this is the cake I gave to the restaurant to serve for dessert after the first dinner.
Provided by Ciocia DD
Categories Dessert
Time 2h15m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325°. Well grease a baking pan. I double this recipe and use a bundt pan and grease it with shortening since it has a higher melting point. Then flour the pan.
- Get your buttermilk caramel sauce ingredients ready so the caramel is ready to be poured over the cake after you let it cool for 15 min after baking. If you're doubling the cake recipe to use a larger pan, be sure to double the buttermilk caramel sauce recipe.
- Into a very large saucepan with high sides add your buttermilk sauce ingredients. The mixture will foam a lot before it becomes caramel and cleaning this off your stove is a pain in the foot! Trust me, I'm speaking from experience. It's easier to clean a gigantic pot than the stove top.
- Sift together flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Combine sugar, eggs, oil, vanilla extract, and OJ in a large bowl. Beat until well blended.
- Stir in flour mixture into the wet mixture and mix well.
- Fold in walnuts and apples.
- Spoon into prepared pan.
- Bake on 325° for 90 min or until the top springs back when pressed. If using more than 2 cups of apples bake longer. Right before you're ready to take the cake out of the oven, put your caramel sauce on to cook on medium-low on the stove.
- Remove cake and cool in pan for 15 minute.
- While cake is cooling for the 15 min, turn on your burner under the pot where you already prepared your buttermilk caramel sauce ingredients. Turn the burner on medium low. You're about to be in for a work-out.
- Continuously stir the ingredients as they melt and foam and come together into a really loose sauce. You don't want this to thicken a great deal. It should NOT resemble caramel like you put on ice cream. It should be more of the consistency of pancake batter. It will take approximately 15 minute See what we did there? The cake cools for 15 min while the caramel cooks!
- Poor your buttermilk caramel sauce over the cake. Poke some holes in the cake with a meat fork to help the caramel sauce get down into the cake. If you cooked the caramel too long it won't go down into the cake. It will just sit on top of the cake. Then you have to start over! But you can still eat the ruined cake over the sink. The calories don't count that way. Don't worry, we won't tell anyone.
APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL TOPPING
Meet the Cook: A wonderful harvest of apples that we picked up at a local orchard one year inspired me to adjust a recipe I'd seen and come up with this moist cake. After we were married, I learned through trial and error (at times, lots of those!) to cook for my husband. Today, he and I have two grown children. -Paulette Reyenga, Brantford, Ontario
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h10m
Yield 12-15 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine the walnuts, brown sugar and coconut; set aside. In another bowl, combine the next six ingredients. , In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, water and apples. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened., Pour into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with nut mixture. Bake at 325° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Meanwhile, in a heavy saucepan, combine the topping ingredients; cook over medium heat until sugar is dissolved and the mixture has thickened slightly, about 8 minutes, stirring constantly. , Poke holes with a fork in top of the hot cake; immediately spoon topping over cake. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 298 calories, Fat 8g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 36mg cholesterol, Sodium 353mg sodium, Carbohydrate 53g carbohydrate (35g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
APPLE SKILLET CAKE WITH SALTED CARAMEL FROSTING
This buttery cake is filled with soft, caramel-infused apples and topped with an easy caramel frosting. It's better to err on the side of underbaking the cake slightly, since it makes for a gooier end result.
Provided by Erin Jeanne McDowell
Categories cakes, dessert
Time 1h
Yield 10 to 12 servings
Number Of Ingredients 19
Steps:
- Make the apples: In a 10-inch sauté pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the apples, brown sugar and salt, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the apples soften slightly, 4 to 5 minutes. Let cool to room temperature.
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 10-inch oven-proof skillet with butter.
- Make the cake: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, and mix to combine. Scrape the bowl well, then beat in the vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg to combine. Add the flour mixture to the mixer and mix just until incorporated. Scrape the bowl well.
- With a rubber spatula, gently fold the apple mixture (including all of the caramel-like liquid in the pan) into the batter. Mix just until incorporated.
- Pour the batter into the prepared skillet and spread into an even layer. Bake until the surface is evenly golden brown and appears set - a toothpick inserted into the center should have a few moist crumbs clinging to it, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool completely.
- Make the frosting: In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, 4 to 5 minutes.
- Place the caramels in a microwave-safe container. Microwave in 20-second bursts, stirring, until the caramel is warm and fluid. (This mixture will cool quickly, so be sure to do it just before you mix the frosting.) Add the warm (not hot) caramel mixture and mix on medium speed until incorporated. Scrape the bowl well.
- Add the cream and vanilla and mix to combine. The frosting should be smooth and very soft. Scoop the frosting onto the cooled cake, and spread into an even layer. Garnish with flaky salt just before serving.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 624, UnsaturatedFat 9 grams, Carbohydrate 94 grams, Fat 27 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 5 grams, SaturatedFat 16 grams, Sodium 401 milligrams, Sugar 76 grams, TransFat 1 gram
CARAMEL APPLE CAKE AND GLAZE
This is a luscious, moist cake with chunks of apple and a sweet glaze that will melt on your tongue. For a thicker caramel, let glaze stand for a half hour before spreading on the warm cake.
Provided by Nana Clares Kitchen
Categories Desserts Fruit Dessert Recipes Apple Dessert Recipes
Time 1h46m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 12-cup fluted tube baking pan (such as a Bundt® pan).
- Combine white sugar and vegetable oil in the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment; beat in eggs and stir in vanilla extract.
- Combine flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cinnamon, and salt in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture until just blended. Stir in apples and pecans by hand to form a very heavy batter. Pour into the prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 1 hour and 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave cake in the pan.
- Combine butter, brown sugar, milk, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook until a thickened glaze is formed, about 1 minute.
- Pull the cake away from the sides of the pan with a fork. Pour glaze onto the cake immediately. Let cake cool in pan, about 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 581.6 calories, Carbohydrate 71.8 g, Cholesterol 67 mg, Fat 31.2 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 5.5 g, SaturatedFat 8.6 g, Sodium 278.5 mg, Sugar 46.2 g
Tips:
- Choose the right apples: Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, and Braeburn apples are all great choices for apple cake. They hold their shape well and have a tart flavor that balances out the sweetness of the cake.
- Peel and core the apples thinly: This will help them cook evenly.
- Use a combination of spices: Cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice are all classic spices that work well with apples. You can also add a pinch of ginger or cardamom for a more complex flavor.
- Don't overmix the batter: Overmixing can make the cake tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean: This usually takes about 45 minutes to an hour.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting it: This will help the frosting set properly.
- Use a cream cheese frosting: Cream cheese frosting is a classic pairing for apple cake. It's rich and creamy, and it complements the tartness of the apples perfectly.
Conclusion:
Apple cake is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its moist and flavorful cake and creamy frosting, it's sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a sweet treat, give this apple cake recipe a try. You won't be disappointed!
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