This Caramel Fresh Apple Cake if filled with raisins and walnuts all topped with caramel sauce, sauteed apples, and white chocolate.
Well poor Ivonne is out of a oven for a month.
So she told me to bake for her….so I am.
When I think of Fall foods I think of apples and pumpkin.
And I think it is a tad to early for pumpkin .
Even though I have already been enjoying pumpkin lattes at Starbucks.
I was inspired to do something caramel apple after reading/drooling over the caramel apple cupcakes made over at the Cupcake Bake Shop.
These are so nowhere cute as the cup cakes but darn tasty nonetheless.
I had to get my baking done today for Thursday we leave for a little vacation to see my parents.
It is a nice break for me, because even though I love to cook and bake it is nice every once and a while to have someone else do it for a bit.
And who better to cook for me than my mom…. my real culinary trainer (I learned far more from her than I ever did in any of my culinary classes).
I ran across a recipe for apple cake on the Food Network site while looking for something else (I am not a fan of how they organize recipes on that site).
Anyway, it sounded like a good base but I did mess with it a bit.
It is a good moist cake, which is exactly how I like my apple cake.
I did make a completely different topping than what the cake called for though.
And I also caramelized some apples and drizzled white chocolate just to give it some contrast.
P.S. It’s a great day to buy my cookbook.
Want More Caramel Apple Recipes?
Salted Caramel Apple Fritter Bread
Caramel Apple White Chocolate Fudge
Salted Caramel Apple Sweet Rolls
Mini Caramel-Glazed Honey Crisp Apple Bread
Caramel Fresh Apple Cake
Ingredients
- For the Cake:
- Butter, for greasing pan
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil(I hated to do it but that was what it called for)
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 TBSP ground cinnamon
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract
- 3 cups peeled and finely chopped apples
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- 1 cup raisins
- For the Sauce:
- 3.5 ounces granulated sugar
- 1 liquid ounce water
- 3 liquid ounces heavy cream, heated
- For the Apples:
- 1 cup green apples, peeled and finely diced
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- white chocolate, melted, for garnish
Instructions
For the Cake:
Preheat oven to 325F.
Generously grease a tube pan(I used mini cake pans)
In a large bowl, combine the sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and vanilla extract, and mix well.
Fold the apples, raisins and nuts into the batter.
Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake until a tester comes out clean about 1 1/2 hours.
Let cool.
For the Sauce:
Combine sugar and water in a heavy sauce pan and cook until amber in color. Slowly add heavy cream and whisk till smooth.
To Assemble:
Remove cooled cake from pan.
Place a pool of sauce onto the cake round.
Saute diced green apples with the granulated until the caramelize.
Place the caramelized apples on top of cake.
Drizzle melted white chocolate where ever you so choose to do so on the cake.
Notes
Cake recipe adapted from Paula Dean
jenjen says
Oh my gosh this dish nearly brought on a cardiac arrest!! It’s is beautiful! This is food pron at its height.
Great Job!
Bron says
My word that looks good!!!
I WANT SOME!!!!!
Tanna says
I think I have to stop reading your blog. I’m breathless and my heart is skipping beats.
That is beautiful!
Perhaps I could clean you kitchen…
gilly says
Oh my, this cake looks unbelievable! Three cheers for autumn and all her splendor!
Jeff says
I’d like some fresh whipped cream on mine!
Lisa says
You really are trying to kill me, aren’t you?
Sarah says
I love that last shot taken from above….that looks so yummy!
Jill says
Once again, you have outdone yourself :o) How long did you bake the mini cakes?
Alison says
You’re bringing a tears to my eyes, that cake is pure orgasmic! Paula, The Lady, couldn’t make it better. This recipe is definitely going in my to-try pile.
Nazca says
I’m sure lil Ms Cream Puff really enjoys seeing you cook up such treats, hope she doesn’t cry too hard! 🙂
julia says
WOW! am absolutely in love with this apple cake!
talking about thick glaze! haha 😉
thanks for leaving a comment on my blog so I could discover yours!
greetings, julia
L says
woah. That caramel is amazing.
Jennifer says
Wow. That looks sinfully delicious!
sam says
Those fresh caramel apple cakes look absolutely wonderful! Lovely post.
Anita says
Entirely too delish! I’m a sucker for anything apple and caramel!
Anna Maria says
You’ve done it again with those amazing photographs! Bet the cakes are good too : )
Helene says
Oh my god! I am in love…with that cake. I wamt to dive into that pool of caramel. Somebody stop me! Ah no, just let me fall.
Seriously, you have capture the essence of that cake with your pics: warm, decadent, comforting. There could not be a more appropriate creation to welcome spring.
Have fun on your break.
Scott says
Now that is probably the best food photo I’ve seen all year – not in terms of quality (although that is perfect too), just in terms of making me want to eat that desert!
I’m now inspired to go and bake then take photos for my blog…
gattina says
my mouth is watering… just follow that scrumptious caramel! And fantastic shots!
Ivonne says
Peabody,
I thank you from the bottom of my Cream Puff heart!
Alysha says
Wow, that looks great. Too bad I have a caramel curse – I can never get it to turn out. I might have to brave it again, just for this, though!
Ruth says
What absolutely beautiful photos!!!
I do love this time of year – leaves changing colors, crispy, crunchy, juicy, tart apples and all those gorgeous orange squashes and pumpkins.
Thanks for sharing.
peabody says
Jill- the mini cakes baked for only about 15 minutes less than the original recipe.
Alysha- yes, be brave…caramel is not that bad once you get the hang of it
Wandering Coyote says
Your photos are absolutely astounding! Mine are so utalitarian… I just don’t have they eye, I guess…
Emma says
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What a great idea to drizzle with white chocolate!
Burcu says
Your pictures are works of art. I thought I didn’t like apple cakes, but this one made me drool!
Tiffany says
You can replace the vegetable oil for applesauce, in anything! A friend told me, it tastes better and it’s better for you!
ElizaBeth says
I made this, but replaced the flour with a GF flour and walnuts with almonds. This is the bomb (dot) com!! This is going in my recipe file as a great take along for pot lucks too. 🙂 I may or may not have eated half of a 6″ round cake in 5 minutes…