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Family Friendly Fridays: Caramel Apple Cake

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Just when you thought it was safe to tighten up your belt again, I present to you the caramel apple cake.

Now just try and tell me that doesn’t sound good.

The inspiration for this delicious creation was actually gleaned from my newly aged five year old, Alex.  When asked what flavor of cake he wanted to have for his birthday, he promptly replied, “Apple”.  I thought about it for a minute, taking into consideration the fact that it was something of a unique answer from what the typical child might request, and then decided that it was no challenge for this mom of three.  If apple cake was what he wanted, then apple cake was what he would get.  And boy did he ever get it.


Check out this beautiful slab of deliciousness.  See if you can spot the little hints of caramel in the cake.

Have I woken up your sweet tooth yet?

Ingredients Needed:

For the Cake:

2 Sticks of Butter
1 Cup of Brown Sugar
1 Cup of White Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp of Vanilla
31/2 Cups of Cake Flour
2 tsp of Baking Powder
1 12 Oz Can of Evaporated Milk
2 tsp of Apple Pie Spice*
2 Large Apples, Peeled and Chopped
7 Oz. (1/2 Bag) of Cubed Caramels, Chopped

For the Icing:

7 Oz. (1/2 Bag) of Cubed Caramels
3 Tbsp of Heavy Cream
1 Stick of Butter
3 Cups of Powdered Sugar

Let’s do this.  Cream together two sticks of butter along with the brown and white sugars.

Next up, add in your eggs and vanilla.  Mix it well and add in your cake flour and baking powder.

Combine the ingredients together and then add in your evaporated milk and your apple pie spice.

Lastly you’ll add in your apples…

And the best part, the chopped up caramels.

Fold them into the mix, grab yourself two 9″ cake pans that have been greased up and lined with parchment, and pour equal amounts into each pan.

Place them in an oven set to 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.  Can you see the apples and, more importantly the caramel poking up from the cake?

How about now?

Hello caramel apple cake.  Where have you been all my life.

But of course, I wouldn’t stop there.  Oh No.  We still need to make some frosting for this delicious masterpiece.

Grab the other half of the bag of caramels and throw them in your double boiler along with the cream.  Melt it on low heat and savor the results.

Once it’s melted completely, remove it from the heat and give it a few minutes to cool back down.

While your caramel is cooling, drop a stick of butter (I warned you not to tighten your pants up) and the powdered sugar into your mixer.  Bring your cooled melted caramel over and drop it into the bowl as well.  Mix it all together and behold a thing of beauty.

Now, it’s time to take that layer of cake above and do this to it:

And then double the pleasure by dropping the second layer on and repeating the process until you’re left with this.

Be still my beating heart.  Or more appropriately, be loose my tightened belt.

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Caramel Apple Cake

Ingredients:

For the Cake:
2 Sticks of Butter
1 Cup of Brown Sugar
1 Cup of White Sugar
3 Eggs
1 tsp of Vanilla
31/2 Cups of Cake Flour
2 tsp of Baking Powder
1 12 Oz Can of Evaporated Milk
2 tsp of Apple Pie Spice*
2 Large Apples, Peeled and Chopped
7 Oz. (1/2 Bag) of Cubed Caramels, Chopped

For the Icing:
7 Oz. (1/2 Bag) of Cubed Caramels
3 Tbsp of Heavy Cream
1 Stick of Butter
3 Cups of Powdered Sugar

* If you don't have apple pie spice, you can make your own by adding together 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/2 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp allspice and 1/4 tsp cardamon.

Directions:

Cream together the two sticks of butter along with the brown and white sugars.

Next up, add in your eggs and vanilla. Mix it well and add in your cake flour and baking powder.

Combine the ingredients together and then add in your evaporated milk and your apple pie spice.

Lastly you'll add in your apples and the chopped up caramels.

Fold them into the mix, grab yourself two 9" cake pans that have been greased up and lined with parchment, and pour equal amounts into each pan.

Place them in an oven set to 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Grab the other half of the bag of caramels and throw them in your double boiler along with the cream. Melt it on low heat.

Once it's melted completely, remove it from the heat and give it a few minutes to cool back down.

While your caramel is cooling, drop a stick of butter and the powdered sugar into your mixer. Bring your cooled melted caramel over and drop it into the bowl as well. Mix it all together.

Frost cake with frosting and enjoy.

Caramel Apple Cake By Mommie Cooks on Foodista



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Comments

  8. as with all the other posters, I think this looks amazing as well!! we had 20 below this morning, but tomorrow is suppose to be 35!! heat wave…anne

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  9. Julie..

    One word..well, one word is not going to be fair or enough .. I love love love this cake. Caramel and apple? I am totaly sold. Great job as usual. next time you make some, send it my way.

    Have a great weekend.

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  24. This looks like a piece of heaven. Truly! I love all things apple…and this cake looks like it could easily become one of my favorite apple expressions! My sister’s birthday is coming up, and I want to make this for her. Thank you for sharing, Julie. I hope you have a wonderful Sunday. Rest, rejuvenate and spread some love!

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  25. tasty cake aside, i’m here to say that i would happily eat a bowl full of that icing even if it meant i ended up replacing my blood with sugar. 🙂

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  34. I just made this to celebrate my parents’ homecoming! It was the first time I made cake, and it was surprisingly easy. (I used to be a strictly-cookies girl) I’m glad I stumbled upon your awesome blog. Definitely gonna check back and try out you other recipes. 🙂 thanks!

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  35. oh m’gosh, what an awesome apple cake recipe…..i’ve saved it and can’t wait to make this. sorry I missed your get-together, maybe i can try to still get a post in for the next week’s round-up. now following you and hope you can share a post on my weekend get-together too, i’d love to have you join us! Roz at La Bella Vita

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  37. I was stumbling on StumbleUpon and it brought me your site! I was so excited!

    this cake, amazing. I am going to print this and try to make it. I want something sweet after dinner tonight. YAY!!

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  39. My son has decided he wants this cake for his 13th birthday on Wed. Woot! Now…do you think it would work as a sheet cake? I am not great with layers.

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  40. I have requests for this cake for a bridal shower this Saturday; stopped by to get the ingredients list. I did it for a shower at work a few years ago, and my co-workers are demanding I repeat it. So excited to make it–and eat it! I am wondering if real Mexican Dulce de Leche (in a can) would work for the frosting & then it might not get so stiff? (I hate unwrapping those caramels!) Might have to do a trial batch earlier this week!

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