Apple Caramel Cake
This Apple Caramel Cake is a perfect definition of Fall baking! This recipe contains apples, caramel sauce, apple pie filling, and warm and fragrant Fall spices.
Ingredients
For The Cake
- 2 cups Apple, Peeled and diced
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
- 2 cups All-purpose flour, Spooned and levelled
- 1½ teaspoon Apple pie spice
- 2 teaspoon Baking powder
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- 1 cup Oil
- 1 tablespoon Butter, Softened
- 3 Eggs, Room temperature
- 1 cup Granulated sugar
- ½ cup Brown sugar, Packed
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
For The Filling
- ½ cup Caramel sauce, See notes
- 1 cup Apple pie filling, See notes
For The Frosting
- 1 cup Butter, Room temperature
- 3 cups Powdered sugar, Sifted
- 4 ounce Cream cheese, Room temperature
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
Topping
- 2 Apples, Small
- ½ cup Caramel sauce
Instructions
How To Make The Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350°F, grease and flour dust two 8-inch round pans. Set them aside.
- Peel and dice the apples and toss them with cinnamon and brown sugar. Set aside.2 cups Apple, 1 teaspoon Cinnamon, 1 tablespoon Brown sugar
- Mix all the dry ingredients and set aside.2 cups All-purpose flour, 2 teaspoon Baking powder, ½ teaspoon Salt, 1½ teaspoon Apple pie spice
- Beat two sugars and butter for three minutes until light and fluffy.1 tablespoon Butter, 1 cup Granulated sugar, ½ cup Brown sugar
- Add the oil and mix well.1 cup Oil
- Add the eggs one at a time and beat after each one. Add vanilla extract and mix.3 Eggs, 1 tablespoon Vanilla extract
- Add the dry ingredients in three passes and mix. Do No Overmix.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until an insert come out clean. Let cool in the pan for 10 minutes then transfer to the cooling rack to cool down completely before frosting.
How To Make The Frosting
- Leave the cream cheese out of the fridge for a few hours before making the frosting.4 ounce Cream cheese
- Start beating the butter until it is creamy, fluffy, and light in colour.1 cup Butter
- Add the cinnamon to sifted powdered sugar, add it in small amounts and beat well after each addition.3 cups Powdered sugar, ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
- After adding all the sugar, add the room-temperature cream cheese in tablespoons and beat well until the frosting is creamy and smooth. Mix in the vanilla extract and mix.1 teaspoon Vanilla extract, 4 ounce Cream cheese
How To Assemble
- Cut each cake layer into two layers so you are left with four cake layers.
- Place the first layer of the cake on the cake rack. Cover the top and sides of the cake layer with the frosting. Using a piping bag creates a barrier on the edge of the cake layer. This is to trap the apple pie filling inside the cake.1 cup Apple pie filling
- Drizzle caramel sauce over the buttercream and spread it over the cake layer.½ cup Caramel sauce
- Repeat these steps. Crumb coat and frost with the remaining frosting. Spread the remaining caramel sauce over the cake or drip caramel from the sides.½ cup Caramel sauce
- Dip the small apples into some caramel sauce and place them on top of the cake. You can stick a dry piece of twig into the apple for that natural rustic look.2 Apples
Notes
- Get the spice recipe from the Spice Blends post.
- Get the apple pie recipe here, Apple Pie Filling.
- Get the recipe for Caramel Sauce here.
Nutrition
Calories: 589kcalCarbohydrates: 87gProtein: 4gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 6gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 94mgSodium: 355mgPotassium: 137mgFiber: 2gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 722IUVitamin C: 3mgCalcium: 79mgIron: 2mg
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