When the September issue of Southern Living Magazine arrived in my mail box, I was dazzled by the beautiful cover image. It was a delicious looking no-peel caramel apple cake. I knew in that moment I had to try this recipe. I made a couple of small changes…different apples and no brandy in my attempts to recreate the recipe. Below is the recipe for caramel apple cake. Prepare to impress your friends and family with this beautiful cake.
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Yields 10
Not only is this cake beautiful...it is super yummy! Perfect fall cake to share with friends. It will impress!
1 hrPrep Time
50 minCook Time
1 hr, 50 Total Time
Save RecipeIngredients
- Cake
- 1 1/3 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
- 3/4 cup butter, softened
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. table salt
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Apples
- 2 lb. apples ( about 6 apples) I used honey crisp but you can also your McIntosh
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1 tsp. cornstarch
- 1/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
- pinch of salt
- 2 Tbsp. butter
- Caramel Sauce
- 1/2 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup heavy cream
- pinch of salt
- 1 Tbsp. powered sugar
Instructions
- Prepare Cake
- On medium speed, combine first 2 ingredients and beat until light and fluffy
- Add eggs, 1 at a time.
- Add vanilla
- Combine flour with next 4 ingredients.
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture slowly.
- Blend.
- Spread batter in greased and floured 9x2 inch round cake pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until wooden tooth pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- To avoid excessive browning, you make cover the top with aluminum foil for the last 10 minutes.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pan and cool completely.
- Prepare Apples
- Cut apples into 1/2 inch thick wedges
- Toss together apples, brown sugar, and next three ingredients.
- Melt butter in large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add apple mixture and sauté until crisp-tender. Approximately 10 minutes.
- Cool completely.
- Prepare Caramel Sauce
- Bring brown sugar, butter, salt, and heavy cream to boil in small sauce pan over medium heat.
- Stir constantly.
- Boil for one minute.
- Remove from heat.
- Whisk in powered sugar.
- Arrange sautéed apples over cooled cake,
- Drizzle with desired amount of Caramel Sauce
- Enjoy!
The caramel sauce is fabulous! I will use the caramel sauce over and over. It might just be amazing over ice-cream or other yummy desserts!
My apples were directly from the apple orchard. Beautiful in all their imperfect glory!
Give it a try! This recipe will not disappoint!
