Apple Cake with Salted Caramel Glaze Recipe – Super moist and delicious fresh apple cake loaded with fresh apple chunks and flavored with warm fall spices. Top it off with a salted caramel glaze for a decadent treat!
Servings: 20
Ingredients
Fresh apple cake
3 eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups grapeseed or vegetable oil
1 cup (200 grams) brown sugar
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups (360 grams) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
5 baking apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
1/2 cup chopped pecans
3 eggs, room temperature
1 1/2 cups grapeseed or vegetable oil
1 cup (200 grams) brown sugar
1 cup (200 grams) granulated sugar
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups (360 grams) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon apple pie spice
5 baking apples, peeled, cored and roughly chopped
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Caramel glaze
6 tablespoons (84 grams) butter, preferably salted
1/3 cup (65 grams) dark brown sugar
1/3 cup (65 grams) light brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
Salt flakes
6 tablespoons (84 grams) butter, preferably salted
1/3 cup (65 grams) dark brown sugar
1/3 cup (65 grams) light brown sugar
1/2 cup heavy cream
Salt flakes
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 325F.
- Line a 13×9″ baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl lightly whisk the eggs, just until combined.
- Add the oil, sugars and vanilla extract to the eggs and beat until well blended.
- Gradually stir in the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, apple pie spice and salt.
- With a spatula fold in the apples and pecans. The batter will be thick and barely cover the apples.
- Spoon the cake batter into the prepared baking pan, spreading it into an even layer.
- Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Remove the cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack while preparing the caramel glaze.
- Caramel glaze
- In a medium saucepan melt the butter. Add the sugars, heavy cream and a pinch of salt.
- Cook over low heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Increase the heat to high and boil for 2 minutes or until dime-size bubbles cover the surface of the glaze.
- Remove from the heat and cool slightly until the glaze begins to thicken, about 5-7 minutes.
- Spoon the glaze over warm cake.
- Sprinkle salt flakes over the caramel glaze.
- Cool the cake completely before cutting it with a sharp knife.
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