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Apple Pecan Skillet Cake with Dulce de Leche Glaze

This may look like apple pie, but it resembles the flavor and texture of a pineapple upside down cake. A flaky piecrust topped with slices of brown sugar glazed apples layered with a moist pecan and Kahlúa flavored buttery cake and then topped with additional apple slices. Bake in a cast-iron skillet and drizzle with a rich dulce de leche apple glaze.

Prep Time
25 mins
Cook Time
1 hr 25 mins
Total Time
2 hrs 3 mins
Servings: 8 to 10 servings
Calories: 784 kcal
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

Cake:
  • 6 large granny smith apples
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar divided
  • 1 cup butter divided
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Clabber Girl baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt
  • 3 large eggs lightly beaten
  • 3 tablespoons Kahlúa
  • 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans
  • 1 refrigerated piecrust
Dulce de Leche Apple Glaze:
  • 1 .4 ounce can dulce de Leche
  • ¼ cup apple juice

Instructions

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  1. Peel apples, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick wedges. Toss with 2 tablespoons flour and 1/2 cup brown sugar in a large bowl.
  2. Melt 1/4 cup butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add apple mixture, and sauté 15 minutes or until apples are tender and liquid is thickened. Remove from heat; cool completely (about 30 minutes).
  3. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350°. Melt remaining 3/4 cup butter. Stir together 1 1/2 cups flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs, Kahlúa, melted butter, and remaining 1 1/2 cups brown sugar, stirring until blended. Stir in pecans.
  4. Fit pie crust into a 10-inch cast-iron skillet, gently pressing piecrust all the way up the sides of skillet. Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture over bottom of pie crust, spreading and gently pressing apple slices into an even layer using the back of a spoon. Spoon batter over apple mixture; top with remaining apple mixture.
  5. Place pie on lower oven rack, and bake for 1 hour and 10 minutes to 1 hour and 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs. Remove from oven; cool pie completely on a wire rack.
Make Glaze:
  1. Place the dulce de leche and apple juice in a saucepan and heat over a low flame, stirring constantly, until hot. Remove from heat. Drizzle 1/3 cup warm glaze over the cake. Serve with remaining sauce.

Notes

  • You can use cajeta instead of dulce de leche. 

Nutrition Information

Calories 784kcal (39%) Carbohydrates 108g (36%) Protein 8g (16%) Fat 37g (57%) Saturated Fat 17g (85%) Cholesterol 122mg (41%) Sodium 477mg (20%) Potassium 416mg (12%) Fiber 5g (20%) Sugar 71g (142%) Vitamin A 872IU (17%) Vitamin C 6mg (7%) Calcium 116mg (12%) Iron 3mg (17%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8to 10 servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 784

% Daily Value*

Calories 784kcal 39%
Carbohydrates 108g 36%
Protein 8g 16%
Fat 37g 57%
Saturated Fat 17g 85%
Cholesterol 122mg 41%
Sodium 477mg 20%
Potassium 416mg 9%
Fiber 5g 20%
Sugar 71g 142%
Vitamin A 872IU 17%
Vitamin C 6mg 7%
Calcium 116mg 12%
Iron 3mg 17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.