Old Fashioned Warm Apple Cake
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4.8
12 reviews
Excellent
Old Fashioned Warm Apple Cake
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This cake starts with a buttery spiced batter and itty bitty chunks of juicy, sweet and tart apples are mixed in. Then it's baked up to perfection and served warm with a sticky, warm brown sugar sauce (that tastes like caramel!). This cake is what fall is all about!
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Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups (284g) all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp sea salt or table salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/4 tsp ground cloves
- 4 cups (468g) peeled, cored and 1/4-inch diced apples*
- 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup (210g) granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup (58g) packed light-brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, for topping (optional)
Sticky brown sugar sauce
- 1/2 cup (113g) unsalted butter, diced into 1 Tbsp pieces
- 1 cup (220g) packed light-brown sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 tsp fine sea salt or table salt
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- For the apple cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 13 by 8-inch baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a medium mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves for 20 seconds, set aside. In a separate medium mixing bowl toss apple cubes with lemon juice, set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment whip together granulated sugar, brown sugar, and butter until pale and fluffy.
- Mix in eggs one at a time. With mixer set on low speed slowly add in flour mixture and mix just until combined (batter will be really thick).
- Add apples and mix just until combined (batter will still be thick). Pour batter into prepared baking dish and spread into an even layer.
- Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center comes out free of batter (a moist crumb is fine), about 33 - 38 minutes (prepare topping around last 5 - 10 minutes of baking so they'll both be served warm).
- Let cool about 5 minutes then cut into squares and serve warm topping each slice with sauce and optional pecans.
- For the sauce: In a medium saucepan combine butter, brown sugar, milk and salt (you can add a little extra if you like more of a salted caramel/toffee flavor).
- Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Allow to boil 1 1/2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Let sauce cool slightly. Serve warm over warm cake.
Notes
- I recommend using a blend of tart and sweet apples for this cake. I used granny smith, golden delicious and gala.
- Note that as the sauce sits and cools the brown sugar will begin to crystalize. Simply microwave it, in a large microwave safe bowl, until it bubbles, about 1 minute and whisk well.
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Overall Rating
4.8
12 reviews
Excellent
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