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Title: Caramel Apple Cake
Categories: Cake Fruit
Yield: 8 Servings
2 | c | Grated Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored |
1 | tb | Fresh lemon juice |
2 | c | All-purpose flour |
1 1/2 | ts | Baking powder |
1/2 | ts | Salt |
1 | ts | Ground cinnamon |
6 | tb | (3/4stick) unsalted butter, softened |
1/4 | c | Sugar |
1/2 | c | Packed light brown sugar |
1 | lg | Egg |
1 | ts | Grated lemon zest |
1 | ts | Vanilla extract |
1/2 | c | Milk |
24 | Caramels, 8 ounces, cut in 1/2" pieces | |
Powdered sugar for dusting top of cake |
This moist, dense cake is saturated with the rich flavor of melted caramels and apples.
Preheat oven to 325 F. Butter bottom and sides of 9" * 2" square pan. Line bottom of pan with wax or parchment paper and butter paper.
In small bowl, place grated apples and mix with lemon juice.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
In large bowl of electric mixer, beat butter on low speed about 15 seconds, just until smooth. Add sugar and brown sugar; beat on medium speed about 1 minute until mixtures lightens in color. Add egg, lemon zest and vanilla. Beat 1 minute. Stop mixer and scrape sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula once during this mixing. Decrease speed to low and mix in half of flour mixture.
Mix in milk. Stir in remaining flour mixture, just until all flour is incorporated. Stir in apple mixture. Sprinkle caramels over batter; stir into cake. Spread batter evenly in prepared pan. Bake 55 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Cool cake in pan 5 minutes. Invert cake onto rack. Carefully remove paper from bottom, replacing any caramel that sticks to paper. Discard paper.
Cool cake, throughly, about 2 hours. Turn cake right side up on cake plate. Dust cake with powdered sugar.
Serve with whipped cream or ice cream.
(Sugar quantity may be off, taste and adjust before baking.ROTHSTIEN)
MM format by Manny Rothstein, 5/14/98
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From: Manny Rothstein Date: 05-20-98 (05:36) The Once And Future Legend (1) Cooking
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