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Spiced Apple Cake

Course Dessert
Total Time 2 hours
Servings 8

Ingredients

Apple Cake

  • 1 cup cake flour
  • 1 1/2 cup apples grated 1 1/2-2 each
  • 1 tsp soda
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2/3 cup oil
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup dates diced small
  • 1/8 tsp allspice
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Caramel Frosting

  • 2 cups brown sugar
  • 1 cup cream
  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 4 ounces cream cheese
  • 4 ounces butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 pinch salt

Candied Apples

  • 1 cup sugar 230 grams
  • 1/2 cup water 120 grams
  • 1/8 cup corn syrup 42 grams
  • 1 apple cut into 8 wedges
  • 3/4 cup pecans chopped
  • 8 toothpicks

Instructions

Apple Cake

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Line and spray a sheet pan. Mix flour, sugars, leaveners, and spices. Add apples and dates. Add eggs, vanilla, and oil. Pour into sheet pan and smooth into an even layer. Bake 15-20 minutes. While the cake is baking, make the caramel frosting. Allow the cake to cool and cut into six equal pieces.
  • Place a portion of cake on serving platter. Slide pieces of parchment under the edges of the cake to keep the platter clean. Smooth a layer of caramel frosting over the cake portion. Top with another cake portion and repeat until the last cake portion is on top. With a spatula smooth out any frosting from the edges. Refrigerate for 30 minutes and make the cream cheese frosting. Frost the cake with the cream cheese frosting. Refrigerate. Make candied apples. Garnish the cake with pecans and candied apples.

Caramel Frosting

  • In a sauce pan combine sugar and cream. Bring to a boil making sure all the sugar has dissolved. Cook the mixture until it reaches 238-240 degrees. Remove from heat and whisk in butter. Pour the mixture into the bowl of a stand mixer and begin whipping. Add the vanilla. Whip until the mixture has cooled and is thick and creamy. The frosting can be made in advance and rewhipped before icing the cake.

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • Cream all ingredients together until smooth and fluffy.

Candied apples

  • Toast pecans in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes and chop. Place the pecan on a sheet pan.
  • Slice the apples and insert a toothpick on one end.
  • Combine sugar, water, and corn syrup in a sauce pan. Boil the sugar until it reaches 320-330 degrees. At 315 the sugar will start to turn brown. Watch it closely at this point so it doesn't burn. Remove from heat. Pat the apples dry and begin dipping them in the candy. Place the dipped apples on the pecans, cool and remove the toothpicks.