Apple Brandy Spice Cake Food

FRESH APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan.
• Place the pecans on a sheet pan and toast them for 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly toasted. Set aside. Combine the rum and raisins in a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 60 seconds. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, and orange zest on medium speed for 3 minutes. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves into a medium bowl. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, just until combined. Drain the raisins, discarding the liquid. With a rubber spatula, fold the raisins, pecans, and apples into the batter. Spread into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool, cut into squares, and serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of warm caramel sauce.

MY FRESH APPLE BRANDY CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• Beat the oil and sugars together.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
• Sift the flour, cinnamon, salt and baking soda together.
• Add half of the flour mixture gradually to the egg mixture, mixing well.
• Add the apple brandy, vanilla and the coconut, mixing well.
• Dredge the apples, raisins and nuts in the remaining flour, coating well.
• Gradually stir into the cake mixture, mixing thoroughly.
• Pour into a well-greased and floured 10 inch tube cake pan.
• Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes (or until a knife blade comes out clean when inserted into the cake.).

GRANDMA LORRAINE'S APPLE ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Place apples in large bowl with 1 can soda and 1 1/2 cups water. Let sit for 5 minutes.
• In a large skillet over medium heat melt butter. Add brown sugar, molasses, maple syrup, cinnamon and salt. Stir until sugar has dissolved and starts to simmer. Add apple brandy, pecans, raisins and apples. Reduce heat to low and let simmer for about 15 minutes or until apples are tender and liquid has reduced to a syrupy consistency.
• Slice angle food cake into wedges and top each slice with apple mixture.

SPICED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch glass baking pan.
• Mix together the apples, granulated sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• For the cake: Combine the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl. Using a hand-held mixer, beat on medium high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time until fully combined, then add the all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and buttermilk. Beat on low speed until a few streaks remain, then fold together with a rubber spatula until fully combined. (Do not overmix.)
• Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with half of the apple mixture. Spread the batter over the top of the apples. Top the batter with the remaining apples, making decorative rows across the cake. Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Allow the cake to cool slightly before dusting with powdered sugar and serving.

APPLE BRANDY SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together brown sugar, cream cheese, oil and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes).
• Add in the eggs, beat well.
• Sift the flour with all dry ingredients (up to and including nutmeg) stir with a whisk to combine well.
• Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk alternately to the sugar mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; beat well after each addition.
• Stir in the apples and brandy (if using).
• Spoon the mixture into a prepared baking dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired before serving.

APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a Bundt pan.
• Beat together the cake mix, water, applesauce, oil, eggs, and spice, scraping down the sides as needed. Fold in the nuts and raisins.
• Pour into the Bundt pan and bake until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. (My oven has major hot spots and I have to really adapt the time, so it will vary among ovens. I'm going to say 45-55 minutes as an estimate.).
• Cool 10 minute in the pan; turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• When it is cool, place on a cake plate and drizzle with the caramel ice cream topping and nuts, if desired.

APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a Bundt cake pan.
• I use Bakers Joy spray.
• Put apple pie filling in large bowl and chop large pieces of apple into small pieces.
• Add spice cake mix, ground cinnamon and the 3 beaten eggs.
• Beat for 1 minute on low speed.
• Scrape sides of bowl.
• Beat for 3 minutes on medium speed.
• Pour into prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake for 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool in pan on wire rack for at least 1 hour.
• Invert onto serving plate.

APPLE BRANDY PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a 13x9-in. baking pan., In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until well blended, about 3 minutes. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in applesauce and brandy. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and nutmeg; gradually add to butter mixture. Fold in apples and pecans. , Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 40-50 minutes. Cool completely. If desired, top with caramel topping.

APPLE SPICE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugars and lemon peel until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, allspice, nutmeg and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with applesauce.
• Stir in the pecans and apple.
• Pour into a greased and floured 9- or 10-in. bundt pan.
• Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• For glaze, in a heavy saucepan, melt butter and brown sugar over low heat.
• Stir in cream.
• Cook and stir until mixture comes to a boil; boil for 1 minute.
• Remove from heat; whisk in sugar and vanilla until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Pour over cake, immediately sprinkle with pecans.