Autumn Surprise Cake Food

AUTUMN SPICE CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray two 9-inch round baking pans well with non-stick baking spray then lightly dust with flour and shake out excess.
• Wrap cake strips around pan if you have them (for a more level cake). Set pans aside.
• In a mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, allspice and cloves for 20 seconds, set aside.
• Pour brown sugar into the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Break up brown sugar with fingertips until no clumps remain.
• Pour in vegetable oil and applesauce, set mixer with paddle attachment and blend until well combined (occasionally stop and scrape bowl throughout mixing process).
• Mix in eggs and vanilla.
• Add in 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix on low speed until combined, then blend in buttermilk, then add remaining 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix until well combined.
• Divide mixture evenly among two prepared baking pans. Bake in preheated oven until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 28 - 32 minutes.
• Allow to cool in pans about 5 - 10 minutes then run a knife around edges to ensure cake is loose and invert upside down onto a wire rack to cool.
• Cool completely then level tops of cakes as needed. Frost with cream cheese frosting, sprinkle pecans around edges if desired.
• For the frosting: In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment cream butter and cream cheese until smooth.
• Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla and mix until well blended***.

AUTUMN SURPRISE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix apples and sugar, let stand for about 40 minutes. I used Jonathan apples.
• 2. Stir apples occasionally to make a syrup.
• 3. Sift flour, soda and salt together and add to apples, stirring to mix with spatula.
• 4. Add remaining ingredients and stir with spatula to mix. Bake in a greased and floured 9x9x2-inch pan.
• 5. Bake at 325° for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 6. Frost with caramel frosting.
• 7. I usually double the recipe and place in a 9x13-inch pan. Adjust cooking time.
• 8. Very moist cake and easy to make...especially since you don't have to peel the apples.