Double Apple Cake Food

DOUBLE APPLE PIE

Steps:

• Make the crust: In a food processor, pulse together flour and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Add butter and pulse until mixture forms 3/4-inch pieces. Mix vodka with 4 tablespoons ice water (or use 1/2 cup ice water). Add half the ice water mixture to dough, pulse a few times, then continue adding liquid a tablespoon at a time until dough just comes together (you might not use all the liquid). Dough should be moist, but not wet, and hold together when pinched. If there are visible pieces of butter in the dough, all the better.
• On a lightly floured surface, gather dough into a ball. Remove a third of the dough and form into a disk. Form remaining dough into a disk. Cover both tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 1 hour and up to 5 days.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll out larger disk to a 12-inch circle. Transfer dough to a 9-inch pie plate. Fold over any excess dough, then crimp edges. Prick crust all over with a fork, then chill crust for 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.
• While dough chills, heat oven to 400 degrees. Line chilled crust with foil or parchment paper and fill with pie weights or dried beans. Bake for 15 minutes; remove foil and weights and bake until pale golden, 5 minutes more. Cool on rack until needed. (You can bake the crust up to 24 hours in advance.)
• Toss apples with sugars, tapioca, spices, 1/2 teaspoon salt and the lemon juice. Fold in apple butter. Transfer apples to crust and press gently to make sure fruit is tightly packed.
• Roll out remaining dough disk to a 10-inch round. Use a knife to cut strips 1 3/4 inches wide. Arrange strips over the filling in a lattice pattern. Brush top of crust with heavy cream or milk. Sprinkle with granulated sugar.
• Place pie on a rimmed baking sheet lined with foil. Bake 15 minutes; reduce heat to 350 degrees and continue baking until crust is golden brown and juices are bubbling thickly, about 1 hour 15 minutes more. Let pie cool on a wire rack for at least 2 hours before cutting. Serve with whipped cream, sour cream or crème fraîche.

DOUBLE APPLE CARAMEL CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Add cake mix, eggs, applesauce and water to a bowl. Mix until smooth.
• 2. Pour into a lightly greased 9x13 glass or metal cake pan. Smooth into the pan.
• 3. Pour the apple pie filling into the center of the cake batter.
• 4. Spread lightly to the ends of the pan but, not all the way.
• 5. Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes.
• 6. Drizzle caramel over hot cake. Top with vanilla ice cream and drizzle more caramel on top.

DOUBLE APPLE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• Center a rack in the over and preheat to 350°F.
• Butter and flour a 9-10 inch bundt pan.
• Whisk together the dry ingredients, flour through salt.
• Working with a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the butter and sugar on medium speed, scraping the bowl as needed, for 3 minutes, or until the mixture is smooth, thick, and pale.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating for about 1 minutes after each addition; you'll have a light fluffy batter.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the apple butter.
• Add the grated apples and mix to completely blend.
• Add the dry ingredients, mixing only until they disappear into the batter.
• Using a rubber spatula, fold in the nuts and raisins.
• Turn the batter into the bundt pan and smooth the top of the batter with the spatula.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until a thin knife inserted deep into the center of the cake comes out clean.
• Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool for 5 minutes before unmolding.
• Cool completely before serving.
• The cake taste much better after a day or two.

DOUBLE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Peel, core and thinly slice apples; set aside.
• In bowl, beat sugar with butter until crumbly.
• Beat in egg, yogurt and vanilla.
• Combine flour, ginger, baking powder, baking soda and salt; fold into butter mixture alternately with applesauce, making 3 additions of dry and 2 of wet.
• Spoon into lightly greased 9-inch springform pan.
• Arrange apples in overlapping concentric circles on top.
• TOPPING: Combine sugar, water and cinnamon; brush over apples.
• Bake for 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• Let cool in pan on rack for 5 minutes.
• Remove side of pan; let cool completely.