Fresh Apple Cake With Browned Butter Frosting Food

FRESH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• IMPORTANT: Make sure all your ingredients are at room temp (see notes at the bottom of the recipe)
• Preheat oven to 350 F (177 C)
• Peel the apples and core them using an apple corer or a knife.
• Cut the apples into 1/4 inch pieces and place into a bowl.
• Squeeze 1/2 a lemon over the apples to prevent browning. Set aside
• Sift together flour, baking soda, salt, ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and cloves. Set aside.
• Add butter to a stand mixer with the paddle attachment and cream until smooth.
• Add sugar and oil to the butter and cream on medium until the mixture is white and fluffy.
• Add egg and vanilla to the butter mixture and mix until combined.
• While mixing on medium, add in dry ingredients in thirds and mix until combined
• Fold in applesauce and chopped apples until combined
• Grease three, 8 inch pans with cake goop or another type of pan release.
• Bake layers at 350 for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Layers will be thin.
• Let cake rest in the pan until it's cool enough to touch, then flip out onto a wire rack.
• Make sure to cool completely before stacking. (Wrap in plastic wrap and place in fridge or freezer to speed up the cooling process.)
• Place softened butter in the bowl of your stand mixer with the whisk attachment and mix until smooth.
• Add in your cream cheese and mix until smooth
• Add in your browned butter and mix until smooth and creamy
• Add in your powdered sugar one cup at a time while mixing on low until all the powdered sugar is added. Do not over-mix.
• Add in your salt and vanilla until combined.
• Place sugar and water in a medium-sized pot. Cover with the lid and bring to a boil on medium-high heat.
• Remove lid and place a candy thermometer in the pot. Continue cooking the sugar until thermometer reads 350º (hard crack stage) or it's a deep golden brown color. Do not stir.
• Remove the sugar from heat and slowly whisk in butter. Be careful, it will bubble up.
• Whisk in cream and salt.
• Let caramel cool completely before using it for the drip

FRESH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Mix together the softened butter with 2 tablespoons of the flour to make a paste. In a 10-inch Bundt pan, paint on the flour and butter paste with a pastry brush until the pan is well coated.
• Using an electric mixer, beat the sugar, oil and eggs until smooth. Add the orange juice and vanilla extract and mix well. In another bowl, sift together the baking soda, cinnamon, salt and remaining 3 cups flour. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and continue to beat well. Stir in the apples and walnuts.
• Pour the batter into the pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 30 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes. Turn the cake out onto a cake plate.
• For the glaze: Combine the sugar, butter, buttermilk and baking soda in a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Boil the mixture until it thickens slightly and begins to turn a light brown, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from the heat.
• Using a toothpick, punch 15 to 20 holes in the top of the cake and pour the glaze over the cake. Let the cake set and cool before serving. Store the cake in an airtight cake carrier in the refrigerator for up to 2 weeks.

FRESH APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch tube pan.
• Beat together the oil, eggs, vanilla and sugar.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to egg mixture; stir in apples, nuts and raisins.
• Pour into prepared pan and bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 1/2 hrs or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool and frost with cream cheese icing. Sprinkle top with 1/4 cup fine chopped nuts.

APPLE SPICE CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Line bottoms of 2 greased 9-in. round baking pans with parchment; grease parchment., Place apples in a food processor; pulse until finely chopped. In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, pie spice, baking powder and salt; gradually beat into sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk. Stir in apples and walnuts., Transfer to prepared pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks; remove paper. Cool completely., In a large bowl, beat cream cheese, butter, sugars, vanilla and pie spice until smooth. Spread frosting between layers and over top and sides of cake. Gently press walnuts into frosting on top of cake. Refrigerate leftovers.

CHUNKY APPLE CAKE WITH BROWNED BUTTER FROSTING

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with baking spray with flour.
• In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter and the granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until blended. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Stir in apples and walnuts. Spoon into pan.
• Bake 50 to 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• In 2-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter over medium heat, stirring constantly, until golden brown. Gradually beat in powdered sugar with spoon. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla and enough milk until frosting is smooth and desired spreading consistency. Generously spread frosting over top and partially down side of cake. To serve, cut cake with serrated knife.

FRESH APPLE CAKE (OPTIONAL - WITH BROWN SUGAR ICING)

Steps:

• Toss apples with cinnamon and 5 tablespoons sugar; set aside.
• Mix remaining ingredients together; blend well. Pour 1/3 of the batter into a greased and floured 10" tube pan (like a bundt cake pan); layer with half of the apples. Repeat layers and pour remaining batter on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 1-1/2 to 1-3/4 hours, or until a toothpick inserted in the center removes clean.
• Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes; invert tube pan and remove to cool completely.
• Frost with Brown Sugar Icing.