Paula Deens Caramel Apple Nut Pound Cake Food

CARAMEL APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL TOPPING ( PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Lightly grease and flour 13 x 9-inch baking dish; Preheat oven to 350°F Cream together sugar, eggs, and oil; Add flour; mix together until well blended; Add vanilla, nuts, and diced apples.
• Spread into pan; bake for 45 to 60 minutes; Cake is done when toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• When cake is done, punch holes in it with a knife and pour topping over.
• Topping: Heat all ingredients together over medium heat; Bring to boil, stirring constantly; Let boil for about 2 minutes; Pour over warm cake.

CARAMEL NUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Important: All ingredients must be at room temperature.
• Mix butter and Crisco.
• Add brown sugar, a little at a time, and beat well.
• Add white sugar and beat until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift flour, salt and baking powder together.
• Add flour mixture alternately with milk. Fold in pecans.
• Pour into a greased tube cake pan.
• Bake at 325F for 1 1/2 hours.
• When cake comes out of oven, begin making frosting. (Frosting will harden if made first.)
• While cake is warm, pour frosting over cake.
• Frosting: Combine butter, brown sugar and milk in saucepan and cook 2 1/2 minutes after coming to a boil.
• Remove from heat.
• Add pecans and pour immediately over warm cake.

PAULA DEEN'S CARAMEL APPLE CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Reserve 3/4 cup apple filling, and set aside.
• Spoon remaining apple filling into the crust.
• Beat together in large bowl, cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, eggs. Pour over pie filling.
• Bake for 35 minutes. Cool.
• Meanwhile, mix reserved pie filling and caramel topping and heat for 1 minute in a small saucepan.
• Spread warm topping evenly over cooked, cooled cheesecake.
• Decorate entire edge of cake with the 12 pecan halves, and sprinkle middle of cheesecake with chopped pecans.
• Refrigerate, share, and enjoy!

CARAMEL CAKE (PAULA DEEN)

Steps:

• Cake:.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans.
• Using an electric mixer cream butter until fluffy. Add granulated sugar and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed.
• Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by holding pan 4 inches above counter dropping it flat onto counter. Do this several times to release air bubbles and assure you of a more level cake. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
• Filling:.
• While cake is baking, in a saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, and milk. Cook and stir over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
• Remove cake layers from oven and allow cake to remain in pans as you prepare to stack and fill. Remove first layer and invert onto cake plate. Pierce cake layer with a toothpick over entire surface. Spread 1/3 of filling mixture on cake layer. Top with second layer, repeat process. Top with last layer and repeat process again.
• *Cook's Note: As you stack layers together, stick them with toothpicks to prevent cake from shifting.
• Frosting:.
• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and stir in brown sugar and cream. Bring to a boil, and transfer to a mixing bowl. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat with a handheld electric mixer until it reaches a spreading consistency. At this time it may be necessary to add a tablespoon of heavy cream, or more, if frosting gets too thick. Be sure to add cream in small amounts because you can always "add to", but you can't take away. Frost cake and sprinkle top with chopped nuts, if desired.