Spiced Toffee Cake Food

COFFEE CAKE WITH CHAI-SPICED CRUMB TOPPING AND BOURBON GLAZE

Steps:

• Combine the flour, brown sugar, chai spice and salt in a small bowl and mix well. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
• Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
• Beat together the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
• Spoon the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
• Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate; invert again onto a rack to cool completely.
• When the cake is cool, whisk the confectioners' sugar and bourbon together in a medium bowl until smooth. Drizzle the glaze over the cake and let set.

SPICED TOFFEE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350F/180C/160C Fan. Grease a 20cm by 20cm (8 inches by 8 inces) square tin or line it with baking parchment.
• Measure all the ingredients for the cake into a large mixing bowl. (Remember to sieve the flour to remove any flour clumps.)
• Beat with an electric whisk until the mixture is light and airy. You may need to keep scraping down the sides of the bowl until everything is incorporated.
• Add the mixture to the tin and level it off. Pop it into the oven and cook for 30 minutes. The cake is done when it comes away from the sides of the tin or a skewer inserted in the middle comes out with only a few crumbs attached.
• Remove from the oven and leave to cool for at least 5 minutes before attempting to remove it from the tin. It will be a little fragile straight out of the oven. Leave to cool completely on a cooling rack.
• Once it is cool. Make the buttercream icing.

CHAI-SPICED COFFEE CAKE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Make the topping: In a medium bowl, mix the flour with the oats, brown sugar, chai, and salt. With your hands, rub the butter into the mixture until incorporated, pressing it into small clumps. Freeze until chilled, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make the batter: Line a 12-cup muffin pan with paper or foil liners. In another medium bowl, whisk the flour with the baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the 1 stick of butter with the granulated sugar and chai at medium speed until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then beat in the sour cream and vanilla. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then gradually add the dry ingredients and beat until just incorporated.
• Using a 3- to 4-tablespoon ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the prepared muffin cups; top with the chilled topping. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a muffin comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Transfer the muffins to a wire rack to cool. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

TOFFEE ANGEL FOOD CAKE

Steps:

• Place egg whites in a large bowl; let stand at room temperature 30 minutes., Meanwhile, place oven rack in the lowest position and remove upper rack if needed. Preheat oven to 325°. Sift confectioners' sugar and cake flour together twice., Add cream of tartar, vanilla and salt to egg whites; beat on medium speed until soft peaks form. Gradually add superfine sugar, 1 tablespoon at a time, beating on high after each addition until sugar is dissolved. Continue beating until soft glossy peaks form. Gradually fold in flour mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time., Gently transfer to an ungreased 10-in. tube pan. Cut through batter with a knife to remove air pockets. Bake on lowest rack until top crust is golden brown and cracks feel dry, 50-60 minutes. Immediately invert pan; cool completely in pan, about 1-1/2 hours. , Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a serving plate. Using a long serrated knife, cut cake horizontally into 3 layers. In a large bowl, beat cream until it begins to thicken. Gradually add caramel topping and vanilla; beat until soft peaks form., Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread with 1 cup whipped cream mixture. Sprinkle with a third of the chopped candies. Repeat layers. Top with remaining cake layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining whipped cream mixture; sprinkle with remaining candy. If desired, sprinkle chocolate curls over top and around bottom of cake.

STICKY TOFFEE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease an 8-inch square baking dish.
• In a small bowl combine the dates and baking soda. Pour enough boiling water over the dates to just cover them.
• Cream 1/3 cup of butter with the white sugar until light. Beat in the eggs and mix well to combine.
• Add the flour and date mixture (including water) to the egg mixture and fold to combine. Pour the batter into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a tester comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Let cool slightly and prepare the sauce.
• To Make Caramel Sauce: In a small saucepan combine the brown sugar, 1/3 cup butter, and evaporated milk. Cook over medium heat and bring to boil. Turn heat down and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla. Pour the sauce over individual servings of warm cake.

SPICE CAKE WITH COFFEE-TOFFEE CRUNCH

Steps:

• CAKE:.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Butter and flour three 8-in. round cake pans.
• In a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed (use the blade or rotary beater if using a standing mixer), beat butter and sugar until fluffy and pale yellow, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition and scraping down sides of bowl as necessary & beat in molasses.
• In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, ginger, cinnamon, salt, and cloves, if using.
• Stir (or beat at low speed) a third of the flour mixture into butter mixture.
• Stir in half the milk just until blended.
• Stir in another third of the flour mixture, then remaining milk, followed by remaining flour, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
• Scrape batter equally into prepared pans and spread level.
• Bake cakes until a wooden skewer inserted in the center of a layer comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes, then invert cakes onto racks and remove pans.
• Cool completely before assembling.
• FROSTING:.
• In a large bowl, beat butter with a mixer on low speed until light and fluffy.
• Beat in cream cheese until well incorporated, scraping down sides of bowl as necessary.
• Beat in powdered sugar, lemon juice, and molasses, then increase speed to medium-high and beat until no lumps remain.
• COFFEE-TOFFEE CRUNCH:.
• Butter a 12X17" rimmed baking pan.
• Measure out vanilla and set aside.
• In a 2-3 quart saucepan over medium-low heat, stir sugar, butter, 1/4 cup water, corn syrup, and espresso(or Cuban)powder until butter is melted and you no longer see any crystals.
• Increase heat to high and boil, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 300ºF on a candy thermometer, 4-5 minutes.
• Quickly remove from heat and carefully stir in vanilla (MIXTURE WILL BUBBLE UP) BE CAREFUL, IT IS NOT WORTH BURNING YOURSELF!
• Immediately spread thinly in prepared baking pan and let cool until hard, about 20 minutes.
• Flex pan to release toffee.
• If using for topping cake, finely chop enough to make 1 1/4 cups.
• Break remaining toffee into small chunks and reserve for garnish. Store in airtight contained at room temperature for up to 1 week.
• ASSEMBLY OF THE CAKE:.
• Cut 4 strips of waxed paper or parchment paper, each about 4 by 12 in., and arrange them in a square over edges of a serving platter.
• With a serrated knife, carefully slice cake layers in half horizontally.
• Place first split layer, cut side down, on serving platter (adjust parchment paper so that edges of platter are covered).
• Spread layer with about 1/2 cup frosting.
• Sprinkle with about 1/4 cup chopped toffee.
• Repeat frosting and sprinkling with next 4 split layers.
• Top with remaining split layer, but don't frost or sprinkle with toffee.
• Brush away crumbs around sides and base of cake.
• Spoon 1 cup frosting into a small bowl and stir in milk until smooth.
• Spread a thin layer of frosting over top and sides of cake to seal in crumbs.
• Refrigerate cake until coating is set, about 1 hour.
• Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake, then remove strips of paper.
• If not serving within a few hours, cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day,
• Shortly before serving, garnish top of cake with toffee chunks.

TOFFEE COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, blend butter, sugars and flour; set aside 1/2 cup. To the remaining butter mixture, add buttermilk, egg, baking soda and vanilla; mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 13x9-in. baking pan. Combine chopped candy and pecans with the reserved butter mixture; sprinkle over coffee cake. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

SPICED FIG, COFFEE & HAZELNUT CAKE

Steps:

• First, make the sponge. Put the dried figs in a bowl and pour over the coffee. Leave to soak for 30 mins. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Tip the hazelnuts onto a baking tray and toast in the oven for 5-8 mins until golden brown and aromatic. Tip 75g of the nuts into a food processor (set aside the rest for later) and leave to cool for 10 mins. Meanwhile grease the base and sides of a 20 x 30cm rectangular cake tin with butter and line with baking parchment.
• Whizz the cooled nuts until finely chopped. Add the soaked figs and any remaining coffee, and whizz again to a paste. Add the remaining sponge ingredients to the processor with a good pinch of salt. Blend until well combined, scraping down the sides once or twice and blending again. Scrape into your cake tin, level the surface and bake for 25 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then flip onto a wire rack, peel off the parchment and leave to cool.
• While the cake cools, make the icing. Put the butter, vanilla and half the sugar in a large bowl. Roughly mash together with a spatula, then blend with an electric hand whisk until smooth. Add the cream cheese and the remaining icing sugar, mash, then blend again until smooth. Split the icing into 2 batches, one for layering and a crumb coat, and one for a final coat. You can chill the icing while the cake cools, but remove it from the fridge 15 mins before using to bring back to room temperature.
• Now assemble the cake. Transfer the cooled cake to a chopping board. Score the sponge at 10cm intervals along the length of the cake, marking out 3 sections, 20 x 10cm each. Cut through, then stack the cakes on top of each other to check they are the same size. Trim any uneven edges, then unstack.
• Put 1 sponge on a cake board or plate. Spread with a little icing and 3 tbsp fig jam, keeping the jam about 1cm from the edges. Top with another sponge, more icing and jam, then sandwich with the final sponge. Use a palette knife to cover the entire cake with the remaining first batch of icing (the crumb coat) - don't worry if it's a little messy. Make sure you fill any gaps between the layers with icing. Once covered, chill for at least 30 mins to firm up the icing. Chill the remaining icing too, but bring it out of the fridge 10-15 mins before the cake so it is ready for spreading.
• Decorate the cake. Remove it from the fridge and cover with the remaining icing. Use a palette knife to create smooth edges, or leave it fairly rough, if you like. Top the cake with the figs, pointy ends up. Put the caramel in a small piping bag, snip off the corner and drizzle over the top of the cake, encouraging it down the sides (or just drizzle it over with a spoon). Roughly chop the remaining toasted nuts and scatter over the top. Serve in slices with extra figs on the side, if you like. Keep leftovers in the fridge for 3 days, but bring to room temperature before eating.

TOFFEE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Start by making the cakes. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line 2 x 18cm springform cake tins with baking parchment and brush with a little oil. Put the sugar and eggs in a large mixing bowl and whisk with electric beaters until glossy and pale. Keep the beaters running as you pour in the oil.
• Stir in the grated apple, then fold in all the other cake ingredients. Divide the mixture between the tins and bake for 30 mins or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean.
• While the cakes cook, prepare the apple filling. Tip the lemon juice into a large bowl and fill halfway with cold water. Peel the apples, then cut into spheres using a melon baller - pop them in the bowl of lemon water as you go to stop them discolouring. In a medium saucepan, combine the butter, dark brown sugar, golden syrup, cinnamon and 200ml water, and heat until boiling. Take the apple balls out of the water and put them in the pan -if you want to make the tiny toffee apples for the top, keep 8 apple balls in the water until needed. Bring the mixture in the pan back to the boil for 8 - 10 mins or until the apples are soft but not losing their shape, and a thick syrup starts to form. Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely, then chill until needed.
• Stir all the syrup ingredients together in a bowl. When the cakes are cooked, keep them in the tin but prick holes all over the surface with a skewer and drizzle the syrup over. Leave the cakes to cool completely in the tin.
• While the cakes cool, make the icing. In a small heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, melt the butter and white chocolate together. Once melted and glossy, pour into a large bowl. Add the cream cheese, whisk until smooth, then add the vanilla. Finally, fold in the yogurt. When the mixture is cool, chill until needed.
• To assemble the cake, take the cooled sponges out of their tins and put one of them on a cake stand. Top with half the white chocolate icing - use a spoon or pipe it using a very large round nozzle. Scatter the cooked apple pieces, along with a drizzle of the syrup, over the icing, then place in the fridge to firm up for 15 mins. Add the top layer of the cake, then decorate with the rest of the icing by piping it in lots of regular little mounds all over the top using a large round nozzle. Put the whole cake in the fridge until ready to serve. Will keep for 2 days in the fridge.
• For a showstopping, but optional, finish, make some beautiful miniature toffee apples. Their effect is stunning but fleeting, so make them just before serving your cake, as the caramel will dissolve quickly due to the moisture in the air. Brush a baking tray with a little vegetable oil and set aside. Very thoroughly dry the reserved apple balls from step 3 of the cake with kitchen paper or a clean tea towel and insert a long wooden skewer into each one.
• Put the caster sugar in a small saucepan over a medium heat, stirring often, until the sugar melts. Keep cooking until the sugar has become a liquid golden caramel, then remove from the heat. If it looks like it's getting too hot, sit the base of the pan in a heatproof dish of cold water.
• Tilt the pan and, working quickly (as the sugar will continue to cook), hold the apple balls by the skewer and dip each one in turn into the caramel and twist it around to coat it. It's really important that the apple balls are well dried and that you don't turn them in the hot caramel more than twice, otherwise the apple will cook and release liquid, which will stop the caramel from sticking. As soon as they are coated, slowly lift them out vertically. Hold the apple up out of the pan and pause before transferring it to the oiled tray on its side. Holding it up like this will allow a long drip of caramel to set hard and create a beautiful long spike. Repeat the process with the rest of the apples, working quickly so that the caramel doesn't harden completely before all the apples have been coated. However, don't worry too much as you can always gently reheat it over a low heat before continuing - just be careful not to burn it, otherwise it will taste bitter.
• After a couple of minutes, the apples should have set. When they are cool enough to handle, pull out the skewers. Place the apples on top of the cake so that the spike is pointing upwards and the base of the apple (where the skewer was) is pressed into the icing. Serve immediately.

SPICED TOFFEE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease and line a 20 x 30cm baking tray with baking parchment. Put the dates and milk in a small pan and bring to a simmer. Remove from the heat and set aside for 15 mins to cool.
• Whizz the date mixture to a smooth purée in a food processor or blender, then scrape into a large mixing bowl. Tip in the butter, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, eggs, mixed spice and vanilla, and set aside while you prepare the apples.
• Quarter and core the apples, then slice quite thinly, tossing in a little lemon juice as you go. Quickly beat together the cake ingredients with an electric whisk until smooth, then scrape into the baking tray. Arrange the apple slices, overlapping in rows, on top of the cake - you should be able to get 3 rows lengthways down the tray. Bake for 45-50 mins until a skewer poked into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Cool in the tray.
• Put the toffees in a small pan with a good splash of milk and gently melt, stirring, until runny. To finish, dust with a little icing sugar, then drizzle sauce all over the cake. Cut into squares or slices to serve.

PUMPKIN SPICE CARAMEL TOFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Mix together in a bowl all the dry ingredients and set aside.
• Cream together the butter and sugar for at least 5 minutes.
• Add in eggs, pumpkin, extracts.
• Add the dry ingredients mixed in the bowl you set aside to the wet ingredients alternately with the milk. There should be three additions of dry and two of milk. Flour, milk, flour, milk, flour. Mix just until combined after each addition. Do not overmix.
• Spray three 8 inch baking pans with baking spray.
• Divide batter among the three 8 inch baking pans.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven for 28 minutes.
• Cool on rack for 10 minutes then take out of the pans and let cool completely.
• Warm apricot preserves in microwave for 30 seconds and spread 1/3 cup on each layer.
• Warm caramel(dulce de leche) in microwave 30 seconds and spread 1/3 cup on each layer over the apricot then sprinkle with toffee bits.
• Spread 1 cup of cream cheese frosting on top of the caramel then sprinkle with toffee bits.
• Repeat for each layer and then add frosting to top and sides then decorate with toffee bits on sides and top however you want.
• You will need to crumb coat this and put it in the freeze after each layer is added. This just makes it easier so the layers do not slide around when frosting and your cake stays straight and doesn't become a leaning tower.
• This cake must be kept refrigerated because of the cream cheese frosting. It is best served room temperature. You can take it out of the refrigerator 1 hour before serving or cut a slice and warm it in the microwave for 30 minutes before eating.