Spiced Apple Cake with Caramel Icing
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 45 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours + cooling
YIELD: 16 servings.
Easy to prepare and popular with my friends and family, this apple cake is one of my all-time favorite autumn recipes. A slice of this soft treat is delicious with a hot cup of coffee or tea. —Monica Burns, Fort Worth, Texas
Ingredients
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3 cups chopped peeled Gala or Braeburn apples (about 3 medium)
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1/2 cup bourbon
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2 cups sugar
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1-1/2 cups canola oil
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3 large eggs, room temperature
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
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3 cups all-purpose flour
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2 teaspoons apple pie spice
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
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ICING:
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1/4 cup butter, cubed
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1/2 cup packed brown sugar
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1 tablespoon 2% milk
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1 tablespoon bourbon
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Dash salt
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1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions
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1.
Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan. In a large bowl, toss apples with bourbon.
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2.
In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, pie spice, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in apple mixture and walnuts.
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3.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
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4.
In a small heavy saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, milk, bourbon and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally; cook and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Drizzle over warm cake. Cool completely.
Nutrition Facts
1 piece: 499 calories, 30g fat (4g saturated fat), 43mg cholesterol, 275mg sodium, 54g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.
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