Dutch Apple Cake with Caramel Glaze
Created by LindasBusyKitchen on October 6, 2013
- Servings: 12
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 1h
- Recipe #10676
Ingredients
- CAKE
- 7 apples
- 3 cups unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg (freshly grated preferred)
- 3 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups canola (or vegetable oil)
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups pecans, chopped, (optional)
- Caramel Glaze, recipe below
- CARAMEL GLAZE
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, packed
- 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup heavy cream (whipping cream)
- Pinch salt
How to Make
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Step 1: Cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
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Step 2: Butter and Flour a 9x13 inch baking pan.
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Step 3: Peel, quarter, core and cut length ways, then cross wise so that you have 16 pieces per apple.
How to Make
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Step 4: In a separate bowl mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda and salt.
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Step 5: In a large bowl mix eggs to combine, then whisk in sugars, oil and vanilla, until blended well.
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Step 6: Gradually mix in flour mixture until well blended.
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Step 7: Fold apples and pecans into batter, just to coat. (The batter will be thick.)
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Step 8: Spread batter evenly into the prepared pan.
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Step 9: Bake approximately 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out clean, when testing, in the center of the cake.
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Step 10: Remove cake and let cool on wire rack while preparing Caramel Glaze.
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Step 11:
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Step 12: Caramel Glaze: Melt unsalted butter in a medium skillet.
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Step 13: Add dark brown sugar, light brown sugar, whipping cream, and salt.
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Step 14: Cook and stir until well blended over medium–low heat, for 2 minutes.
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Step 15: Increase heat, and boil for 2 minutes, until dime size bubbles cover the surface of the glaze.
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Step 16: Remove from heat, and cool slightly until glaze thickens, approximately 5 minutes.
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Step 17: Spoon over cake.