Caramel Apple Cake
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Indulge yourself with this Caramel Apple Cake recipe. It is a delicious, moist and rich cinnamon spiced cake, dappled with fresh chunks of apples and drizzled with a sweet caramel glaze!
Carmel Apple Cake
I’m excited to share this Carmel apple cake recipe with you! With its light apple flavor, tender crumb, and homemade caramel glaze, you cannot go wrong with this delicious dessert. It is heavenly!
Caramel Glaze
The caramel glaze could not be any easier to make. It takes less than 10 minutes to prepare, before pouring it to the cake. If you want a runny glaze, pour it on the cake while hot. If you want a thicker icing glaze, wait for the caramel sauce to cool down for about 15 minutes. Both options are delicious! I prefer a thin runny glaze that soaks through the cake.
Apples and caramel, my perfect combo ever. YUM!
Ingredients to Make Carmel Apple Cake:
- All-purpose flour
- Eggs
- Sugar
- Vegetable oil
- Vanilla extract
- Buttermilk: The simplest way to substitute buttermilk is to pour 1/2 tablespoon of vinegar into a 1/2 cup measurer and then fill the rest of the measuring cup with milk. Then gently stir the mixture and let it sit for about 5 minutes
- Baking powder and baking soda
- Ground cinnamon and a pinch of salt
- Apples- pealed, cored and chopped into small chunks
- Caramel Glaze: A combination of brown sugar, butter, milk and vanilla extract.
How to Make Carmel Apple Cake:
This cake is incredibly easy to put together. You can find the full, printable recipe at the bottom of this post. Here is a quick rundown of our steps!
The Apple Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (175°C).
- Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan with baking spray and set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat eggs and vanilla extract very well until fluffy.
- Now add oil and buttermilk and continue beating
- Add sugar and beat some more, until bubbly.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
- Add into the batter and mix just until blended.
- Fold in the apples by hand using a rubber spoon.
- Pour into the prepared Bundt pan.
- Bake for 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for about 20 minutes in the pan before inverting into a serving plate.
Homemade Carmel Glaze:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the butter, milk, and brown sugar.
- Bring to a boil, stirring frequently until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove from the heat.
- Stir in vanilla until combined.
- Drizzle over the warm apple cake and serve.
Why You’ll Love this Carmel Apple Cake
- Moist and fluffy. Pure perfection!
- Soft and tender apple pieces with a hint of cinnamon in every bite.
- Indulging caramel glaze.
- Makes a wonderful Fall dessert, and perfect for the holidays!
If you make this Apple Caramel Cake recipe, then don’t forget to snap a photo and hashtag it #thesaltandsweet— I would love to see your creations on Instagram and Facebook!
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Kick off apple season with this delicious Apple Caramel Cake!
Ingredients
For the Apple Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 eggs- at room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 11/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk*
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tbsp baking soda
- 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
- 3 medium apples- pealed, cored and chopped into small chunks ( about 2 cups chopped)
For Carmel Glaze
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup butter (1/2 a stick)
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
The Apple CAKE:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F (175°C).
- Grease a 9 inch Bundt pan with baking spray and set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat eggs and vanilla extract very well until fluffy.
- Now add oil and buttermilk and continue beating
- Add sugar and beat some more, until bubbly.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
- Add into the batter and mix just until blended.
- Fold in the apples by hand using a rubber spoon.
- Pour into the prepared Bundt pan.
- Bake for 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool for about 20 minutes in the pan before inverting into a serving plate.
Homemade Carmel Glaze:
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, add the butter, milk, and brown sugar.
- Bring to a boil, stirring frequently until sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove from the heat.
- Stir in vanilla until combined.
- Drizzle over the warm apple cake and serve.
Notes
Buttermilk substitute: measure 1/2 cup milk and add 1 teaspoon of white vinegar or lemon juice. Stir, then let it sit for 5 minutes.