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Caramel Apple Snack Cake

Sheila
Full of apples, warm spices and covered in rich buttery caramel frosting this snack cake is Fall in a cake.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 51 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine baked goods
Servings 9 servings
Calories 700 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 8x8 cake pan

Ingredients
  

cake batter

  • 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 tsp cornstarch
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp apple pie spice or 1/2 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1/4 tsp ginger
  • 1 cup canola oil
  • 1 1/2 cups dark brown sugar light brown sugar can be used as well
  • 2 whole eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups peeled and diced apples 2-3 apples depending on size

caramel frosting

  • 3 tbsp butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3 tbsp half and half or milk
  • 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
  • 2 cups powdered sugar

Instructions
 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 8x8 cake pan and line with parchment paper

  • In a medium bowl sift together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, salt and spices. Set aside.
  • Peel apples and cut into small cubes. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl add oil, and brown sugar whisk until smooth.
  • Whisk in both eggs + 1 egg yolk, vanilla. Whisk until smooth and fluffy. This step can be done by hand or with a stand or hand mixer.
  • Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients using a spatula stir together, scraping down sides of the bowl.
  • Fold in apples. And scrape batter into prepared pan, the batter is thick so smooth it into the corners.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, until just barely brown. Prick with a toothpick, it should come out clean. Remove from oven and make caramel frosting.

Caramel frosting

  • Melt butter on stove top in a small sauce pan, add brown sugar and whisk until smooth, bring to a low boil, cook for 2 minutes. Sprinkle in salt, whisk in half and half and then add vanilla, remove from heat and continue to whisk until smooth like caramel. Add powdered sugar and whisk again until smooth.
  • Lift cake out of pan by pulling it out with parchment paper. Set on a platter or cake plate and pour warm frosting over top smoothing it out on the top and letting it drip down the sides.

Nutrition

Calories: 700kcalCarbohydrates: 105gProtein: 4gFat: 30gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 7gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 420mgPotassium: 108mgFiber: 1gSugar: 76gVitamin A: 31IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 82mgIron: 2mg
Keyword apples, caramel, dessert, Fall, snack, spice cake
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