Description
Caramel apple spice cake delights dessert enthusiasts with its rich autumn flavors. Warm spices, tender apples, and luscious caramel create a memorable seasonal treat you’ll savor with each delectable bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 2 cups (480 milliliters) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (300 grams) peeled and diced apples
- 1.5 cups (300 grams) sugar
- 1 cup (240 milliliters) buttermilk
- 0.5 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
Spices and Seasonings:
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 0.5 teaspoon ground cloves
- 0.5 teaspoon salt
Flavoring:
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 0.5 cup (120 milliliters) caramel sauce
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350F (175C) and prepare a 9×13-inch baking dish with grease and flour coating.
- Combine dry ingredients in a medium mixing bowl, whisking flour, baking powder, baking soda, aromatic spices, and salt until evenly distributed.
- Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until achieving a light, airy texture. Incorporate eggs individually, then blend in vanilla extract thoroughly.
- Slowly integrate dry ingredient mixture into the butter blend, alternating with buttermilk to maintain smooth consistency. Gently fold diced apples throughout the batter, ensuring even distribution.
- Transfer batter into prepared baking dish, spreading evenly with a spatula. Position in preheated oven and bake for 35-40 minutes, checking doneness by inserting a toothpick that emerges clean.
- Immediately after removing from oven, cascade warm caramel sauce across the cake’s surface. Allow cake to cool completely before slicing and serving to allow flavors to settle and texture to stabilize.
Notes
- Achieve a moist texture by using room temperature ingredients, ensuring better incorporation and smoother mixing.
- Prevent apple chunks from sinking by tossing diced apples in a light coating of flour before folding into the batter.
- Customize the spice blend by experimenting with additional warm spices like cardamom or nutmeg for deeper flavor complexity.
- Make the cake gluten-free by substituting all-purpose flour with a 1:1 gluten-free baking flour blend, maintaining the same measurements.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 8
- Calories: 370 kcal
- Sugar: 28 g
- Sodium: 210 mg
- Fat: 14 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 54 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 50 mg