Caramel Apple Cake with Caramel Buttercream and Caramel sauce

Start the apple season with this caramel apple cake layered with creamy exotic caramel buttercream and drizzled with delicious homemade caramel sauce for that added luxury. Whether you make this for a celebration or festive dinner this will have everyone talking about it for days. Caramel, spiced apples and soft melt in the mouth buttercream. You just know it’s going to be good.

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Last week I made this cake to celebrate the Jewish new year, Rosh Ha Shannah. Of course, at this time apple and honey always take a center stage. Every year, I almost always take my apple and honey Tarte Tartin because it’s Ziv’s favorite dessert. And I always make my easy apple tart because it’s my Rhea’s favorite and of course the Aadi’s favorite is the apple strudel.

Guess what? this time I decided to take one of my favorite desserts. My caramel apple cake. Sometimes, you just have to do it. Right? Now, you must forgive me for blowing my own trumpet here but OMG!! Everyone was raving about this cake and I was so overwhelmed with their appreciation.

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To put it simply, it’s absolute apple heaven. If you love apples you will not be able to stop at just one slice. (don’t ask me how I know that). I think I put on a few extra pounds this week from all the apple and pumpkin desserts I made.

The cake, of course, is delicious on its own with delicious spiced apples. The applesauce adds so much more to batter while apples themselves stay soft and tender. My caramel buttercream I shared with you yesterday is made with real caramel sauce, which again I have shared with you previously. I made two consistencies of the caramel sauce in one recipe, one for the drip and the other for the buttercream so you have a wonderful thick firm caramel buttercream consistency.

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Useful Tips and Tools 

• If you bake often, it would be a good idea to invest in a cake mixer. Because often we try to mix by hand and then we are too tired to give it enough creaming or mixing. So, if you are making this cake go ahead and remove that K-Mix or Kitchen Aid from your kitchen cabinet.You don’t have to buy an expensive stand mixer, a simple hand mixer works great too.
• Having said that, a simple Bowl, whisk and Spatula with a little extra effort will do the trick too. 
• Personally, I believe in weighing ingredients by weight, which makes my kitchen scaleone of the most valuable items when baking.
• The same goes for mymeasuring cups and measuring spoons. It’s always a good idea to have these handy and use them when baking rather than trying to guess measurements.
• I think one set of baking pans is a must for anyone a home baker. Personally, I like to bake three layers rather than torte my cakes and it bakes faster too. For most of my layer cake recipes on this blog I use 3 x 6-inch round pans or 2 x 8-inch round pans. 
• Once baked always invert your cakes on a cooling rack. This encourages air circulation and prevents the steam from pooling at the bottom of the pan.
• Every oven works differently. So the baking times are just guidelines. In the case of cakes, a skewer inserted in the center is a great indication. If the cake bakes too quick or too slow compared to the time given it might be a good idea to check if your oven needs calibration. An oven thermometer is a great little gadget to help keep the oven temperature in check. All you need to do then is adjust the temperature accordingly

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Ingredients

• 350 grams (2 1/2 cups) – All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Baking soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 228 grams (1 cup) Butter (unsalted)
• 300 grams (1 1/2 cup) Brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 60 ml (1/4 cup) Applesauce (unsweetened)
• 120 ml (1/2 cup) Buttermilk
•  2 tsp Vanilla
• 3 cups Apples (chopped) (3 medium)
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Frosting/Drip

• 1 batch – Caramel Buttercream Frosting 
• and 1 1/2 batch – Caramel Sauce in two consistencies – just as shown in the video

Method

Prepare

• Preheat the oven to 170 C/340 F
• Grease and line 3  x 6 inch round pans or 2 x 8 inch round pans.
• Mix the spices together and set aside.

Prepare apples

• Peel, core and chop apples into 1/2 inch pieces
• Add half the mixed spice and 3 tbsp flour (use from the measured flour)
• Combine well and set aside.

Prepare dry ingredients

• Combine together the flour with baking powder, baking soda, mixed spices, and salt
• set aside.

Mix Batter

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
• Add eggs one at a time
• Followed by the vanilla and applesauce
• Next, add the flour and buttermilk in three additions.
• Lastly, add the chopped apples – combine well but do not over mix.

Bake

• Divide the batter between the baking pans
• Spread the top so it’s an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes clean.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then on a  wire rack until cool completely.

Prepare the frosting

• Prepare one batch of caramel buttercream – recipe and video here
• As well as one batch of caramel sauce – recipe and video here. When making the caramel sauce – remove some for the drip and cook the rest for a thicker consistency just as shown in the video.

Decorate

• Level the apple cake layers if they have any dome.
• Layer them with caramel buttercream frosting in between as shown in the video
• Frost the outside with more caramel buttercream – chilling in between steps as necessary.
• Lastly, use the caramel sauce to create the drip as shown in the video.
• To decorate – put any remaining frosting in a piping bag with a piping nozzle
• Create some pattern on the top.

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Caramel Apple Cake Recipe with Caramel Buttercream

Author: Veena Azmanov

Start the apple season with this caramel apple cake layered with creamy exotic caramel buttercream and drizzled with delicious homemade caramel sauce for that added luxury. Whether you make this for a celebration or festive dinner this will have everyone talking about it for days. Caramel, spices apples and soft melt in the mouth buttercream. You just know it's going to be good.

5 from 18 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Apple, Apple Pie Cake, dessert, fall

Adjust Servings Here: 12 servings

Calories: 386kcal

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 350 grams All-purpose flour
• 2 tsp  Baking powder
• 1 tsp  Baking soda
• 1/4 tsp Salt
• 228 grams Butter unsalted
• 300 grams Brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 60 ml Applesauce unsweetened
• 120 ml Buttermilk
• 2 tsp Vanilla
• 3 cups Apples chopped
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp  ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Frosting/Drip

• 4 cups Caramel Buttercream Frosting
• 1 1/2 cup Caramel Sauce

Metric - US customary

Instructions

Prepare

• Preheat the oven to 170 C/340 F
• Grease and line 3  x 6 inch round pans or 2 x 8 inch round pans.
• Mix the spices together and set aside.

Prepare apples

• Peel, core and chop apples into 1/2 inch pieces
• Add half the mixed spice and 3 tbsp flour (use from the measured flour)
• Combine well and set aside.

Prepare dry ingredients

• Combine together the flour with baking powder, baking soda, mixed spices, and salt
• set aside.

Mix Batter

• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
• Add eggs one at a time
• Followed by the vanilla and applesauce
• Next, add the flour and buttermilk in three additions.
• Lastly, add the chopped apples - combine well but do not over mix.

Bake

• Divide the batter between the baking pans
• Spread the top so it's an even layer.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted comes clean.
• Cool in the pan for 10 minutes then on a  wire rack until cool completely.

Prepare the frosting

• Prepare one batch of caramel buttercream - recipe and video here
• As well as one batch of caramel sauce - recipe and video here. When making the caramel sauce - remove some for the drip and cook the rest for a thicker consistency just as shown in the video.

Decorate

• Level the apple cake layers if they have any dome.
• Layer them with caramel buttercream frosting in between as shown in the video
• Frost the outside with more caramel buttercream - chilling in between steps as necessary.
• Lastly, use the caramel sauce to create the drip as shown in the video.
• To decorate - put any remaining frosting in a piping bag with a piping nozzle
• Create some pattern on the top.

Recipe Video

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Nutrition Information

Calories: 386kcal | Carbohydrates: 52g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Cholesterol: 96mg | Sodium: 336mg | Potassium: 222mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 11.7% | Vitamin C: 1.7% | Calcium: 8.8% | Iron: 10.7%

The nutrition information and metric conversion are calculated automatically. I cannot guarantee its accuracy. If this data is important to you please verify with your trusted nutrition calculator. Thank you

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