
How To Make Caramel Apple Cake
This caramel apple cake is made with heavy chocolate ganache and caramel buttercream. The cake is topped with apples dunked in caramel.
Serves:
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1boxspice cake mix,plus ingredients called for on box
- 3apples
- â…“cuppeanuts,preferably roasted, chopped
For the Ganache:
- 3cupschocolate chips
- 1½cupsheavy cream
For the Caramel Buttercream:
- 1cupbutter,(2 sticks) softened
- 1cupcaramel,plus more for decoration
- 4cupspowdered sugar
- 1tsppure vanilla extract
- 2tspcinnamon
- 3tbspheavy cream
- pinchkosher salt
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line two 8 or 9-inch cake pans.
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Prepare cake batter according to package instructions. Divide between pans and bake according to package instructions.
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Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Ganache:
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In a small saucepan over medium-low heat, heat heavy cream until bubbles begins to form around the edges. Add chocolate chips to a large heatproof bowl, then pour hot heavy cream on top.
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Let sit for 5 minutes, then whisk until smooth. Let cool slightly.
Caramel Buttercream:
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In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat butter and caramel until light and fluffy. Add vanilla then gradually beat in powdered sugar.
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Add heavy cream and mix until smooth.
to assemble the cake:
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Place the bottom layer of cake on your serving platter. Spread with buttercream and pour ganache over the buttercream.
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Place the second layer of the cake on top then frost the cake entirely with buttercream. Pour ganache over the buttercream, letting the ganache drip over the edges.
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Refrigerate until ganache sets for about 10 minutes. Pour caramel over ganache, letting it drip over the edges.
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Dunk apples in caramel then place on top. Sprinkle chopped peanuts around the apples.
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Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Nutrition
- Calories:Â 1099.55kcal
- Fat:Â 54.44g
- Saturated Fat:Â 31.70g
- Trans Fat:Â 0.87g
- Monounsaturated Fat:Â 11.83g
- Polyunsaturated Fat:Â 2.48g
- Carbohydrates:Â 148.63g
- Fiber:Â 4.50g
- Sugar:Â 96.74g
- Protein:Â 8.16g
- Cholesterol:Â 114.03mg
- Sodium:Â 678.85mg
- Calcium:Â 205.82mg
- Potassium:Â 168.43mg
- Iron:Â 1.89mg
- Vitamin A: 324.42µg
- Vitamin C:Â 3.18mg
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