Chef Wilkinson


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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

~ Caramel Apple Cake ~

If you like these ...


You will LOVE this cake.


Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
3 cups unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3 Fuji apples, peeled and diced into 1/2 inch pieces
2 teaspoons fresh minced ginger
2 teaspoons vanilla


Ingredients for the Glaze:
3/4 cup dark brown sugar, 3 Tbs. butter, 6 Tbs. heavy cream, 1/2 cup chopped pecans, toasted (optional)


Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sugar and oil and beat well. Add eggs one at a time. Sift dry ingredients and stir into egg mixture. mix in apples, ginger and vanilla. Spray a bundt pan with spray then pour batter into the pan. Bake for 1 hour in a 350 degree oven. A toothpick inserted in the center of the cake should come out clean. Cool the cake for 15 minutes and then invert pan to remove cake. Now for the Glaze: Combine glaze ingredients and boil for 3 minutes. Drizzle glaze over cake spread any glaze that pools around the cake back over the cake.


Nothing left to do now but ENJOY!



~ Chef ~