“Snack”urday: Caramel Apple Snack Cake

So I was on pinterest the other day and saw some caramel apple donuts.  I was hooked just by the picture.   My mom bought me a donut pan for my birthday and it has been sitting in the cabinet just waiting for the perfect recipe.   This was it.

Tonight I hit the kitchen and began to whip up what I thought was going to be a mind blowing breakfast.  Unfortunately the best made plans sometimes fail, and this was one of those times.  The donuts fell apart; just crumbled right out of the pan.

Since my kitchen was already a mess and had apples everywhere.  I hit the drawing board.  I started experimenting.  Why not dirty a couple more dishes? I came up with this delicious caramel apple cake that is moist, dense, and absolutely full of fall flavors.

Caramel Apple Snack Cake

 

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Prep time

15 mins

Cook time

30 mins

Total time

45 mins

 

This Caramel Apple snack cake screams fall!

Author: Amanda@AFewShortCuts.com

Recipe type: dessert

Serves: 9

Ingredients

• 1½ cups Flour (or gluten free flour mix)
• 2 tsps baking powder
• ¼ tsp cinnamon
• ½ tsp salt
• 2 large eggs
• ⅓ cup Vegetable oil
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup shredded fresh apples

Caramel Sauce

• ½ cup apple cider
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• OR use Caramel Ice Cream topping

Instructions

1. Preheat Oven to 350 degrees F
2. Grease and flour 9×9 baking dish.
3. In a medium bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
4. In another medium bowl wisk eggs and brown sugar together.
5. Stir in vanilla and vegetable oil.
6. Mix egg mixture into flour mixture until batter forms.
7. Stir in 1 cup shredded apples (peeled or peel on is fine)
8. Pour batter into 9×9 baking dish and bake at 350 degrees f for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
9. Pour caramel sauce over the cake. Cut and serve.

Caramel

1. In a small saucepan wisk together apple cider and brown sugar. Cook over medium heat until caramel thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon. Remove from heat and allow to cool for 3-5 minutes before you pour over the cake.

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Measure flour, Baking powder, salt and cinnamon in a medium bowl.

In another bowl wisk together eggs & sugar.  Then mix in vanilla and oil.

Mix egg mixture into flour mixture until well blended.

Stir in 1 cup of shredded apples.

Your dough will look like this.

Spread batter into 9×9 square pan and bake at 350 for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick poked into the center of the cake comes out clean.

Heat some caramel ice cream topping for the caramel sauce OR…in a small sauce pan Wisk together 1/2 cup apple cider and 1 cup packed brown sugar.  Cook over medium heat stirring constantly until mixture thickens and coats the back of a wooden spoon.  Remove from heat.

Pour caramel over warm cake.  Cut an serve by itself or with ice cream.