For the cake:
2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup unsalted butter
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
2 heaping cups peeled grated apples (about 2 medium apples)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and prepare pan (9x13 rectangular pan) by greasing and flouring.
- Combine first 6 ingredients in a small bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy with electric mixer.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing for 1 minute after each addition.
- Add milk and vanilla, mixing well after addition.
- Stir in grated apples.
- In three additions, gradually add flour mixture just until dry ingredients are incorporated into batter.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake in preheated oven for 30-35 minutes.
For Salted Caramel Frosting:
1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) butter
1 1/2 cups light brown sugar
1/3 cup half and half
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
3/4 teaspoon coarse salt
2 1/2 cups confectioners sugar
1 tablespoons milk
- Make the caramel by melting butter, light brown sugar, half & half, and cream of tartar over medium heat.
- Boil the mixture for 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat, stir in salt, and let the caramel cool.
- *After making the caramel I realized that the original recipe makes WAY too much frosting for this smallish cake. Once the caramel was cooled, I only used half to make the buttercream. I saved the rest of the caramel to use for a different recipe*
- Mix 1/2 of the caramel with 1/2 -1 cup of confectioner's sugar at at time. After all sugar is incorporated, add milk and whip the frosting for at least 1 minute.
The frosting is delicious, but this cake really is SO GOOD that it could stand alone or be adorned with a simple scoop of vanilla ice cream or dollop of homemade whipped cream.
FYI - I don't have any "in progress" shots of this cake because I was baking with this little monster:-) |
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