Recipes October 2014 Country Kitchen Caramel Apple Pound Cake, 2nd Place Winner

Caramel Apple Pound Cake, 2nd Place Winner

Caramel Apple Pound Cake, 2nd Place Winner
Caramel Apple Pound Cake, 2nd Place Winner

Caramel Apple Pound Cake, 2nd Place Winner

Ingredients

Lynn House, Monroe County – Second-Place Winner

1 cup sugar

1 ¼ cup light brown sugar (packed)

1 ½ cup butter, melted

4 large eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. apple pie spice

1 tsp. salt

3 cups chopped Granny Smith apples

2 tsp. ground cinnamon

*Requires 12 cup Bundt pan

 

Icing

1 (8 oz.) cream cheese

2 cups confectioners’ sugar

¼ cup caramel topping

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.  In a small bowl, chop peeled apples.  Then add ¼ cup brown sugar, and cinnamon.  Spray fluted pan with Baker’s Joy.  In a large mixing bowl, mix sugar, 1 cup brown sugar and butter until combined.  Add eggs one at a time.  Combine flour, baking powder, apple pie spice and salt.  Gradually add to sugar mixture.  Spoon 1/3 of the batter into the pan, layer with ½ of the apple mixture, and continue layers, ending with batter.  Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes.  Let cool 10 minutes.  Remove from pan.  Let cool completely.  Top with cream cheese Icing (recipe below).  Garnish with caramel and walnuts. 

Icing

Mix cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar until smooth.  Gradually add caramel topping.