Ramsays Spiced Apple Cake Recipes

SPICED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• For the apples: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch glass baking pan.
• Mix together the apples, granulated sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
• For the cake: Combine the butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl. Using a hand-held mixer, beat on medium high until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time until fully combined, then add the all-purpose flour, almond flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and buttermilk. Beat on low speed until a few streaks remain, then fold together with a rubber spatula until fully combined. (Do not overmix.)
• Sprinkle the bottom of the pan with half of the apple mixture. Spread the batter over the top of the apples. Top the batter with the remaining apples, making decorative rows across the cake. Bake, rotating the pan halfway through, until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour. Allow the cake to cool slightly before dusting with powdered sugar and serving.

APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; set aside.
• Working over a large sheet of parchment paper, sift together flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt; gather sifted ingredients into center of sheet; set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine vegetable oil, sugar, and eggs; mix on high speed until lemon yellow.
• Fold reserved parchment in half lengthwise; with mixer on medium speed, gradually shake in dry ingredients until just incorporated.
• Add apples and, if desired, nuts, to batter; mix to combine. Add vanilla, mixing until incorporated.
• Pour batter into prepared pan, and bake until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean, 75 to 90 minutes.
• Remove from oven, and cool slightly on a wire rack.
• Invert cake onto rack; turn cake right-side up to cool completely on rack, and serve drizzled with caramel sauce.

APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 10 inch tube pan. Cover raisins with warm water, let soak for 10 minutes and then drain. Whisk together flour, spices, and salt. Set aside.
• Cream together butter or margarine and sugar. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Stir together soda and 1 tablespoon warm water, and mix into the sugar mixture. Stir in flour mixture, apples, and strained raisins until well blended. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for approximately 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Cool in pan. Once cool, shake pan to loosen cake. Turn onto plate, and dust with confectioners' sugar.

OLD FASHIONED APPLESAUCE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan.
• Combine cake mix, eggs, applesauce and oil in large bowl. Beat at medium speed with electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in nuts. Pour into bake pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Invert onto cooling rack. Turn right-side up. Cool completely.
• For frosting, combine frosting and cinnamon; stir until blended. Spread over cooled cake.

RAMSAY'S SPICED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Peel, core, and slice the cooking apples, then place in a wide pan with the sugar and butter. Cook over high heat for 10 to 15 minutes until the apples have broken down to a pulp and an excess water has cooked off. Transfer to a bowl and cool completely (you should have about 1 lb of puree).
• Heat the oven to 325°F Line and lightly grease a 9-inch cake pan with a removable bottom. Peel, core, and finely slice the Braeburn apples, using a mandoline or sharp knife. Place in a bowl and pour over most of the lemon juice and a splash of water, then set aside.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, sugar, and ground spices. Make a well in the center and add the egg, olive oil, and apple puree. Fold into dry ingredients until just combined.
• Transfer the mixture to the prepared cake pan and gently level the top with a spatula. Bake the cake for 30 minutes until it feels just firm to the touch in the center.
• Working quickly, overlap the sliced apples in concentric circles on rop, leaving a margin around the edge. Brush the slices with a little lemon juice and return to the oven for anoher 30 - 35 minutes until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Let the cake cool slightly before unmolding onto a rack. Warm the apricot jelly with the water, stirring until smooth. Brush over the top of the cake to glaze and serve warm.

FRESH APPLE SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan.
• Place the pecans on a sheet pan and toast them for 5 to 10 minutes, until lightly toasted. Set aside. Combine the rum and raisins in a small bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and microwave for 60 seconds. Set aside.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the granulated sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla, and orange zest on medium speed for 3 minutes. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves into a medium bowl. With the mixer on low, slowly add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, just until combined. Drain the raisins, discarding the liquid. With a rubber spatula, fold the raisins, pecans, and apples into the batter. Spread into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Set aside to cool, cut into squares, and serve warm or at room temperature with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and a drizzle of warm caramel sauce.

MUM'S EASY SPICED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Make the topping first by placing all the topping ingredients into the food processor bowl and process with the metal chopping blade until the butter is chopped into small pieces. Do not over process or the rolled oats will be chopped too fine.
• Tip topping out of the bowl.
• Cake:.
• Without washing the bowl add in the apples which have been cored and cut into about 12 pieces. There is no need to peel them first.
• Process with metal blade until cut into fine pieces.
• Add the remaining cake ingredients. It is not necessary to sift the dry ingredients first but make sure the baking soda is not lumpy.
• Line the base of a 9"/23cm tin with baking paper & butter or spray the sides.
• Pour batter into prepared tin.
• Sprinkle over the topping mix.
• Bake at 350'F/180'C for approx 40-45 minutes or until the sides of cake shrink from the edge of the tin and the centre springs back when pressed lightly.
• Serve hot, warm, reheated or cold with whipped cream and/or custard as a dessert or cold in lunchbox.

SPICED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Brush a 9-by-3-inch baking dish with butter. Line bottom and 2 long sides with parchment, leaving a 2-inch overhang; butter parchment.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, allspice, and ginger. In a large bowl, whisk eggs until pale and foamy. Whisk in sugar and vanilla until combined. Add half of flour mixture, then half of butter and sour cream, whisking just until combined. Repeat with remaining flour mixture, butter, and sour cream (do not overmix). Transfer batter to prepared baking dish, smoothing top with a spatula.
• Toss apples with lemon juice and scatter evenly over batter. Bake until apples are tender and golden brown in places and a toothpick inserted into center of cake comes out with moist crumbs, 40 to 45 minutes. Warm jam in a small saucepan over medium until it becomes thin and brushable. Immediately brush apples with jam. Let cool completely on a wire rack. Lift cake from pan using parchment and transfer to a board to slice; serve.