Spiced Apple Cake With Maple Glaze Recipes

SPICED APPLE CAKE WITH MAPLE GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Generously grease 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening; lightly flour.
• In medium bowl, toss apples with 2 tablespoons of the flour. In another medium bowl, mix baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and remaining flour. In large bowl, beat brown sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until mixed. On low speed, beat in flour mixture just until blended. Stir in apples. Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake 55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
• In medium bowl, mix all glaze ingredients until smooth and thick. Drizzle glaze over cake.

APPLE SPICE CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR GLAZE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter a 9" spring form pan.
• Place all cake ingredients into bowl of mixer.
• Beat on lowest speed until apples are in 1/4" chunks and their juice has thinned the batter slightly.
• This takes about 3 minutes.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake in the middle of the oven until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out clean- about 50 minutes.
• Let the cake cool slightly.
• Unmold and poke the top of the cake all over with a meat fork.
• Pour glaze over the warm cake, letting the excess run down the sides.
• Cake can be decorated with more chopped walnuts or pecans.
• To Prepare Glaze: Put all ingredients into small saucepan and bring to a simmer, stirring, over low heat.
• Simmer until the sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.
• Let cool until slightly thickened- about 7- 10 minutes.

GLAZED APPLE-SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 5-by-9-inch loaf pan.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, baking powder, kosher salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice.
• Use an electric mixer to beat together butter and light brown sugar until fluffy, about 4 minutes. Add molasses; beat until combined. Add eggs, 1 at a time, plus vanilla, and beat until incorporated.
• With the mixer on low, add half the flour mixture and beat until just combined. Beat in applesauce; add remaining flour mixture until just incorporated.
• Peel and core apples, reserving the peel and the core. Cut apple into 1/4-inch cubes, and fold into the batter. Transfer to pan, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 70 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack; let cool completely.
• In a small saucepan, combine granulated sugar, 1/2 cup water, and apple core and skin. Bring to a simmer and cook over medium-high heat until syrupy, about 10 minutes.
• Remove cake from pan, and brush glaze over top and sides of cooled cake.

APPLE CAKE WITH MAPLE FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Butter the bottom and sides of 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and other spices including salt and set aside.
• In a large bowl combine the butter and granulated sugar. Beat on medium speed until light and fluffy, 3-4 minutes. Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Using a rubber spatula gently fold in one third of flour mixture until fully incorporated. Gently, or the cake will be tough. Fold in 1/2 the buttermilk. another 1/3 of flour, then remaining buttermilk continuing to fold gently after each addition. Add remaining flour, apples the apples and nuts, if using.
• Spread batter in prepared pan. Bake 35-40 minutes, watch closely DO NOT OVER BAKE.
• Transfer to a wire rack and cool for at least 20 minutes.
• To make the frosting, simmer the maple syrup in a sauce pan until it reduces by half, about 20 minutes. Remove from heat and add butter. Stir until incorporated and add vanilla and cream. Stir powdered sugar into mixture and beat with a wire whisk until smooth. Let it cool completely before pouring over the cooled cake.