Sticky Spiced Double Apple Cake With A Brown Sugar Brandy Sauce Recipes

SPICED APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Grease 2 (9-inch) cake pans and line bottoms with wax paper or parchment paper. Grease paper and dust pans with flour, knocking out excess.
• Heat currants and brandy in a small heavy saucepan over low heat until currants are plumped, about 3 minutes, then cool.
• Sift together flour, cinnamon, allspice, cloves, baking soda, and salt.
• Beat together butter, shortening, and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until combined well, then beat in eggs and vanilla. With mixer at low speed, alternately beat in flour mixture and applesauce in 3 batches. Fold in currants with brandy remaining in pan.
• Divide batter between cake pans and bake in middle of oven until a tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
• Cool cakes in pans on a rack 15 minutes. Invert onto rack and cool to warm or room temperature.

APPLE BRANDY SPICE CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease an 8-inch square baking pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together brown sugar, cream cheese, oil and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes).
• Add in the eggs, beat well.
• Sift the flour with all dry ingredients (up to and including nutmeg) stir with a whisk to combine well.
• Add the flour mixture and the buttermilk alternately to the sugar mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; beat well after each addition.
• Stir in the apples and brandy (if using).
• Spoon the mixture into a prepared baking dish.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar if desired before serving.