Apple Cinnamon Cake with Caramel Glaze
Serves: 10 or more
Recipe with step-by-step photos for an Apple Cinnamon Cake studded with chunks of apples and walnuts, and covered in a delicious Caramel Glaze.
Ingredients
For the apple cake
- 175 ml (⅔ cup plus 1 tablespoon) vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 150 ml (½ cup plus 2 tablespoons) milk
- 225 g (1 ⅓ cup plus 1 tablespoon) light muscovado sugar, or light brown sugar
- 300 g (2 cups) plain flour, (all-purpose flour)
- 175 g (1 cup plus 3 tablespoons) wholemeal flour
- 10 g (2 teaspoons) baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon fine salt
- 1-2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 small apples, such as Braeburn or Granny Smith
- 75 g (½ cup) walnuts, roughly chopped
For the caramel glaze
- 75 g (¾ stick) unsalted butter
- 150 g (1 cup) light muscovado sugar, or light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon water
Instructions
For the apple cake
- Preheat the oven to 170°C/325°F (without fan).
- Grease a 25 cm (10 inch) cake tin and line the bottom with baking paper.
- Whisk together the oil, eggs, and milk.
- Add the sugar and whisk until the sugar has dissolved.
- Add the plain flour, wholemeal flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and ground cinnamon.
- Mix until the batter is well incorporated.
- Peel, core and chop the apples into small pieces (about 1 cm).
- Fold the chopped apples and walnuts through the batter.
- Pour the batter into the cake tin.
- Bake for about 55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Let the cake rest in the cake tin for 5-10 minutes before removing.
For the caramel glaze
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan.
- Whisk in the sugar and water.
- Let the mixture bubble away gently until it has thickened slightly.
To assemble
- Carefully remove the cake to a wire rack.
- Place a sheet of baking paper or kitchen paper under the wire rack to catch the excess glaze.
- Brush the glaze all over the warm cake generously.
- If you wish, you can decorate the cake with walnut halves while the glaze is still warm and sticky.
- Allow the cake to cool before serving.
Kitchen Notes
- RECIPE CREDIT
This recipe is adapted from Cake by Rachel Allen. - OVEN TEMPERATURES
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