Caramel apple cake

Caramel apple cake

Miranda Gore Browne

Serves 10-12 | prep 30 mins | total time 1 hr, plus cooling

Winner of our best fruity bake as voted by you from the magazine's 25-year history. Great British Bake Off finalist and Sainsbury’s magazine contributor Miranda Gore Browne created this apple-and-caramel showstopper in February 2015

Ingredients

• 500g Bramley cooking apples, peeled and chopped into 2cm pieces
• zest and juice of 1 lemon
• 225g soft unsalted butter
• 225g caster sugar
• 3 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 200g self-raising flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 50g ground almonds
• 1 tsp mixed spice
• apple crisps (see Tip), optional
• 2 tbsp fudge pieces, to decorate (optional)

For the caramel buttercream

• 100g soft unsalted butter
• 200g icing sugar, sifted
• 2 tbsp caramel (from a tin or jar)
• 1 tbsp semi-skimmed milk

For the caramel icing

• 75g unsalted butter
• 75g icing sugar
• 1 tbsp caramel (from a tin or jar)

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4. Grease and line 2 x 20cm loose-bottomed round sandwich tins.
2. Toss the apple pieces in the lemon juice; put to one 
side. In a large bowl, beat the soft butter, sugar and lemon zest, then gradually add the eggs, mixing well between each addition. Fold in the flour, baking powder, almonds and mixed spice.
3. Drain the apple pieces and stir into the mixture. Divide equally between the tins. Bake for 25-30 minutes.
4. Remove the cakes from the oven and leave to cool 
in the tins for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire 
rack to cool completely.
5. To make the caramel buttercream, beat all 
the ingredients together until combined.
6. To make the caramel icing, put all the ingredients 
into a pan and stir until melted and smooth. Transfer 
to a bowl, then leave to cool for 10 minutes.
7. To assemble, spread the buttercream evenly over one of the cakes, then top with the other cake. Spoon over the icing so it dribbles down the sides. Decorate with apple crisps and fudge pieces, if you like.
8. Tip

To make apple crisps, cut a Pink Lady apple across the middle into 20 paper-thin slices; place on a lined baking tray. Mix 1/2 tbsp each of lemon juice and clear honey and brush over both sides of the slices. Bake for 50-55 minutes at 140°C, fan 120°C, gas 1, until lightly golden and dried; leave to cool.

Source    https://www.sainsburysmagazine.co.uk

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