Caramel Apple Spice Cake

This is my most favorite cake ever, Caramel Apple Spice Cake will literally knock your socks off. I love to make and eat this cake!

It’s actually so good you can’t stop eating and picking at it. Whether you’re picking out the apples, the caramel or the frosting. This cake is a serious crowd pleaser. I made this twice in the last 2 months because you eat it and then it’s good for days. It gives you all the fall feels.

Caramel Apple Spice Cake

Ingredients

Cake

3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp allspice
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup plain yogurt
3 tablespoons milk
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
3 green apples cored and chopped, about 3 cups

Browned Buttercream

3/4 cup room temperature browned butter
1/3 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 to 2 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Caramel

1 cup brown sugar
5 tablespoons butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 pinch of salt

Caramel Apple Spice Cake

Directions

For the Cake:

Sift and whisk together the dry ingredients
Mix together the wet ingredients until well combined in a large bowl or stand mixer
Gradually mix in the dry ingredients until just combined
Fold in the apples
Divide the mixture evenly into two 8″ pans, which have been buttered and floured. I also put parchment paper in the bottom as well.
Bake at 350F for approximately 45-50 minutes or until centers are done.

For the Buttercream:

Add 3/4 cup of butter to a pot and cook over medium low heat stirring occasionally until the milk solids in the butter caramelize and darken. Be careful of splatters!
Once the butter has darkened transfer to a bowl and chill until almost solid. The brown butter will be slow to cool and thicken back up so make sure to do this step in advance.
Cream the butter in a standing mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.
Add in the salt and powdered sugar gradually and beat together.
Add vanilla and cream until desired consistency is achieved.

For the Caramel:

Combine ingredients in small pot and stir together so they’re mostly dissolved.
Place over medium-low heat and cook for 7-8 minutes leaving it alone until it bubbles and thickens.
Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla then transfer to a bowl to cool, you’ll want to cool it before putting it on the cake so it doesn’t melt the frosting.

Did you try our Caramel Apple Spice Cake recipe? What did you think? Did you love it? We would love to hear from you! Please leave us a comment below or tag us on Instagram!

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE CAKES

Caramel Carrot Cake! One of my husband’s favorite kinds of cake is carrot, and if you have been following along, you about my love affair with caramel! This is a perfect combination of both of our loves, caramel carrot cake!

Apple Donut Bundt Cake screams Fall! It’s chuck full of apple flavors, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It’s so moist that it will melt in your mouth! It’s coated with cinnamon and sugar just like a big old donut!

Malted Chocolate Cake! The past week, I have to get everything ready for our family Easter egg hunt at my mother-in-laws. Looking at the bright colors has made so excited for this holiday! This is how this cake, malted chocolate cake, became to be!