Chipotle Apple Pecan Cake Recipes

APPLE-PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter a 9-inch square baking pan. Line with parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang on two sides. Butter parchment. In a medium bowl, toss apple and pecans with 2 tablespoons flour to coat. In a large bowl, whisk together remaining flour, baking powder, nutmeg, and salt. In a small bowl, combine applesauce and yogurt.
• In another large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter, granulated sugar, and orange zest on high until light and fluffy, 3 minutes, scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions applesauce mixture, and beat to combine. Fold in apple mixture. Transfer batter to pan and smooth top.
• Bake until golden and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 20 minutes. Using parchment, lift cake from pan. Dust with confectioners' sugar before serving.

CHIPOTLE APPLE PECAN CAKE WITH SPICY CARAMEL GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 325°F; lightly coat a 10" fluted tube pan with cooking spray; lightly sprinkle with flour. Set aside.
• In a bowl combine the 3 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, chipotle powder(if using), ginger, white pepper, salt, and cloves; set aside.
• In a mixing bowl beat oil and sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and as much flour mixture as you can. Stir in remaining flour mixture, apples, and pecans. Spoon batter into pan.
• Bake 1 1/4 hours at 325°F, until wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare the glaze. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes; invert on rack. Place rack over baking sheet. Drizzle warm cake with the glaze, respooning glaze that drips on baking sheet over the cake. Cool completely before serving.
• To make glaze:.
• In a saucepan combine the brown sugar, butter, whipping cream and chipotle pepper (if using). Bring to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil gently 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and let stand 1 1/4 hours until slightly thickened. Drizzle over the warm cake. Enjoy!

APPLE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• First melt butter and allow to cool.
• Core, peel and slice apples, mix with sugar and set aside.
• Sift all dry ingredients, add pecans and mix well.
• Beat egg into the cooled melted butter.
• Add apple mixture and butter mixture to the dry ingredients, mix well.
• Pour into an 8 inch cake tin and bake in a moderately hot oven 180`C (360`F) for 45 minutes.

SPICY APPLE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Lighly coat a 10-inch fluted tube or bundt pan with cooking spray. Lightly sprinkle with flour; set aside. in a bowl combine 3 cups flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, chipotle pepper, ginger, white pepper, salt, and cloves; set aside.
• 2. In a mixing bowl beat oil and sugar with an electric mixer on medium speed until combined. Add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition. Beat in vanilla and as much flour mixture as possible with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour mixture, apples, and pecans. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 3. Bake for 1 1/4 hours until a wooden toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Meanwhile, prepare Spicy Caramel Glaze. In a saucepan combine brown sugar, butter, whipping cream and ground chipotle chile pepper. Bring to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil gently 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Let stand for 1 1/4 hours until slightly thickened.
• 4. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes; invert on serving plate. Drizzle warm cake with Spicy Caramel Glaze. Cool completely before serving.
• 5. NOTE: It is important to make the glaze as soon as you put the cake in the oven. It needs to sit and thicken while the cake is baking, so you can put it on the cake when you remove it from the pan after 10 minutes of cooling.

APPLE PECAN COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Combine the dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk and mix well. Spread half into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Top with apples. Carefully spread remaining batter over apples., For topping, combine flour, sugar and cinnamon. Cut in butter until crumbly; stir in pecans. Sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

CHIPOTLE APPLE PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Lightly butter and flour a 10-inch Camp Chef UDO (ultimate Dutch oven) or use a 10-inch bunt pan, Set aside. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients and gently stir to combine ingredients. In another bowl combine oil and sugar or Splenda® and beat with a hand mixer. Add one egg at a time beating well after each egg has been added. Beat in vanilla, chipotle, and fresh ginger. Slowly add as much or the 3 cups of flour as you can. Stir in remaining flour, apples and pecans. Spoon batter into Dutch oven or bunt pan and bake at 325°F for about 1 1/2-inch hours or until inserted toothpick pulls out clean. Cool cake 25 minutes in a the Dutch oven or 10 minutes in a Bunt pan: invert on a baking rack. While the cake is cooling prepare the caramel glaze combine brown sugar, butter, cream, and chipotle powder in a 8-inch Dutch oven. Bring to boiling, stirring occasionally. Boil gently for about 2 minutes remove from heat and add vanilla. Let stand 1 hour 15 minutes, then drizzle cooling cake with sauce. Spoon sauce drippings from cake back onto cake. Cool completely before serving.

MAPLE, APPLE & PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• To make the apple purée, cook 250g peeled and chopped cooking apples with a splash of water in a pan with a lid until soft for about 10 mins. Purée with a hand blender or in the small bowl of a food processor.
• Butter and line the base of a 20cm springform cake tin with parchment. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix the maple syrup and egg together and gradually add them. Sift the flour with the bicarb and baking powder. Add a good pinch of salt and the nuts. With a large metal spoon, fold the flour into the butter and sugar, alternating with the apple purée. Scrape the batter into the prepared tin. Bake for 40 mins, or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Cool in the tin, then turn out onto a rack and peel off the baking parchment.
• To make the buttercream, beat the butter until soft, then add the icing sugar and beat until smooth. Gradually add the maple syrup, beating as you do so. Slice the cooled cake in half then, using a spatula, spread half of the icing over the first layer. Add the other layer on top, then top with the rest of the buttercream. Pulse the pecans in a food processor with the brown sugar (or finely chop and mix). You should end up with a coarse mixture. Scatter this over the top of the cake.