Pecan Yogurt Apple Cake With Star Anise Caramel Sauce Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE - A WARM APPLE CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Combine diced apples and sugar; let stand until sugar is dissolved into a syrup.
• Stir beaten egg into apples and syrup.
• Combine flour, ground cinnamon and baking soda. Stir until apple mixture until a cake batter forms.
• Pour into a greased 8 x 8 inch baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 - 40 minutes or until set. While the cake is baking, make the caramel sauce.
• Beat egg; add to the apple pie filling.
• Sift flour and baking soda. Add to apple mixture and mix well.
• Pour into an 8 inch square baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Smooth out the batter the best that you can.
• Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes or until set. While the cake is baking, make the caramel sauce.
• In a saucepan, heat brown sugar, white sugar, flour and water over medium heat. Bring to a rolling boil, and let boil for 1 minutes. Turn off heat.
• Add butter and vanilla and stir until completely smooth.
• Pour hot caramel sauce over hot apple cake right out of the oven.
• Serve is as a warm apple cake or refrigerate to let the caramel sauce thicken. This can be done overnight.

PECAN CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• Stir butter and brown sugar together in a saucepan over medium heat until melted. Stir in heavy whipping cream and salt; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until thickened, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat to cool slightly, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in chopped pecans.

CARAMELIZED APPLE-PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Use a little butter to grease a 10-inch glass pie plate. Arrange 1/4 cup pecan halves in a pattern in pie plate. Arrange apple slices over and around pecans, in a single layer in a pattern. Scatter any extra slices randomly on top.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, finely grind remaining pecan halves. Mix with flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside.
• Whisk 1 cup sugar and remaining salt together in a skillet and mix with 1/3 cup water. Cook over medium-high heat, without stirring, until mixture turns amber. Swirl pan from time to time if necessary. Immediately pour caramel over apples in pie pan.
• With a mixer, cream remaining butter and remaining sugar together. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla extract. Fold in flour mixture. Spread batter over apples. Bake 30 minutes, until nicely browned. Cool.
• Run a knife around edges and invert cake onto a serving dish, one that is heatproof if you want to warm cake before serving. Serve with ice cream.

FRESH APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine the flour, baking soda, nutmeg and cinnamon; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in apples and walnuts. , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350° for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Meanwhile, for caramel sauce, combine brown sugar and cornstarch in a saucepan. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 3 minutes. Serve cake warm or cold with warm caramel sauce.

WARM PEACHES BAKED IN PARCHMENT WITH A VANILLA BEAN AND STAR ANISE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Slice peaches into 1/2-inch wedges, sprinkle with the rum, set aside. Combine butter with brown sugar and vanilla beans. Add 1/6th of the peaches to the center of the parchment heart, add 2 pieces of star anise to each package and 1 teaspoon of the vanilla butter, start at center of the heart and fold while creasing well to enclose the package, bake just before serving for 4 minutes, open package and serve over vanilla ice cream.

YOGURT APPLESAUCE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the first eight ingredients. Combine the applesauce, water, yogurt, egg whites and almond extract. stir into the dry ingredients just until moistened. Fold in raisins., Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake at 350° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack., For drizzle, in a bowl, whisk confectioners' sugar and water until smooth. Drizzle over cake.

FRESH APPLE STREUSEL PECAN CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix streusel ingredients with fork until crumbly; set aside.
• In large bowl, beat sugar, yogurt, oil, vanilla and eggs with electric mixer on low speed about 30 seconds or until blended. Add all remaining ingredients except apples; beat on low speed about 1 minute or until blended. Stir in apples. Spread batter in pan. Sprinkle evenly with topping.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve with ice cream or whipped cream, if desired.

APPLE CAKE WITH WARM CARAMEL PECAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar and add eggs. Add flour, spices, soda, salt and vanilla.
• Mix for one minute. Mix in apples and nuts.
• Pour into a 9-inch spare pan and bake for 40-45 min at 350*.
• For Sauce:.
• Melt butter in saucepan; add nuts and cook, stirring over medium-high heat until toasted, about 3 minute.
• Add brown sugar and cream and cook, stirring, until sauce boils.
• Can be stored in the refrigerator for several days.

HOT APPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL PECAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and lightly flour a 9 x 2" cake pan.
• Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. In a separate bowl, mix together flour, spices, baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat in eggs on low speed, one at a time, until well blended. Add flour mixture beating just until incorporated. Mix in apples, nuts and the vanilla.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan. Bake for 35 - 45 minutes or until top is golden and cake tester inserted near center comes out clean. Remove to rack and cool. Turn cake out of pan by inverting onto rack after 10 minutes.
• NOTE: If desired, the cake may be stored at room temperature, well wrapped overnight or it may be frozen. Defrost at room temperature for several hours or overnight. Reheat in 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until warm.
• Caramel Pecan Sauce:.
• Melt butter in a medium size saucepan. Add nuts. Cook, stirring constantly, over moderately high heat, until nuts are toasted and butter is lightly browned. Add brown sugar and cream and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until sauce boils and sugar dissolves and turns deep golden brown.
• NOTE: the sauce maybe refrigerated for several days. Reheat before serving.
• To Serve: place a wedge of warm cake on a dessert plate. Serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and spoon hot Caramel Pecan Sauce over all.