Caramel Apple Cake

Name: Caramel Apple Cake
Yield: Serves 10 to 12
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 cup (7 ounces), granulated sugar; ¼ cup, water; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 6 tablespoons, heavy cream; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 1/2 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 2¼ cups (11¼ ounces), all-purpose flour; 1½ teaspoons, baking soda; 1 teaspoon, salt; 1 teaspoon, ground cinnamon; 1/4 teaspoon, ground nutmeg; 1/8 teaspoon, ground cloves; 1¼ cups, applesauce; 1 cup (7 ounces), granulated sugar; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled slightly; 1/4 cup, apple cider; 2 , large eggs; 1½ teaspoons, vanilla extract; 24 tablespoons (3 sticks), unsalted butter, softened; 3 cups (12 ounces), confectioners' sugar; 2 tablespoons, heavy cream; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/8 teaspoon, salt; 2 Fuji, Gala, or Pink Lady, apples, cored, quartered, and sliced very thin; 2 tablespoons, granulated sugar; 2 tablespoons, lemon juice

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Appears in Cook's Country October/November 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

American

Fruit

Cakes

SERVES10 to 12

TIME2½ hours, plus 2 hours cooling and 20 minutes chilling

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For an awesome dessert to showcase fall's bounty of apples, we sandwiched slightly salted, bittersweet caramel between layers of warm-spice-specked applesauce cake. We wanted the cake to be supermoist and sing with the concentrated flavor o...

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