APPLE-PECAN CARROT CAKE
Southern Living Magazine recipe. This cake has Mascarpone Frosting piled on top and Apple Cider Caramel Sauce in between layers and salty-sweet spiced pecans scattered about. The photo alone looks good enough to eat.
Provided by Pat Duran
Categories Other Sauces
Time 1h5m
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- 1. Heat oven to 350^. Butter well 2 parchment covered 9-inch cake pans. Sprinkle with 1 1/3 cups of toasted pecans. Shake pan to coat bottoms and sides of pans with the nuts.
- 2. Stir together the flour,soda,salt and apple pie spice. Stir eggs,sugar vegetable oil, buttermilk and vanilla in a large bowl until well blended. Fold in apples, carrots and remaining 1 cup of pecans. Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.Bake for 30-35 minutes until toothpick test comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove pans and cool completely, about 1 hour.
- 3. Place 1 cake layer, pecan side down, on serving plate. Spread top of cake layer with 2/3 cup of the Cider Caramel Sauce; top with remaining cake layer, pecan side down. Spread Mascarpone Frosting over top of cake. Drizzle some of the caramel sauce over frosting, and swirl sauce into frosting. Serve immediately. Refrigerate any left over cake.
- 4. APPLE-CIDER-CARAMEL-SAUCE: (make this the day before) Cook cider in a 3 qt saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, 10 minutes or until reduced to 1/4 cup. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring constantly; boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool completely. Refrigerate up to 1 week. To reheat, microwave at high 10 to 15 seconds or just until warm; stir until smooth.
- 5. MASCARPONE FROSTING: Stir mascarpone cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla in a medium bowl just until blended. Beat cream at low speed with mixer until foamy; increase speed to medium-high, beating until stiff peaks form. Gently fold whipped cream mixture into mascarpone cheese..Use immediately.
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Puspha Raj
[email protected]This was my favorite cake ever. Can't wait to make this again!
Abdul Rauf Khan Baloch
[email protected]I made this cake for a party and it was a huge hit!
Papa Ka pyara
[email protected]This cake was delicious! I made it for my husband's birthday.
Kisa FIFI
[email protected]I love this cake! It's so moist and flavorful. I've made it several times now.
Malik Sharoz
[email protected]This cake was so easy to make and it turned out so well!
Leah Pentolfe
[email protected]I made this cake for a party and it was a huge hit! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe.
Mylee Tittle
[email protected]This cake was delicious! I made it for my husband's birthday and he loved it. The cake was moist and flavorful, and the frosting was the perfect sweetness. I will definitely be making this again.
James Brown
[email protected]I love this cake! It's so moist and flavorful, and the cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement. I've made it several times now, and it's always a hit.
Alina Butnariuc
[email protected]This cake was so easy to make and it turned out so well! I used a bundt pan and it came out perfectly. The cake was moist and flavorful, and the frosting was the perfect sweetness. I will definitely be making this again.
Brandon Mweene
[email protected]I made this cake for a party and it was a huge hit! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe. I will definitely be making this again.
nazha Mostafa moon
[email protected]This cake was delicious! I made it for my husband's birthday and he loved it. The cake was moist and flavorful, and the frosting was the perfect sweetness. I will definitely be making this again.
Siamisang gaetshwane
[email protected]I love this cake! It's so moist and flavorful, and the cream cheese frosting is the perfect complement. I've made it several times now, and it's always a hit.
Rubab Kiran
[email protected]This cake was so easy to make and it turned out so well! I used a bundt pan and it came out perfectly. The cake was moist and flavorful, and the frosting was the perfect sweetness. I will definitely be making this again.
Bhupinder Singh
[email protected]I made this cake for a potluck and it was a huge success! Everyone loved it and asked for the recipe. I will definitely be making this again.
Love Diary
[email protected]This cake was a hit with my family! It was moist and flavorful, and the cream cheese frosting was the perfect complement. I will definitely be making this again.