(¡Receta en español abajo!)
I feel like I've been saying this a lot lately but this cake is AMAZING, I'm seriously in love and it is not too hard to make either (except maybe for the caramel part). I made half the recipe because I wanted a small cake (big mistake as I wanted more when it was gone!!! You can double the recipe and make a two layers cake. Enjoy!
Apple Walnut Cake with Caramel Cream Cheese Icing (Magnolia Bakery Cookbook)
Cake
1 Cup flour
1/2 Cup whole wheat flour
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 Cup oil
1 Cup sugar
2 medium eggs at room temp.
1 1/2 cups Golden Delicious apples, cut in 1" pieces (2 apples)
1/2 Cup coarsely chopped walnuts
1 1/2 tablespoons apple-flavored brandy
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease/flour one 9 inches cake pan, line bottoms with waxed paper.
To make the cake: Sift dry ingredients and set aside.
Beat oil, sugar, at med. speed, about 3 min.Add eggs, one at a time; add dry ing.Batter will be very thick.By hand, fold in apples, nuts, brandy.Put in pans; bake 45-55 minutes. @325º.Let cool 10 minutes, remove from pans, cool on wire racks.
Caramel Cream Cheese Icing
1/2 pound (one 8 oz. pkgs) cream cheese, softened slightly and cut into pieces
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, softened slightly and cut into pieces
1/2 cup cold caramel plus extra for decorating
Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth on the medium speed of an electric mixer, about 3 minutes. Gradually add the caramel and beat until well incorporated.
When the cake has cooled, ice top and sides of the cake. Drizzle remaining caramel over top of cake and using a small knife swirl caramel into icing, forming a decorative pattern. Garnish with walnuts as desired.
Caramel (makes 1 1/2 cups)
1/2 cup cold water
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 cups heavy cream, at room temperature
In a medium-size saucepan, combine the water and sugar. Set over medium-low heat, stirring occassionally, until the sugar dissolves, about 3 minutes, making sure no sugar is sticking to the sides of the pan. Increase the heat to high and boil without stirring until the syrup becomes a deep amber color, about 15 minutes. To prevent the syrup from becoming grainy, use a pastry brush dipped into cold water to brush down any sugar crystal sticking to the sides of the pan. Swirl the pan occassionally for even browning.
Once the syrup turns deep amber in color, inmmediately remove from the heat. Slowly and carefully add the cream to the syrup (the mixture will bubble vigorously), whisking constantly until the cream is incorporated.
Return the pan to medium-low heat and stirr until the sauce is smooth, about 1 minute.
Remove from the heat and allow to come to room temperature before refrigerating. The caramel can be stored for up to 1 month in the refrigerator.
Me da la sensación de que ultimamente he estado diciendo mucho esto pero este pastel está IMPRESIONANTE. En serio que me he enamorado y además tampoco es muy difícil (excepto quizás por la parte del caramelo. Hice la mitad de la receta porque quería un pastel pequeño (gran error porque luego quería más cuando se acabó)!!!! Podéis doblar la receta y hacer un pastel de dos pisos. Disfrutad!
Pastel de manzana y nueces con icing de crema de queso y caramelo (Magnolia Bakery Cookbook)
Pastel
1 taza de harina
1 taza de harina
1/2 taza de harina integral
1/2 cucharadita de canela
1/2 cucharadita de bicarbonato
1/4 cucharadita de sal
3/4 de taza de aceite
1 taza de azúcar
2 huevos medianos a temperatura ambiente.
2 manzanas cortadas en daditos
1/2 taza de nueces picadas
1 1/2 cucharadas de coñac u otro licor similar
Engrasar un molde de unos 23 centímetros para pasteles. Mezclar los ingredientes no líquidos. En otro bol batir el aceite y el azúcar a velocidad media. Añadir los huevos, uno por uno; añadir la mezcla de harina. Incorporar las manzanas, las nueces y el coñac a mano. Poner en el molde y cocinar unos 45-55 minutos a 160ºC.
Dejar enfriar 10 minutos, sacar de los moldes y enfriar en una rejilla.
Icing de caramelo y queso crema
226 gramos de queso crema
55 gramos de mantequilla sin sal, un poco reblandecida y cortada en piezas
118 ml de caramelo frío y un poco más para la decoración
Mezclar el queso y la mantequilla durante unos 3 minutos a velocidad media. Añadir gradualmente el caramelo y batir hasta que esté bien incorporado.
Cuando el pastel se haya enfriado poner el icing por encima y por los lados del pastel. Echar por encima algo más de caramelo y nueces para decorar.
Caramelo (hace 354 ml)
118 ml de agua fría
354 ml de azúcar
236 ml de nata líquida a temperatura ambiente
Combinar el agua y el azúcar en una olla mediana. Poner a temperatura media-baja mezclando ocasionalmente hasta que el azúcar se disuelva, unos 3 minutos, asegurándote de que el azúcar no se queda pegado a los lados de la olla. Subir la temperatura a alta y llevar a ebullición sin mezclar hasta que el sirope tenga un color ámbar, unos 15 minutos. Mover la olla de vez en cuando para que quede todo el caramelo del mismo color.
Una vez el sirope coja un color ámbar quitar inmediatamente de la olla. Echar lentamente y con cuidado la nata al sirope mezclando constantemente hasta que la crema se haya incorporado.
Devolver la olla al fuego medio-bajo y mezclar hasta que la salsa sea suave, durante un minuto aproximadamente.
Sacar del fuego y esperar a que llegue a temperatura ambiente antes de refrigerar. Se puede guardar hasta un mes en la nevera.
Is this from the bakery book you received a while ago? I´ve been making it for two years now and it IS amazing. One of my favorites. But plain, no cream cheese frosting. Thanks for sharing!
ResponderEliminarYes!! It's from Magnolia Bakery, I totally forgot to mention it!!!
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ResponderEliminarThis looks so ridiculously good!
ResponderEliminarI'm hoping for a good harvest of apples from our three trees this year, so maybe I'll be making this cake with my own apples! looks like ooey-gooey deliciousness!
ResponderEliminarThat looks so delicious. Apple and caramel are a perfect pairing. What a wonderful dessert. xx
ResponderEliminarThis cake I know I will be in love with, apples and cinnamon are my all time favorite flavors and this just takes them to the next level!
ResponderEliminarI love anything involving apples and walnuts - this sounds incredible! I'd love to make this in the fall with crisp apples.
ResponderEliminarMy mouth is watering! I love the addition of the frosting on an apple cake. Delicious!
ResponderEliminarI would call this cake, the Everything cake". It has everything good in it.
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ResponderEliminarThis cake with apples and walnuts is really yummy! Following you now.
This looks fantastic and so delicious! Love it!
ResponderEliminarYou had me at caramel cream cheese icing. Yum!
ResponderEliminarHow good does this cake look! I could just sit down to a tub of the caramel!
ResponderEliminarEs que Mirea, con solo ver las fotos yo también digo, es impresionante, vaya torta y con lo que me gustas las manzanas.
ResponderEliminarCreo que me voy a comprar el libro, ya me di cuenta que hya recetas que valen la pena.
That cake looks amazing.
ResponderEliminarWhat a decadent looking cake - yum!
ResponderEliminarohhh dear ...what a delicious cake....loved the flavors used in it...a definite must try !!!bookmarked !!!!
ResponderEliminarwow..absolutely lipsmacking
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Thank you for sharing this recipe -- the cake looks delicious! I can't wait to try it.
ResponderEliminarIt's okay to call the cake amazing - it really looks that good, Mireia. I love apples but only have one apple cake recipe that I have baked to death Thanks for bringing this new one into my home.
ResponderEliminarIt looks gooey and wonderful!
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