Apple Cider-Caramel Cake

Name: Apple Cider-Caramel Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 18
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters sliced peeled cooking apple (such as Braeburn, Rome, or McIntosh); 532 milliliters apple cider, divided; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 227 grams block fat-free cream cheese; 3 Tbsps dry breadcrumbs; 3 larges eggs; 710 milliliters all-purpose flour; 532 milliliters granulated sugar, divided; 6 Tbsps fresh lemon juice, divided; 1 Tbsp grated lemon rind; 237 milliliters low-fat buttermilk; 118 milliliters margarine or butter, softened; 1 Tbsp margarine or butter; 1 Tbsp powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

This recipe makes 18 servings with 286 calories, 6g of protein, and 7g of fat each. This recipe covers 6% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up powdered sugar, buttermilk, eggs, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Bring 2 cups cider to a boil in a large, heavy saucepan over high heat. Cook until reduced to 1/2 cup (about 20 minutes). Reduce heat to medium-high; stir in 1/2 cup granulated sugar. Cook 5 minutes or until sugar dissolves and cider is thick and dark-colored, stirring occasionally.

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Sugar

Cider

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat; cool 1 minute. Stir in 1 tablespoon margarine. Stir in apple; cook 15 minutes over medium-high heat or until the liquid is absorbed, stirring frequently.

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Margarine

Apple

Remove from heat; cool. (If apple mixture hardens, place it over low heat until softened).

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Apple

Preheat oven to 32

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Oven

Coat a 12-cup Bundt pan with cooking spray; dust with breadcrumbs.

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Cooking Spray

Breadcrumbs

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Kugelhopf Pan

Combine 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar, 1/2 cup margarine, lemon rind, and cream cheese in a large bowl; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 5 minutes).

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Granulated Sugar

Cream Cheese

Lemon Peel

Margarine

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Blender

Bowl

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife.

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Lemon Juice

All Purpose Flour

Egg

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Measuring Cup

Knife

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt.

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Baking Soda

All Purpose Flour

Salt

Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Fold in apple mixture.

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Buttermilk

Apple

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Pour into prepared pan; bake at 325 for 1 1/2 hours or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.

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Oven

Frying Pan

Combine 1/4 cup cider, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1/4 cup lemon juice, and vanilla; let stand until sugar dissolves, stirring occasionally. Cool cake in pan 5 minutes, and pierce with a wooden skewer in several places.

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Sugar

Lemon Juice

Vanilla