French Apple Cake

Name: French Apple Cake
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 6 apples; 227 grams (2 sticks) butter, melted; 227 grams tub PHILADELPHIA Honey Pecan Cream Cheese Spread (optional); 113 grams (1/2 of 8-oz. pkg.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened; 3 eggs; 237 milliliters flour; 237 milliliters granulated sugar, divided; 1 lemon; 59 milliliters powdered sugar (optional); 4 teaspoons water; 237 milliliters whipping cream (optional)

The recipe French Apple Cake is ready in approximately 1 hour and is definitely an awesome vegetarian option for lovers of Mediterranean food. This recipe makes 8 servings with 689 calories, 8g of protein, and 47g of fat each. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of philadelphia cream cheese, powdered sugar, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Heat oven to 350F.

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Oven

To prepare the caramel sauce, heat 3/4 cup granulated sugar with 4 tsp. water in a 12-inch nonstick ovenproof skillet. When the sugar becomes light brown, add the juice of 1/2 lemon.

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Sugar

Caramel Sauce

Juice

Lemon

Water

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Frying Pan

Remove from heat.

Peel, core and thinly slice the apples, then arrange in an attractive circular overlapping pattern on the caramel.

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Caramel

Apple

In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs with remaining 3/4 cup granulated sugar.

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Granulated Sugar

Egg

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Mixing Bowl

Add the butter, PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese (4 oz.) and flour; continue beating until you have a creamy batter.

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Cream Cheese

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Pour over apples and caramel and bake for 45 minutes.

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Caramel

Apple

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Oven

Let cool slightly prior to turning over onto a decorative cake plate.

Optional: While cake is baking, beat PHILADELPHIA Honey Nut Flavor Cream Cheese

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Cream Cheese

Honey

Spread with mixer until fluffy. Separately, beat whipping cream with mixer on high speed until soft peaks form. Beat in 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Gently fold the honey nut cream cheese into the whipped cream and chill well in the freezer, if necessary. Top the warm cake slices with a spoonful of the whipped cream mixture and enjoy!

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Powdered Sugar