Maple Cake with Brown Butter Apples

Name: Maple Cake with Brown Butter Apples
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoons baking soda; 3 larges eggs, at room temperature; 651 milliliters all-purpose flour; 3 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1-inch dice (See Notes); 1 teaspoon ground ginger; 0 teaspoons ground nutmeg; 1 teaspoon lemon juice; 414 milliliters maple syrup; 237 milliliters milk, at room temperature; 1 teaspoon salt; 59 milliliters sugar; 5 Tbsps unsalted butter, at room temperature; 59 milliliters vegetable oil

Maple Cake with Brown Butter Apples might be just the dessert you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 572 calories, 8g of protein, and 17g of fat each. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. A mixture of salt, sugar, eggs, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 2 hours. It is a good option if you're following a vegetarian diet.

Instructions

For the Brown Butter Apples: Toss apples with lemon juice and salt. In large skillet, melt butter over medium heat until beginning to foam, 3 to 4 minutes. Swirl the pan gently from time to time and continue to cook until the foam subsides and you see solids beginning to brown at the bottom of the skillet.

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Lemon Juice

Apple

Butter

Salt

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Frying Pan

Add apples, syrup, and sugar to skillet and sautée until just tender, 6 to 8 minutes, stirring occasionally.

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Apple

Sugar

Syrup

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Remove from heat. With slotted spoon, transfer apples to plate, leaving juices in skillet.

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Apple

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Slotted Spoon

Frying Pan

For the Cake: Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. With pastry brush, grease 9-inch springform pan with about 3/4 tablespoon butter. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper round and brush parchment with remaining butter.

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Butter

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Springform Pan

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Oven

In medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, ginger, and nutmeg; set aside.

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Baking Soda

Ginger

Nutmeg

All Purpose Flour

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

In large bowl, beat remaining 4 tablespoons butter and oil on medium speed until light and fully incorporated, about 2 minutes.

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Butter

Cooking Oil

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Bowl

Add maple syrup and continue beating on medium speed until thick and pale, about 3 minutes.

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Maple Syrup

Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

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Egg

Decrease mixer speed to low and add flour mixture in three batches, alternating with milk. Scrape sides and bottom of bowl with rubber spatula as needed. Increase speed to medium and beat mixture just until combined, 20 to 30 seconds.

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All Purpose Flour

Milk

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Spatula

Blender

Bowl

Scrape batter into prepared pan.

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Bake 30 minutes until top is set and beginning to brown. Top with apples and continue baking until cake tester inserted in center of cake comes out clean, 45 to 60 minutes longer.

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Apple

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Oven

Transfer cake to cooling rack and cool in pan 10 minutes. Release and remove springform.

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Wire Rack

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While cake is cooling, stir apple drippings in skillet and bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Cook until thickened, bubbly, and reduced to about ¼ cup. Immediately drizzle over cake.

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Apple

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Cool cake about 45 minutes and serve warm with ice cream. Cake may also be cooled completely and served at room temperature.

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Ice Cream