Caramel Apple Gooey Butter Cake

Name: Caramel Apple Gooey Butter Cake
Total time: 75 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 4 apples; 1 unit lemon juice; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup butter; 1 cup brown sugar; 1 handful fall spices; 1 cup sugar; 1 cup melted butter; 2 units eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; 2 cups flour; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 tsp salt; 8 oz cream cheese; 1 unit egg; 2 cups powdered sugar; 1 cup salted caramel sauce; 1 cup powdered sugar

1h 15m

Serves 8

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Caramel Apple Gooey Butter Cake

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1h 15m

Serves 8

Directions

1First, macerate the apples by adding lemon juice and sugar. Let them sit for an hour and drain off excess liquid.
2Next, cook down the apples in butter, brown sugar, and fall spices until tender, then let them cool.
3Whisk together sugar and melted butter in a bowl.
4Add in two eggs and vanilla, whisking until fully combined.
5Fold in the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt.
6Fold in the cooled apples.
7Pour the batter into a parchment-lined springform pan and spread evenly.
8Make the caramel cream cheese mixture by adding cream cheese to a bowl and mixing with a hand mixer until smooth.
9Add one egg and mix.
10Add powdered sugar half at a time, mixing until smooth after each addition.
11Mix in salted caramel sauce.
12Pour the caramel cream cheese layer on top of the apple batter and spread evenly.
13Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes, or until edges are golden brown and the top is crackly.
14Let the cake chill for the cream cheese layer to set.
15Top with powdered sugar before serving.

Ingredients

4 apples
1 unit lemon juice
1 cup sugar
1 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 handful fall spices
1 cup sugar
1 cup melted butter
2 units eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
8 oz cream cheese
1 unit egg
2 cups powdered sugar
1 cup salted caramel sauce
1 cup powdered sugar

Equipment

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Caramel Apple Gooey Butter Cake

1h 15m

Serves 8

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Caramel Apple Gooey Butter Cake

tiktok.com

1h 15m

Serves 8

Directions

1First, macerate the apples by adding lemon juice and sugar. Let them sit for an hour and drain off excess liquid.
2Next, cook down the apples in butter, brown sugar, and fall spices until tender, then let them cool.
3Whisk together sugar and melted butter in a bowl.
4Add in two eggs and vanilla, whisking until fully combined.
5Fold in the dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, and salt.
6Fold in the cooled apples.
7Pour the batter into a parchment-lined springform pan and spread evenly.
8Make the caramel cream cheese mixture by adding cream cheese to a bowl and mixing with a hand mixer until smooth.
9Add one egg and mix.
10Add powdered sugar half at a time, mixing until smooth after each addition.
11Mix in salted caramel sauce.
12Pour the caramel cream cheese layer on top of the apple batter and spread evenly.
13Bake at 350°F for 45 minutes, or until edges are golden brown and the top is crackly.
14Let the cake chill for the cream cheese layer to set.
15Top with powdered sugar before serving.