Best Praline Apple Cake Recipes

JIM'S APPLE RAISIN POUND CAKE WITH PRALINE GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10-inch Bundt pan. In a bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, allspice, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• In a large bowl, mix the vegetable oil, 2 cups of sugar, eggs, apples, 1 cup of pecans, and raisins. Mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients, and pour the batter into the prepared Bundt pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out with moist crumbs, about 70 minutes. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a rack to finish cooling.
• For glaze, mix 1/2 cup of white sugar, the brown sugar, half and half, and 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium-low, and boil, stirring constantly, until the mixture thickens to a syrup, 5 to 10 minutes. A candy thermometer will read 220 degrees F (105 degrees C). At that point, stir in butter, 1 cup of pecans, and vanilla extract. Continue to cook and stir until the syrup reaches 234 degrees F (110 degrees C). Allow the glaze to cool for 5 minutes, then spread the warm glaze over the cake.

OATMEAL-APPLE PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Place oats into a bowl and cover with boiling water. Set aside.
• Sift flour, pudding mix, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, cloves, and allspice together in a small mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Beat brown sugar, white sugar, and butter together using an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until combined. Stir in flour mixture and coconut until blended; stir in softened oats and apples until well blended, making sure not to overmix. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until lightly browned on top and a toothpick or knife inserted into the center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes.
• While cake is baking, melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Boil, stirring constantly, until butter begins to brown, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in brown sugar and coconut milk until well blended; stir in coconut and pecans. Remove from heat.
• Remove cake from the oven and immediately spread butter mixture over the top. Set an oven rack 2 to 4 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler.
• Broil cake in the preheated oven until topping bubbles and browns, about 2 minutes, making sure not to burn. Remove pan from the oven. Let topping absorb into the cake before serving, about 10 minutes.

APPLE, PRALINE AND CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 14-cup bundt pan.
• 2. Start by toasting your pecans in the oven for 8 - 10 minutes or until fragrant. Be sure to toss half way through cooking time. Set aside when they are done.
• 3. Prepare filling: Beat butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in egg, vanilla, and flour and mix until smooth. Set aside.
• 4. Prepare cake: In the bowl of an electric mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, beat sugars, canola oil, and applesauce. Add in the eggs, one by one. Stir in vanilla.
• 5. In a separate bowl, combine flour, spices, salt and baking soda.
• 6. Working in batches, add this to your wet mixture.
• 7. Remove bowl from mixer and fold in pecans and apples.
• 8. Baking: Place 2/3 of the batter into the bundt pan. Spoon in the cream cheese mixture and, using a paring knife, swirl around to incorporate evenly. Be sure to leave about an inch border, so that the cream cheese does not leak out while baking.
• 9. Place the remaining 1/3 of the batter on top.
• 10. Bake for 60 - 75 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
• 11. Cool completely on a wire rack.
• 12. Frosting the cake: Bring brown sugar, butter, and milk to a boil in a small saucepan, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Be careful, as mixture will bubble up violently!
• 13. Gradually whisk in confectioners' sugar. Allow mixture to harden slightly and pour over completely cooled cake. Garnish with additional pecans, if desired.

PRALINE APPLE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Line the bottom of a 9" springform pan with parchment, and butter the pan.
• Cream the sugar and beat in the eggs, one at a time, and the vanilla.
• Sift the flour and baking powder into the butter and sugar.
• Beat them in to form a smooth batter.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared springform pan.
• Wet your hands and pat it evenly into the pan.
• Mix the cinnamon and sugar.
• Peel the apples and cut them into thin slices.
• Toss them in the cinnamon sugar and push them, on end, into the batter.
• At first they will seem to be sticking very far out of the batter, but the apples will make the level rise as you go.
• When all the apples are in- pack them in there- press them down slightly, so none stick out more than 1/2".
• Sprinkle any remaining cinnamon sugar over the top.
• Bake the cake for 45 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cream the remaining butter and sugar, and beat in the remaining egg.
• Spread this over the top of the cake and bake for 15 minutes more.

APPLE PIE CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE W/PRALINE TOPPIN

Steps:

• CREAM CHEESE FILLING: Beat cream cheese, butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended; set aside.
• CAKE BATTER: Preheat oven to 350º. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Remove from oven; set aside.
• In a large bowl: whisk together 3 cups flour and next 7 ingredients; stir in eggs, canola oil, apple pie filling and vanilla; stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in toasted pecans. NOTE: chop the apples (from apple pie filling) into small pieces. I used kitchen scissors to cut into smaller pieces.
• Spoon two-thirds of batter into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan.
• Spoon Cream Cheese Filling over batter, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl cream cheese filling through batter using a paring knife. Spoon remaining batter over Cream Cheese Filling.
• Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; invert onto plate, and cool completely.
• PRALINE FROSTING: Over medium heat in a 2-qt saucepan bring brown sugar, butter, and heavy cream to a boil, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute.
• Remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly.
• Pour immediately over cooled cake. Sprinkle toasted pecans on top if desired.

PECAN PRALINE APPLE BUTTERMILK CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Mix dry ingredients and set aside. Beat butter, sugars and vanilla until creamy.Slowly add canola oil and mix until incorporated.Separate egg yolks from egg whites and place yolks in separate bowl to beat with a fork. Add yolks to butter mixture.Place egg whites in refrigerator until chilled. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Add flour to butter mixture one cup at a time , mixing until just incorporated. Add buttermilk and mix well. Fold in egg whites being careful not to deflate cake mixture. Add mashed cooked apples, pecans and orange zest, gently incorporate. Place batter in a large greased bundt pan. Bake at 350 for one hour or until toothpick or knife inserted in center comes out clean. Pecan Praline Icing Add brown sugar and butter to medium sauce pan, turning the heat to medium. Sugar mixture will turn a dark amber color. Cook until reaching the soft ball stage and mixture thickens. Add water, heavy cream and pecans while continuing to stir. Pour this mixture over cake.

APPLE PRALINE DESSERT CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease an 8-in square baking pan.
• Cream together the 1 cup sugar with the 1/4 cup butter in a bowl.
• Add in the egg and apples; mix well.
• Sift together the dry ingredients.
• Add to creamed mixture; mix well; stir in nuts.
• Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
• FOR SAUCE: Melt the 1/4 cup butter in a saucepan.
• Add the cream and mix well until blended.
• Combine the sugar and the 1 tbsp flour to the butter/cream mixture; mix well until thickened, over low heat.
• Add in vanilla, mix well.
• Serve warm over the apple dessert.

APPLE CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING & PRALINE ICING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in 1 egg; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat oil with remaining sugar and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into oil mixture until blended. Stir in the apples, carrots and pecans.
• Transfer half of the apple batter to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan; layer with cream cheese mixture and remaining apple batter.
• Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a large saucepan, bring the brown sugar, butter and milk to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake. Sprinkle with pecans.

FRESH APPLE CAKE WITH PRALINE ICING (SALLYE)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Grease and flour bundt or tube pan
• 2. Using medium speed on electric mixer, beat apples, sugar, oil and eggs together in a large mixing bowl, set aside for 30 minutes. Leave apples chunky. NOTE: You can use Granny Smith or other kinds of apples if desired
• 3. Sift together flour, soda, salt, and cinnamon in a mixing bowl Add pecans and stir to coat the pecans
• 4. After apple mixture has set for 30 minutes, gradually add flour mixture to the apples, and mix well using low speed on electric mixer. Leave the apples a little chunky. Continue mixing as you stir in vanilla extract.
• 5. Pour into bundt or tube pan, and cook for 55 minutes. Test with toothpick inserted into thickest part of cake, if it comes out clean remove from oven; if not cook another ten minutes Turn out from pan onto serving dish and cool
• 6. Making icing: Bring sugar and milk to a boil, stirring constantly. When boiling, cease stirring and cook gently until a drop forms a soft ball when dropped in cold water Remove from fire Add butter and vanilla, cool ten minutes Beat with electric mixer until creamy, add nuts and spread over cake NOTE: This is a tricky icing, if it starts to get hard before you spread it, add warm milk by tablespoons until desired consistency for spreading. (it will set up again on cake within a few minutes.

APPLE PRALINE CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease bundt pan with shortening and coat with flour. Set aside.
• 2. In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients,(flour, salt, soda and sugar)Mix well and set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl, beat eggs with an electric mixer until pale yellow and foamy. Add oil and vanilla and mix to blend. Add the flour mixture until all is used. The batter will be thick so if you don't have a heavy duty blender, you may want to stir the last of the flour in.
• 4. Stir in the apples and nuts and pour into prepared bundt pan. Make sure it is equally distributed. Bake in preheated 375 oven for approximately one hour. Check to make sure it's done before taking out of the oven.
• 5. Place on baking rack while preparing Praline Topping.
• 6. PRALINE TOPPING
• 7. In a medium sauce pan, add the brown sugar, stick of butter, tsp. of vanilla extract and the 1/4th cup of evaporated milk.
• 8. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes.
• 9. While cake is still warm, place into a cake plate and top with the topping. I spread it all over the cake while keeping the remaining topping in the middle of the cake, in the hole and scoop it up. This takes a lot of patience. You want to make sure that the whole cake is covered. This helps to keep it nice and moist. Keep bringing it up from the bottom and sides until it begins to set, about 15 or 20 minutes. The end result is well worth it. Enjoy

APPLE CAKE WITH PRALINE ICING

Steps:

• 1. Sift flour, baking powder, salt, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg together. Beat oil and sugar at high speed in mixer for several minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing well after each addition. Beat in sifted dry ingredients. Add vanilla and mix well. Stir in apples and pecans. Pour into greased Bundt pan. Bake at 350 for 50 to 60 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Let stand til completely cooled Drizzle with Praline Icing. Praline Icing: 1 1/2 cups packed light brown sugar 1/4 cup margarine, 1/2 stick 1/4 cup evaporated milk 1 tsp. vanilla extract Mix brown sugar, margarine and milk in pan. Bring to a boil. Stir constantly. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Let stand til slightly cooled. Beat until mixture is of spreading consistency.

APPLE-CREAM CHEESE BUNDT CAKE W/PRALINE GLAZE

Steps:

• Prepare Filling: Beat first 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until blended and smooth. Add egg, flour, and vanilla; beat just until blended.
• Prepare Batter: Preheat oven to 350º. Bake pecans in a shallow pan 8 to 10 minutes or until toasted and fragrant, stirring halfway through. Stir together 3 cups flour and next 7 ingredients in a large bowl; stir in eggs and next 3 ingredients, stirring just until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in apples and pecans.
• Spoon two-thirds of apple mixture into a greased and floured 14-cup Bundt pan. Spoon Cream Cheese Filling over apple mixture, leaving a 1-inch border around edges of pan. Swirl filling through apple mixture using a paring knife. Spoon remaining apple mixture over Cream Cheese Filling.
• Bake at 350º for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a wire rack 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack, and cool completely (about 2 hours).
• Prepare Frosting: Bring 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 3 Tbsp. milk to a boil in a 2-qt. saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly; boil 1 minute, whisking constantly. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Gradually whisk in powdered sugar until smooth; stir gently 3 to 5 minutes or until mixture begins to cool and thickens slightly. Pour immediately over cooled cake.

APPLE CARROT CAKE WITH CREAM CHEESE FILLING & PRALINE ICING

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar until smooth. Beat in 1 egg; set aside.
• In a large bowl, beat oil with remaining sugar and eggs until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into oil mixture until blended. Stir in the apples, carrots and pecans.
• Transfer half of the apple batter to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan; layer with cream cheese mixture and remaining apple batter.
• Bake at 350° for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a large saucepan, bring the brown sugar, butter and milk to a boil. Cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake. Sprinkle with pecans.

APPLE CAKE W/PRALINE GLAZE

Steps:

• beat sugar, oil and butter add eggs one at a time while beating add soda, salt, vanilla, flour then mix in apple and pecans 350 for @ 1 hour to 1 hour 15 cool slightly, turn out onto plate while baking, mix all glaze ingredients in small saucepan and cook, stirring constantly for about 15 minutes or until starts to thicken.add pecan pieces....cool slightly spread over slightly warm cake