APPLE COBBLER WITH SPICE CAKE

Apple Cobbler with Spice Cake image

Provided by Food Network

Categories dessert

Time 2h30m

Yield 8 servings

Number Of Ingredients 20

8 cups peeled and sliced firm, tart apples such as Granny Smith
1 cup sugar
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons butter, diced
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg, well beaten
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cloves
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
Serving suggestion: warm caramel sauce

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
To make the apple topping: Grease a 12-inch Dutch oven or a large, deep baking dish. Add the apples, sugar, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, butter and flour. Mix well then sprinkle with walnuts.
To make the cake: In a large bowl or mixer, cream together the shortening and brown sugar. Mix in the egg, sour cream and vanilla. Sift the flour, baking soda, nutmeg, cloves, cinnamon and salt together into a bowl. Add the dry ingredients to the shortening mixture and mix thoroughly. Spoon the cake batter over the apple topping then bake until cake is nicely browned, begins to pull from the sides of the pan and a toothpick can be inserted and removed cleanly, about 40 minutes. Let the cake cool for 10 minutes then turn it out onto a large plate. Serve slices of cake warm or at room temperature drizzled with hot caramel sauce, if desired.