FLOURLESS APPLE-CARAMEL CAKE (5 - HOUR COOK TIME)

Flourless Apple-Caramel Cake (5 - Hour Cook Time) image

Provided by YiayiaMouse

Categories Dessert

Time 5h30m

Yield 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 cup sugar
10 teaspoons sugar
1/4 cup water
10 granny smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
2 oranges, segmented
2 oranges, zest of
whipped cream (optional)

Steps:

Slice all peeled and cored apples thinly. (Not PAPER thin, though.) Keep each apple's quantity separated for assembly.
In a heavy saucepan over medium heat, bring 1 cup of sugar and the water to a simmer, scraping the sides down to dissolve all sugar granules.
Simmer the syrup for 8 minutes, swirling the pan (don't stir!) and wiping down the sides to ensure even browning.
Pour caramel into a 2-quart ceramic soufflé pan (or the like), swirling the caramel around the bottom and up the sides of the dish.
Allow the caramel to cool, and harden, in the dish for 10 minutes.
Preheat oven to 250.
Arrange a layer of apples on the caramel in overlapping circles, using one apple's quantity.
Sprinkle this layer with 1 teaspoon of sugar and some orange zest.
Repeat apple, sugar/zest layering for all 10 layers. They will overflow the pan. This is okay . NOTE: Assembling each layer/circle in the opposite direction will make the cake more stable when slicing and plating.
Place the foil covered pan into a bano maria. (A roasting pan filled with water to halfway up the sides of the cake pan.).
Bake 5 hours. A skewer inserted should come out clean.
Allow the cake to cool completely, then refrigerate for 2 hours.
Loosen the cake from the pan by warming it in hot water before placing the serving plate over the top and inverting the cake.
Serve by cutting into 6-8 wedges and plating each with orange segments and whipped cream, if desired.