Like Dorie, I try and resist buying apples until all the summer fruit is gone but this September I found a bag of Sugar Bee apples at Costco that was calling my name. I love Sugar Bee apples! When this recipe was selected for our group I already had the apples on hand.
The bundt cake is fall flavored with ingredients like cinnamon, brown sugar, maple syrup and vanilla. My cake baked up nicely in 60 minutes. I was amazed that it came out of the pan perfectly. We love Dorie’s caramel recipes and we thought this was a necessary item and not optional 🙂 And anytime Dorie suggests ice cream as an accompaniment, my husband is going to take it.
After making the caramel sauce, I thought it was too hot and runny to go directly on the cake. I let it cool quite a bit in the refrigerator to get the nice, thick consistency I was looking for. The sauce definitely went well with the cake and ice cream.
I managed to bake this cake the day before we left for our Italian vacation so most of the cake is in the freezer for another time.
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Oh my goodness how yummy!
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It looks so good! And you’ll have a special treat ready when you return home!
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This looks great – I’ll have to make the caramel next time!
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Okay, I should definitely have not seen your photos before my cake was all eaten and gone because now that I see your cake slices with their little ice cream hats, and fancy drizzle, I know that I need to stop by the ice cream shop for a pint so I can do this, too. This cake is so delicious, it ranks right up there with the “Danger! Danger!” category as no way am I eating one tiny slice of this one and handing the rest over to Mark like I usually do. 🙂 Italy…sigh.
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Oh I love how you added ice cream and drizzled the caramel on top…so pretty! This was a winner I think however it was served…so delicious! Have fun in Italy!!! We just got back from Eastern Canada!
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Ha ha – I had such a similar reaction to the cake, and to the caramel sauce. What a winner. The sauce was lovely but I was double checking the recipe as I expected it to be way thicker. Still glorious and a huge amount. I had a hilarious time trying to freeze it as I thought I was so clever and used my new silicone ice cube trays. I intended to then pop out the “caramel cubes” and keep them in a plastic bag. Except they did not actually ever fully freeze and stuck to the inside like I had added peanut butter. I never stop learning lol. Also happy to learn about Sugar Bee apples – had not heard of them before and will be checking out my Costco. Yay autumn and yay cake.
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