Caramel Apple Beer Cake4


Ingredients
For the caramel layer:

  • 3 tbs butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup brown ale
  • 2 tbs cream
  • 2 large SweeTango or Granny Smith apples, sliced


For the cake layer:

  • 1 1/3 cup AP flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2/3 cup brown ale
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla


Directions

  1. Add the butter, white sugar and brown ale to a saucepan over high heat. Stir until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Allow to boil without stirring until dark amber color, about 5 minutes. 
  2. Remove from heat, stir in the cream, allow to cool until the bubbling stops.
  3. Arrange the apples slices in a cake pan or deep dish pie pan that has been well greased.  Pour the caramel over the apples.
  4. In a large bowl stir together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, salt, white suga and brown sugar.
  5. Make a well in the dry ingredients, add the eggs, beer, cream, melted butter and vanilla, stir until just incorporated.
  6. Pour batter over apples.
  7. Bake at 325 for 45 minutes or until golden brown and top springs lightly when touched.


Wait precisely ten minutes, invert on a serving plate to remove from pan.