Description
A moist, spiced cake crowned with caramelized honey apples that creates a stunning autumn dessert.
Ingredients
Apple Topping:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, cubed, plus extra for greasing
- 1/2 cup pure honey
- Small pinch of sea salt
- 3 large Gala or Honeycrisp apples, peeled and cored
Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup honey
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup whole milk
Honey Glaze:
- 1/3 cup honey
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Tiny pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch round cake pan and line bottom with parchment.
- Cook sugar in heavy saucepan over medium heat until deep amber, 4-5 minutes. Whisk in butter, then honey and salt. Pour into prepared pan.
- Slice apple halves into thin wedges. Arrange in overlapping circles over caramel.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in medium bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Beat in honey, then eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Mix just until combined.
- Spread batter over apples. Bake 45-50 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in pan 15 minutes, then invert onto serving plate.
- For glaze, warm honey until bubbling. Whisk in butter, vanilla, and salt. Drizzle over warm cake.
Notes
Use room temperature ingredients for smoothest batter. Don’t skip the 15-minute cooling time before flipping, it prevents sticking!
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes