Layered Apple Pie Cake

5 from 1 vote

The layered apple pie cake may take time and effort, but the results are worth it! One of the best treats to show your culinary dedication and love for your family.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword 1 hour, Apple, cakes, desserts, pie

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 40

Total Time 1

Author Muhammad Kashif

Servings Slices

Calories 557kcal

Ingredients

For The Apple Spice Cake

1 cup unsalted butter softened
1 teaspoon salt
One teaspoon of ground cinnamon
1 ½ cups dark brown sugar
3 eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
½ cup grated apples packed
1 cup whole milk
¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

For The Apple Pie Filling

3-4 medium apples peeled & thinly sliced
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ cup dark brown sugar
½ tablespoon cornstarch
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
Dash of ground nutmeg

For The Frosting

1 pound unsalted butter room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 cups icing sugar or to taste
8 ounces of full-fat cream cheese
Salted caramel optional

Instructions

Combine butter and sugar and mix thoroughly.
Add eggs one by one and beat them until they get fluffy. Also, add vanilla extract.
Add whole milk and grated apples and beat.
Shift baking powder, nutmeg, flour, salt, and cinnamon in another bowl.
Add this dry mixture to the wet mixture gradually and beat very well to smoothen the mixture.
Transfer to the eight-inch cake tin and bake in a preheated oven for 20 minutes.
Insert toothpick. When it remains clean, the cake is ready.
Add some apples to a pan and cook until soft; let them cool before using.
Beat icing sugar, butter, cinnamon, and vanilla until fluffy.
Mix cream cheese gradually and beat.
Once your frosting is ready, fill it between the cake layers and frost the cake from outside.
Drizzle caramel if you want.

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