Blue Ribbon Apple Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to center position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter 9-inch cake pan.
• For the Apples: Place butter in large heavy-bottomed skillet over medium-high heat. Once butter has stopped foaming, add sugar and stir to combine. Continue to cook until sugar turns dark brown (it should look like dark brown sugar), about 2 minutes, swirling pan occasionally. Add salt and apples and fold with spatula to combine. Cook, stirring often, until apples have softened slightly and juices are thickened and syrupy, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove pan from heat and spoon apples into prepared cake pan.
• For the Cake:.
• In small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup sour cream, egg, yolk, and vanilla until well combined.
• Place flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Use electric mixer on low speed for 15 seconds to blend. Add butter and remaining 1/4 cup sour cream and mix on low speed until dry ingredients are moistened, 1 to 2 minutes. Increase speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes. Add sour cream/egg mixture and beat on medium-high, scraping down sides of bowl, until batter is homogeneous and fluffy, about 1 minute.
• Spoon batter over apples and gently spread out to thin layer that covers apples. Bake until cake is dark golden brown, feels set, and cake tester comes out clean when inserted in center, 35 to 40 minutes. Transfer pan to wire rack and let cool for 5 minutes.
• Place serving plate over top of pan and invert. Let cake sit inverted for about 1 minute without tapping or shaking pan. Cake will slowly detach itself. Once cake is on platter, gently remove pan. Serve warm (not hot) or at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. On a lightly floured surface, roll half of dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle; transfer to a 9-in. pie plate. Trim crust even with rim., In a small bowl, mix walnut layer ingredients until blended. Spread onto bottom of crust. Refrigerate while preparing filling., For filling, in a large bowl, toss apples with lemon juice and vanilla. In a small bowl, mix sugar, flour, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt; add to apple mixture and toss to coat., Pour filling over walnut layer; dot with butter. Roll remaining dough to a 1/8-in.-thick circle. Place over filling. Trim, seal and flute edge. Brush top with milk; sprinkle with sugar. Cut slits in crust., Place pie on a baking sheet. Bake 55-65 minutes or until crust is golden brown and filling is bubbly. Cover edge loosely with foil during the last 10 minutes if needed to prevent overbrowning. Remove foil. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• 1. Cream margarine and sugar in a bowl.
• 2. Mix in eggs one at a time.
• 3. In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon. Mix dry ingredients into the butter/sugar.
• 4. Fold in the chopped apples, walnuts, and milk.
• 5. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan. Spread apple cake batter evenly in pan.
• 6. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out without raw batter on it.
• 7. While the cake is baking, combine all the glaze ingredients except the vanilla in a medium pan. Stir and cook to a rolling boil. Remove from heat and add 1 teaspoon of vanilla.
• 8. Pour and spread glaze over hot cake as soon as the cake is removed from the oven.
• 9. Let cake cool completely before serving. The longer it sits, the better it gets!

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
• 2. Combine streusel ingredients in a small bowl; set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl, combine all cake ingredients except apples. Pour 1/3 of batter (about 1 2/3 C) into bundt pan. Layer 2 cups of apples over batter; sprinkle with half the streusel. Repeat layers with another 1/3 of batter, remaining apples and remaining streusel. End with remaining 1/3 of cake batter.
• 4. Bake for 65-75 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean when tested. Cool in pan for 3 minutes, then invert onto a serving plate to cool completely.
• 5. When cake is cool, prepare glaze. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar, butter, and spice. Add milk one Tbsp at a time until smooth and of drizzling consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled cake.

Steps:

• Coat apple slices with lemon juice.
• Combine sugar, spices, flour, cornstarch and salt in a large zip-loc bag.
• Add apples and shake bag until thoroughly coated.
• Immediately, put coated apples into prepared pie crust.
• Dot with butter.
• Cover with top crust.
• Crimp edges to seal and cut vent holes into crust.
• Brush with milk and sprinkle with cinnamon sugar.
• Bake at 425°F for 15 minutes, reduce temperature to 350°F and continue baking for 45 minutes or until golden brown.

Steps:

• 1. Stir together first 4 ingredients in a large bowl until blended.
• 2. Combine flour and next 3 ingredents. Add to butter mixture, stirring until blended. Stir in chopped apples and 1 cup of pecans. Spread into a greased and floured 13 X 9 pan.
• 3. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan on a wire rack.
• 4. Spread with Cream Cheese Frosting and sprinkle with toasted pecans.