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Bird's Nest Apple Caramel Cake is an easy cake to prepare and celebrate the delicious Fall apple flavours.

Bird’s Nest Salted Caramel Apple Cake

Soft spongey cake with baked apples and caramel! The apples are surrounded by their "nest" aka cake that has a lovely caramel flavoured exterior.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 1 cake
Author Samantha @mykitchenlove

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 small crisp apples such as Honeycrisp or Granny Smith, peeled, cored and halved horizontally
  • 2 large eggs whites and yolks separated
  • 1/3 cup extra fine berry sugar
  • 1 cup plus 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 12-18 caramels store-bought
  • pinch of fine sea salt

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 400° F and prepare an 8" cake pan by lining it with parchment paper and spraying with non-stick spray or greasing.
  2. Whisk egg yolks and sugar together until pale and fluffy in a large bowl (by hand). Separately, whisk egg whites until stiff peaks form (bowl needs to be completed oil/fat free) by using a mixer.
  3. Sift flour, baking powder, and the pinch of fine sea salt into the egg yolks. Stir until a flaky dough is formed. Add milk. Stir, until just blended. Gently fold in egg whites until just combined.
  4. Place apple halves in baking dish and fill cavities with caramels. Place batter around apples (not on top). Bake for 40-50 or until apples are soft and cake is cooked through.
  5. Cool in pan for 5-10 minutes and then carefully invert onto a plate. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream.