Recipe: Caramelized Apple-Pecan Cake
Recipe: from NYTimes Yield: 8 to 10 Servings Time: Total 1 hour Ingredients: 1 stick (4 ounces) soft unsalted butter 3/4 cup pecan halves 2 large tart apples, like Fuji, peeled, cored and sliced 1/2 cup flour 3/4 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 3/4 cups sugar 3 large eggs 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract Butter-pecan ice cream, for serving. 1. Use a little butter to grease a 10-inch glass pie plate. Arrange 1/4 cup pecan halves in a pattern in pie plate. Arrange apple slices over and around pecans, in a single layer in a pattern. Scatter any extra slices randomly on top. 2. Heat oven to 350 degrees. In a food processor, finely grind remaining pecan halves. Mix with flour, baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Set aside. 3. Whisk 1 cup sugar and remaining salt together in a skillet and mix with 1/3 cup water. Cook over [...]
