Apple Cake in the Bread Machine with Caramel Glaze
A small apple and walnut cake baked in the bread machine on the cake program, topped with a homemade caramel glaze.
Ingredients
| 2 | eggs | |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | oil |
| 2/3 cup | 160 ml | peeled apple cut into small pieces |
| 1 tsp | 5 ml | liquid vanilla |
| 1 cup | 240 ml | flour |
| 2/3 cup | 160 ml | sugar |
| 3/4 tsp | 3.8 ml | cinnamon |
| 1/3 cup | 80 ml | crushed walnuts |
| 3/4 tsp | 3.8 ml | baking soda |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | raisins (optional) |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | sugar (caramel glaze) |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | butter (caramel glaze) |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | liquid cream (caramel glaze) |
Instructions
Put everything into the machine and select the cake program (2 hours). The walnuts and raisins can be added after the signal for adding nuts, but I put everything in right at the start.
Caramel glaze: Caramelize the sugar, add the butter and cream, and stir until everything comes to a boil and becomes a uniform mixture. Leave it to cool and thicken, then pour over the warm (not hot) cake.
Note: Make the glaze right after you put the cake in the machine — during these 2 hours it cools and thickens.
Drawback: It is very small and finishes quickly — in fact the quantity is half that of a normal cake. I have tried making one and a half times the recipe, but the top could not bake, perhaps because my basket is one of the vertical type.