A big photo is the perfect way to share the big flavors of this amazing looking Caramel Apple Cake from Peabody at Culinary Concoctions. The recipe is an adaptation of one of Paula Deen's favorites, Grandgirl's Fresh Apple Cake. The cake itself is moist and tender. The original uses a lot of pecans and some shredded coconut along with the apples, but this version uses chopped walnuts and raisins to better complement the topping.
Peabody baked the cake in individual-sized cake pans, rather than one large pan, and put together what might just be the most sweetly decadent topping we've seen in a while. It has gooey caramel, caramelized apples and a drizzle of white chocolate, for contrast. As you might expect, this is one sweet dessert, but we suspect that you'll have a hard time putting the fork down once you've picked it up and taken the first bite.
The full post can be read here: http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com/2006/09/05/the-caramel-apple-does-not-fall-far-from-the-tree/
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-14-2006 @ 8:24AM
Donna said...
Nicole,
Your first two links are broken.
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9-14-2006 @ 9:12AM
Nicole Weston said...
Thanks! I have no idea why they wouldn't work, so I've simply copied the url at the bottom of the post.
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9-14-2006 @ 9:31AM
Angela Pitt said...
There you go, tempting me with that smutty food again!
Don't get me wrong, it's luscious smut. I'll have to
get down and dirty with it and try it out.
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9-14-2006 @ 1:21PM
Ed Levine said...
This would be great except for the white chocolate. It doesn't add any taste or textural contrast. It just makes the whole thing sweeter, and it doesn't need to be any sweeter.
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9-14-2006 @ 1:34PM
Cary said...
Ed: Just say "It's so prettttty!" Sometimes pretty is enough of a reason!
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9-14-2006 @ 4:17PM
Mega Munch said...
As Homer Simpson would say: "Garrrrgggghhhhhhgghhh..."
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9-14-2006 @ 4:19PM
Diane Holdgate said...
OK I have to make that cake this week-end. As for the broken link. If once you get to the Peabody site just search for caramel apple cake and up it comes in all its wonderful gooey glory.
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9-14-2006 @ 4:59PM
peabody said...
The actual cake is not that sweet...just so you know. And Ed...the white chocolate was simply to give a little contrast to all the brown. :)
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9-14-2006 @ 5:08PM
Brad said...
Here's the actual link - hope it works!:
http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com/2006/09/05/the-caramel-apple-does-not-fall-far-from-the-tree/
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9-14-2006 @ 5:10PM
Brad said...
Nope it doesn't. Probably too long for the blog software to handle. If you join everything here into one URL you'll get the right page.
http://www.culinaryconcoctionsbypeabody.com/
2006/09/05/the-caramel-apple-does-not-fall-
far-from-the-tree/
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9-14-2006 @ 5:39PM
peabody said...
No, now it is my fault I think. I'll have to get my hubby on it.
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9-14-2006 @ 6:02PM
peabody said...
http://tinyurl.com/l4r9a
maybe that will help. It seems to be working on our end.
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9-14-2006 @ 7:21PM
Sarahbchicago said...
This is a great cake recipe, and it looks fantastic with the white chocolate. I've made a very similar apple cake from a Mexican cookbook, and frosted it with guava creamcheese (1 block cream cheese mixed with 1/3 cup guava jam and 1 Tb lime juice).
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