Geek Eats Disney Recipe: Warm Apple Butter Cake – Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Resort

Ingredients

Caramelized Apples
• 2 whole Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
• 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 tablespoon sugar

Jack Daniels Caramel Glaze
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 1/2 tablespoon Jack Daniels bourbon
• 1 cups heavy cream

Apple Butter Cake
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 8 eggs
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract
• 1 1/2 cups plus 1 teaspoon buttermilk
• Vanilla ice cream, for serving
• Dried apple slices, for garnish (optional)

Instructions

For caramelized apples:
• Cut apples into thin slices.
• Melt butter in a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat; add apples and sugar.
• Cook apples until golden and softened. Set aside to cool.

For Jack Daniels caramel glaze:
• Combine brown sugar and butter in a large saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Stir continuously until sugar dissolves.
• Simmer over medium heat without stirring or touching pan, until mixture is thick and dark amber in color, about 10 minutes.
• Remove pan from heat. Carefully whisk in bourbon and heavy cream. Mixture will bubble vigorously and release very hot steam.
• Pour caramel into a bowl to cool; set aside.

For cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 15 (3/4-cup-capacity) ramekins; set aside.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.
• Whisk together sugar, eggs and egg yolks, and melted butter in a separate large bowl, until well combined.
• Combine buttermilk and almond extract in a small bowl; set aside.
• Fold a third of flour mixture into egg mixture. Stir in half of buttermilk mixture. Fold in another third of flour mixture, then add remaining buttermilk mixture. Fold in remaining flour mixture.
• Ladle 1/2 cup cake batter into prepared ramekins. Bake 20 to 22 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in the center of cakes comes out clean.

To serve:
• While cakes are warm, carefully remove from ramekins onto a serving plate.
• Divide caramelized apples among tops of cakes. Spoon Jack Daniels Glaze over top of apples and cake.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream and garnish with dried apple slices, if desired.