Cake Recipes
Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum Apple Cake
Ingredients
Rum Sauce
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup whipping cream
- 4 tablespoons Captain Morgan's Spiced Rum
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Spiced Apple Cake
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 4 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 4 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored and finely chopped (about 4-6 apples)
- 1 cup walnuts, coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter and flour a 10 inch cake pan.
Rum Sauce
- Stir brown sugar and butter in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth, about 2 minutes. Add cream, rum and cinnamon and bring to simmer. Simmer until sauce thickens and is reduced to 1 1/2 cups, about 5 minutes. Serve warm.
Spiced Apple Cake
- Combine dry ingredients and set aside.
- Whip eggs until frothy, about 3 to 4 minutes then add oil and orange juice and mix thoroughly.
- Add dry ingredients and beat with whip at low speed until thoroughly combined. Fold in apples and walnuts and pour into prepared cake pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour or until firm on top. Cover with aluminum foil if top gets too brown.
- Cool on rack for 5 minutes, then invert onto rack and cool completely.
- After the cake has cooled, serve with the spiced rum sauce.