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French Apple Cake
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  • season one casting,
  • season 1,
  • dessert
This recipe is for a traditional apple cake with a twist; the addition of Philadelphia Cream Cheese. You can use pears instead or even peaches. I feel like I have made this cake a thousand times and every time it turned out well and disappeared so fast! It is both simple and economical!
  • Prep time: 15 minutes
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  • Cook time: 35 minutes
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  • Total time: 50 minutes
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  • Servings: 8
  • 1 1/2 cup(s) of Sugar
  • 4 tsp. of Water
  • 1/2 Lemon
  • 6 Apples
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 cup(s) of Flour
  • 8 ounce(s) of Melted Butter
  • 4 ounce(s) of Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • 3 Optional Ingredients
  • 8 ounce(s) of Nuts and Honey Philadelphia Cream Cheese
  • 1 cup(s) of Whipping Cream
  • 1/4 cup(s) of Powdered Sugar
Steps
  1. Preheat oven to 350
  2. Prepare a caramel: heat 3/4 cup sugar with 4 teaspoons water. when the sugar becomes light brown add the juice of 1/2 lemon and remove from heat
  3. Coat the bottom and sides of a spring form pan with the caramel.
  4. Peel, core and thinly slice the apples and arrange in an attractive circular overlapping overlaping pattern on the caramel.
  5. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs with 3/4 cup sugar.
  6. Add the flour, butter and Philadelphia Cream Cheese and continue beating until you have a creamy batter.
  7. Pour over apples and caramel and bake for 35 minutes
  8. Let cool slightly prior to turning over onto a decorative cake plate.
  9. Optional: While cake is baking beat Nuts and Honey Philadelphia Cream Cheese until fluffy. Beat whipping cream until fluffy and then add 1/4 cup powdered sugar. Gently fold the whipped Philadelphia Cream Cheese into the Whipped Cream and chill well using the freezer if necessary. Top the warm cake slices with a spoonfull of Philadelphia Cream Cheese/whipped Cream mixture and enjoy!
17 Comments
  • 1 – May 21, 2010
We are filming this afternoon so hopefully the video will ready this afternoon...if not by tomorrow for sure.
KC Quaretti-Lee
  • 2 – May 23, 2010
KC this apple cake looks delicious. I will be making this very soon. Your cat is so cute. That little paw going up to your arm with a gentle pat, let's me know, that "Mama's cooking is always good"!
Starr
  • 3 – May 23, 2010
Okay, KC, you have a HIT here! This looks wonderful! Great job!
Jan Eide
  • 4 – May 25, 2010
oh Kc That was another fantastik video from you this last dessert week! That apple pie was just perfect - going to try to make that for sure! Your cat was so funny:} Good Luck --- GIGI
GIGI
  • 5 – May 27, 2010
Viola! Le Tarte Tatin a la Philly! C'est magnifique!
Donna Aveni
  • 6 – Jun 2, 2010
You and the kitty are cute.Glad you had fun making it.
Roberta Bonney
  • 7 – Jun 2, 2010
I had to watch this winning video again! Just as wonderful as I remembered! I do love the addition of the kitty and your hubby (?) laughing! Congrats! I couldn't be happier for you! Love you, KC, Paula
Paula Todora
  • 8 – Jun 2, 2010
WAY TO GO!!!!!XXOO
Tammi Bratholm