apple pie maple pecan cake with chocolate glaze

Maple Pecan Apple Pie Cake

Published on November 18, 2016 | In American | By tatyanaseverydayfood |

- Prep Time
- 120 Minutes
- Difficulty Level

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My ‘Maple Pecan Apple Pie Cake’ combines all the amazing flavors of fall into one spectacular cake! I love me a slice of delicious, warm and aromatic apple pie. And that’s the inspiration behind this incredible cake. I add maple syrup extract and chopped pecans to vanilla cake, fill the center with an apple cinnamon filling and frost the cake with my favorite ‘Salted Caramel Frosting’. The maple extract and pecans add even more flavor to an already delicious cake. This cake is bound to steal the show at your next dinner party!

This apple pie cake is perfect during the fall season and for Thanksgiving. I just love how this recipe fills my whole house with that incredible, warming aroma of fall and apples and cinnamon!

Watch my video recipe for step-by-step instructions!

And check out this slice closeup! This cake is loaded with so much apple filling and I love those cake layers dotted with pecans. The chocolate ganache is optional but I think it just makes this cake that much more special.

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Get the recipe for my ‘Basic Vanilla Cake’ here: https://tatyanaseverydayfood.com/recipe-items/simple-vanilla-cake/

And ‘Salted Caramel Frosting’ here: https://tatyanaseverydayfood.com/recipe-items/salted-caramel-frosting/

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Ingredients

Basic Vanilla Cake recipe; link above
1 teaspoon (5ml) maple syrup extract
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Salted Caramel Frosting recipe; link above
For Filling:
4 large apples, peeled and diced
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup white granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 tablespoons butter
For Chocolate Ganache:
1 cup dark chocolate chips
1/2 cup heavy cream, steaming hot
additional chopped nuts, for garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2, 8-inch cake rounds with parchment paper. Prepare the 'Basic Vanilla Cake' recipe according to instructions. To the finished batter, add the maple syrup extract and chopped pecans; gently fold into the batter. Divide the batter evenly between the two pans. Bake in preheated oven for about 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let the cakes cool completely on wire racks, then using a serrated knife, split each layer in half.
Meanwhile, prepare the apple pie filling. Peel and dice 4 large apples. Preheat a large pan and add the apples, water and white granulated sugar. Cover the pan and bring the apples up to a simmer for 5 minutes. Add the remaining ingredients, except for butter: brown sugar, vanilla, nutmeg and cinnamon. Continue cooking the apples over medium heat until apples are tender and sugar begins to caramelize, about 15 minutes. Add the butter last and allow it to melt in the pan. Remove the filling from heat and allow it to cool completely before using to fill the cake.
Prepare the 'Salted Caramel Frosting' recipe according to instructions. Transfer half the frosting into a pastry bag tipped with a large star tip; I used Ateco tip #847.
Assemble the cake. Pipe a barrier ring of frosting around the edge of each layer before adding the apple pie filling into the center. Repeat for the first 3 layers. Top with the final layer, then use the remaining buttercream to frost the top and sides of cake.
If desired, garnish the cake with a simple chocolate ganache. Heat the heavy cream in the microwave until steaming hot, then add the chocolate. Stir to melt completely until a smooth ganache forms. Pour over the top of the cake and garnish as desired.

Servings : 12
Course : Dessert
Recipe Type : Cakes, Video

4 Responses to Maple Pecan Apple Pie Cake

Baruch November 23, 2016 at 11:56 am #

LOVED IT!! This cake is on my list for Thanksgiving!!

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Lisl December 3, 2016 at 6:29 pm #

For the record this is a great cake. Tatyana’s explanations are wonderful and I would highly recommend this recipe. Any questions I have or difficulties I encountered are probably due to lack of sleep and lack of experience. Even my cake tastes amazing and that apple filling is pure genius.

I am a total amature when it comes to cakes but this looks so good (and tastes wonderful) so I had to try it. I also tried to change it up and that was a mistake. I put the maple extract in with the vanilla when making the base cake. For some reason this kept butter, sugar and eggs from becoming light and fluffy regardless of how long I beat them. This lead to a lumpy cake that tastes wonderful but I had to hide it under layers of frosting. Which brings me to the next problem.

I made a half batch of frosting. My main problem was putting in too much salt (which is why I will be making another batch to dilute all that saltiness). The other problem is that my frosting turned out day-glo orange. I have no idea what I did with that one. The frosting is the right consistency. It tastes amazing with the other flavors, but I can’t understand how I got it to look so different than yours. I know appearance isn’t everything and, as I stated before the whole thing tastes awesome but any suggestions would be helpful.

Thank you!

I would just like to restate that I highly recommend this recipe. Even with my mistakes I definitely do not regret making it.

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DienNguyen October 4, 2018 at 12:21 am #

Thank you so much for your recipes and instructions.
I was wondering if you could add subtitle in your sub-videos (for ex.: simple vanilla cake recipe,..) which are published on the website. It would be more helpful for me to understand promptly. Because I m not from a native English country :).
The videos published on youtube have available auto-subtitle. Thanks a lot.

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- tatyanaseverydayfood October 4, 2018 at 9:11 am #
  
  Hi! I’m so glad you enjoy my videos! I would love to do that, just so busy right now! I’m planning to add subtitles to many of my videos in January 🙂
  
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