Cinnamon Apple Pie Cake

Name: Cinnamon Apple Pie Cake
Ingredients: 1.25 cups (2 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan; 1.5 cups packed light-brown sugar; 3 tablespoons Calvados apple brandy; Salt; 3 whole cinnamon sticks; 6 medium Braeburn or McIntosh apples (about 2 ½ pounds), peeled, cored, and cut into ¼-inch-thick rings; 2.25 cups all-purpose flour; 0.5 teaspoon baking soda; 0.5 teaspoon baking powder; 0.75 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1.5 cups granulated sugar; 3 large eggs; 1.5 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 0.5 cup sour cream

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Martha Stewart Test Kitchen

Updated on January 16, 2019

Servings:

12

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups (2 ½ sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for pan
1 ½ cups packed light-brown sugar
3 tablespoons Calvados apple brandy
Salt
3 whole cinnamon sticks
6 medium Braeburn or McIntosh apples (about 2 ½ pounds), peeled, cored, and cut into ¼-inch-thick rings
2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 ½ cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
½ cup sour cream

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 12-by-1-inch round pizza pan. Line bottom with parchment paper, and butter parchment; set aside. Put 1/2 cup butter, the brown sugar, brandy, and a pinch of salt into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Spread mixture into prepared pan. Place cinnamon sticks on top. Layer with apple rings. Use your hands to press apples gently into mixture; set aside. Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and the ground cinnamon into a medium bowl; set aside.
Put remaining 3/4 cup butter and the granulated sugar into the clean bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the clean paddle attachment; mix on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Mix in eggs, 1 at a time, and vanilla. Reduce speed to low. Add flour mixture in 2 batches, alternating with the sour cream. Spread batter evenly over apples.
Bake until cake is golden brown and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack 15 minutes. Invert onto a serving plate.