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Caramel Apple Brown Ale Cake

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Ingredients
  

For the caramel layer:

  • 3 tbs butter
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup brown ale
  • 2 tbs cream
  • 2 large SweeTango or Granny Smith apples sliced

For the cake layer:

  • 1 1/3 cup AP flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp salt
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 2/3 cup brown ale
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • ¼ cup melted butter
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Add the butter, white sugar and brown ale to a saucepan over high heat. Stir until butter is melted and sugar is dissolved. Allow to boil without stirring until dark amber color, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in the cream, allow to cool until the bubbling stops.
  • Arrange the apples slices in a cake pan or deep dish pie pan that has been well greased.
  • Pour the caramel over the apples.
  • Ina large bowl stir together the flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking powder, salt, white sugar and brown sugar.
  • Make a well in the dry ingredients, add the eggs, beer, cream, melted butter and vanilla, stir until just incorporated.
  • Pour batter over apples.
  • Bake at 325 for 45 minutes or until golden brown and top springs lightly when touched.
  • Wait precisely ten minutes, invert on a serving plate to remove from pan.