It sinks into the splits on top before setting up just slightly. Underneath, the crumb is wet, full of apple pieces, with a cinnamon layer that melted right into it while it baked. And the best part? There is no mixer in this recipe. Two bowls, a wooden spoon, forty-five minutes in the oven, and you pull out a dessert nobody will believe took an hour. Eight servings, enough caramel to spoon more over every slice, and I guarantee nobody stops at one!<\/p>\n
Oil and Greek yogurt, no creamed butter. Butter is roughly 15 % water that cooks off in the oven, while oil is 100 % fat and stays liquid even straight out of the fridge. It coats the flour better, keeps gluten from developing, and holds the moisture in for days. The yogurt adds acidity on top of that, which wakes up the baking soda and tenderizes the crumb. Most apple cake recipes do one or the other. This one does both.<\/p>\n
Brown sugar caramel hardens as it cools, which is just the fat setting up. Ten to fifteen seconds in the microwave brings it right back, glossy and pourable. The molasses in brown sugar carries invert sugars that keep crystals from reforming, so it comes out of the fridge without drama. That said, it builds in two minutes flat. You may as well make it while the cake cools on the rack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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