Backyard Carnival Buffet

Caramel Apple Pound Cake
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Ingredients
  1. 1 cup sugar
  2. 1 1⁄4 cups firmly packed light brown sugar, divided
  3. 1 1⁄2 cups butter, melted
  4. 4 large eggs
  5. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  6. 3 cups all-purpose flour
  7. 2 teaspoons baking powder
  8. 1 teaspoon apple pie spice
  9. 1
teaspoon salt
  10. 3 cups chopped Granny Smith apple
  11. 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  12. Cream Cheese Icing (recipe follows)
  13. Garnish: chopped walnuts, hot caramel topping*
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a 12-cup fluted pan with baking spray with flour.
  2. In a large bowl, beat sugar, 1 cup brown sugar, and melted butter at medium speed with a mixer until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
  3. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, apple pie spice, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture, beating until combined.
  4. In a separate bowl, combine apple, remaining 1⁄4 cup brown sugar, and cinnamon.
  5. Spoon one-third of batter into prepared pan and one-half of apples; repeat layers. Top with remaining one-third of batter. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 50 minutes to 1 hour. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Top with Cream Cheese Icing. Garnish with walnuts and caramel topping, if desired.
Notes
  1. *We used Smucker’s Hot Caramel Topping.
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Cream Cheese Icing
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Ingredients
  1. 1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
  2. 2 cups confectioners’ sugar
  3. 1⁄4 cup whole milk
  4. 1⁄4 cup hot caramel topping
Instructions
  1. In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar. Beat at medium-low speed with a mixer until smooth. Beat in milk and caramel topping.
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