Caramel Spice Cake with Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

The Challenge

Make spice cake

Additional Requirments

Gluten free

Should be a little different than the one made the year before for the same friend

The Flavors

So I wanted a tasty spice cake recipe to start of with, after much searching I decided to go with the following recipe:

I also am having a bit of browned butter craze right now, so I added it to everything.

Gluten Free Browned Butter Caramel Spice Cake

theelevatedbaker

A moist cake full of spice and depth. A delicious gluten free choice for cold winter celebrations.

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Prep Time 1 hour hr

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12 People

Ingredients

  

Cake

• 80 g White rice flour
• 80 g Brown rice flour
• 75 g Arrowroot starch
• 100 g Almond flour
• 10 g Coffee flour Can replace with 10 g of rice flour if needed
• 1 tsp xanthum gum Can replace with 1 tsp psylium husk powder
• 2.5 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 tsp Nutmeg
• 1 tsp Ginger
• 1/2 tsp Allspice
• 1/4 tsp Black pepper
• 1/4 tsp Cloves
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 1/2 tsp Salt
• 370 g Brown sugar
• 3/4 cup Unsweetened applesauce
• 3/4 cup Refined oil
• 4 Eggs
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 1 tsp Almond extract
• 1 cup Milk

Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

• 1/2 cup Butter
• 16 oz Cream cheese Room temperature
• 2 Tbs Butter
• 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Powdered sugar
• 2 tsp Vanilla

Browned Butter Caramel

• 1 cup Sugar
• 6 Tbs Butter
• Pinch Sea salt
• 1 cup Heavy cream

Instructions

 

Browned Butter Cream Cheese Frosting

• Place 1/2 cup butter into saucepan on stove
• Heat while stirring often until it begins to foam (medium heat)
• Continue to heat and stir constantly, keep a close eye as the color will begin to change, and the butter will become fragrant
• As soon as the solids in the butter turn a light-medium brown remove from heat
• Place in a heat proof container and place in fridge to solidify
• Make the rest of the frosting once the cake is in the oven
• Place cream cheese in mixing bowl
• Beat until smooth, scraping sides of bowl often
• Add in 2 Tbs plain butter and solidified browned butter
• Slowly add in sugar, powdered sugar and vanilla 
• Beat on medium until all of the sugar is dissolved and the frosting is smooth

Cake

• Preheat oven to 350 F
• Mix flours, xanthum gum, baking powder, salt and spices
• In mixer bowl, beat together oil, applesauce and brown sugar
• Add in eggs one at a time
• Add vanilla and almond extract
• While mixing on medium low, alternate adding flours and milk so that you add 1/3 flour, 1/2 milk etc.
• Mix for another 1-3 minutes after flour is all incorporated. This helps build structure from the gums.
• Place in 2 greased and lined 9 inch cake pans
•  Bake for 30-35 minutes
• Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes then turn out to cool completely

Salted Browned Butter Caramel

• Follow the fantastic instructions here: https://www.thechunkychef.com/browned-butter-salted-caramel-sauce/

  But add 1 cup of cream instead of 1/2 cup so you can create the drip and spread on the cake

Keyword Browned Butter, Cake, Caramel, cream cheese frosting, fall, Gluten Free, Spice Cake