Recipes Master 13

As some of you may know, I work for Starbucks...and no, I do not have any inside information on the recipe for this bread...but what I got is a daughter who is an amazing cook and loves Pinterest!  She found this recipe yesterday and whipped it up last night, and it tastes just like the Starbucks stuff...except hers is better because she added frosting.  I just love the way that brain of hers works! Now if Starbucks sues me for plagiarism, I can only hope they sue the the gal who originally posted it on Pinterest.  Notice, I didn't mention her site...us bloggers stick together :)    Ingredients 1 ½ cups flour 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ teaspoon baking powder ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon ½ teaspoon ground ginger ¼ teaspoon ground clove ¼ teaspoon ground allspice ½ teaspoon salt 4 eggs 1 cup sugar ¼ cup dark brown sugar ½ teaspoon vanilla ¾ cup canned pumpkin ¾ cup vegetable oil 1 cup butter cream frosting (store bought works great) Directions Preheat ov...

I love, love apple cake!  This is a dense pound cake type with tons of topping and homemade caramel sauce.  I think you could easily use store bought caramel sauce and save yourself the time...but it's kinda cool to make your own! Let me save you some time on this cake.  I learned it the hard way and was all over the kitchen trying to put this together, when it fact it is just 4 easy steps.  Follow in this order and you will bang this out in half the time that I did...and probably make half the mess. 1.) Peel and slice apples 2.) Make caramel sauce 3.) Make topping while carmel sauce cools 4.) Make cake while topping cools Sounds complicated...but it's not at all.  Your just preparing one part of the cake, while other parts of the cake are cooling.  Another hint, do not substitute a 7" Spring Form Pan for a 9" or you will have a mess in your oven...wonder how I know ???  I managed to save the cake but it took a little bit to get a decent pict...