Apple Pie Dessert Pizza Recipe

Hola Amigos! I'm so disappointed at myself for not having 1 single decoration or something special for the 4th of July! Shame on me! I honestly just haven't got a chance to sit down and craft anything! What I've been doing a lot of is cooking and just had a literal "last minute thought" and decided to cook up something to celebrate such a magnificent date.
What is more representative of our American Culture than Apple Pie! Songs, Poems, Sayings have been created around this little pastry, so I think it deserves a place of honor in the upcoming celebration!
Keep in mind this is last minute and was made with things I had at hand. No major baking or preparation, but  easy and quick ....just one thing though, don't say it out loud because your guest are not going to believe you when you tell them how you put it together!
All of the items, but the apples came from the Dollar Store! oh yeah baby, one of my favorite places ever! Who says you can't create deliciousness on a budget! Here is the recipe.

Apple Pie Dessert Pizza 

1 Personal  Pre Made Cinnamon Crust

1 Green Apple Cubed

3 TBSP Brown Sugar

1 half of  a Lemon juiced

1 tsp flour

1 TBSP Cinnamon Applesauce (optional)

1/4 tsp Cinnamon or more to taste

1 Pinch Nutmeg

A handful of crushed Candy'n Cookies or your favorite 

Mini Marshmallows 

Caramel topping or Caramel Candies

Note: Ingredients are for 1 personal pizza, just double for more.

Heat oven at 450F.
Combine your cubed apples with all the ingredients except the crushed cookies, marshmallows and caramel.

Bake this mix in an oven resistant bowl for 10 minutes. Test for doneness of the apples after this time, depending on your oven or personal taste if you like them mushier bake them some more.
Remove your Pizza from the wrapping and place the hot apple mix on it. Top it with the crushed cookies and bake at 450 for 3 to 3 1/2 minutes. Remove and top it with your marshmallows, place the pizza back in the oven  for the marshmallows to get brown,  for an additional 2 minutes.

Remove from oven, let it cool for 1 minute and serve!
Listo,

I melted some Vanilla Caramels that I had around with a little bit of heavy cream and drizzle this mix on top of my marshmallows!

Delish!!!!

As you can see friends, I'm sure you have every thing you need for this recipe in your pantry, fridge or purse (yeah.....I carry a bag of chocolate and caramels in my purse...don't judge, lol) with the exception perhaps of the cute mini cinnamon crust from the dollar store.
It's crispy and sweet at the same time!

Between prep and cooking time I'll say your personal Apple Pie Pizza is done in 20 minutes! Isn't that fantastic?

With a glass of milk or vanilla ice cream it's delicious!

Hope you enjoy my little Apple Pizza Pie! It was fun to make and delicious to eat!
Happy Birthday America! and remember that no matter where you reside in this beautiful country of ours, if you are overseas or if you are not american by birth but believe in the values and people of this great country, everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love!

P.S here is a sneak preview of the tomorrow's post, wink, wink

Besitos,
Lizy

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Apple Pie Smoothie

Hola amigos and Happy Pi Day! Ready to have some no bake, no crust, in a cup frosty pie to celebrate a once a year day like today? I'm up for that! An on the go delicious twist of an american classic, Apple Pie!

Here is the recipe. 

Apple Pie Smoothie

1 Sweet Apple I used Fuji

1 Cup Vanilla Frozen Yogurt or Ice Cream

1/2 Cup Apple Sauce

1/2 Cup Apple Juice

1/4 tsp ground cinnamon

1/4 tsp nutmeg 

1/4 Cup granola

In a blender add your apple juice, apple sauce, apple and spices on high until the apple is pureed and everything is smooth. Add the frozen yogurt and blend again on high. Add the granola on a low speed setting just to incorporate it. Serve and enjoy! Makes 2 servings.

Listo,

No waiting for the pie to bake and cool..just blend it and enjoy it.

I love the fact that if you stick with the yogurt is a very light smoothie with less calories than the actual apple pie but same delicious flavor

But if you like yours A la Mode....go for your scoop of Ice Cream...no one is judging, lol

And while you're at it, add a some whipped cream too...after all is  a Pie!

Have a Beautiful Thursday my friends...remember everything tastes better with a Pinch of Love! (or a scoop of ice cream, wink!).

Besitos,
Lizy

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A Fall Romance

The truth is out.
I am in love......

                                                    With Fall.


Trips to the apple orchard.
Cuddling by a fire.
Little Twinkly Orange Lights.
Crispy Air.
Jumping in the leaves.
Little bags of candy pumpkins
That tingly feeling in the air that is cold..and warm at the same time.
The excuse to wear a costume and be your own superhero.

The treasured beauty that will soon be covered by a blanket of snow and ice.

Because I am in love.. I would like  to re-invent the "feel of fall" in every delicious delight I bake.

Like my chocolate cherry red velvet leaf cupcakes ♥

Last Saturday, fall romance was definitely in the air. My Orange Dreamsicle Cake Pops Sparkled at Mollie & Sean's Wedding. ♥

Don't they remind you of orange twinkly lights on the porch on an October evening?

                                                         ♥

Last Thursday it was Donna and Bill's Fall Anniversary.
So I invited them to join me at an apple orchard party .. complete with handmade banners on top of a cake.

See the original blog about it here.
The inside of the cake looked like this!

Cake & Apple Pie. Spice Cake. Repeat. Cake & Apple Pie!

And after popular demand..I decided to turn this wonderful blog into a tutorial about how I made such an edible delight.

First of all..

I tend to make a mess when I bake.

Look at how much frosting (or is it cake batter?) I got in my hair.

This happens every time.
But in my kitchen, when the frosting or batter goes flying, it just means I am completely inspired and having a great time!

This photo was the perfect inspiration for the flavor of the cake.

Caramel, Apples.

                
The cake itself was vanilla, spice, and apple pie.
With a salted caramel frosting.
There's a recipe for quick & easy salted caramel frosting that you can make at home below. ♥

I needed about 6 cups of apples per pie.

So the first thing I did..was peel a lot of apples.

12 cups of apples to be exact.

I had to make two pies for this special cake.

Here are the famous apple pies I baked.

They didn't have to be beautiful on the outside.

Just YUMMY on the inside.

After all, they are supposed to hide inside of the cake!

I used two of these deep 10" pans to combine my cake & pie.

It is a beautiful pie & cake disaster if you don't remember to flour & butter them before pouring in the batter.

First I coated the bottom of the pan with white cake batter.

(You can add vanilla bean to your favorite white cake recipe-or even a white cake mix to give it an organic rustic apple orchard feel)!

Next I carefully placed my 9" pie on top of the batter.

Started to pour the batter over the top of the pie..

I completely covered the pie with batter!

It seems like magic, doesn't it?

A pie hiding inside of a cake.

Oh my.

I baked both cakes at 350 for about 40 minutes each.

I even baked a third spice cake and sandwiched it in between the layers.

The people at the party were so happy with the cake that they asked me to sit down and eat it with them. This was my piece.

Stacking The Cakes:

1. Freeze your cakes for a few hours before even trying to stack them.
2. Once frozen, I "leveled" the top of my cakes using a cake leveler.
3. I frosted the top of each cake with my salted caramel buttercream.
4. The stickiness of the frosting in between each layer is ideal for stacking.
5. I used a giant cake spatula to frost the top & the outside of the cake.

I sprinkled cinnamon and gold glitter on the top!

I used pretzel sticks instead of lollypop sticks for a personalized cake topper. They look sort of "rustic" like sticks!

Salted Caramel Frosting:
There are many ways to make caramel. And frosting.
But this recipe is the quickest and easiest way to make salted caramel buttercream frosting at home.

Ingredients Needed:
♥1 Pound of Butter (cut up into squares)
♥4 Cups of Powdered Sugar
♥3/4 Cup of Ready Made Caramel (You can find it in the ice cream section at the grocery store).
♥1 Tablespoon of Sea Salt
♥1 Tablespoon of Vanilla

 Instructions:
1. Blend Butter Squares in your mixer until creamy and light like butter should be.
2. Pour the caramel into the butter, and enjoy this moment. (It looks really pretty when you do, swirls of light caramel in the butter! Yum!)
3. Blend your Butter & Caramel together until the mixture is a very light brown. Sadly, the swirls will disappear. But they have gone to a wonderful place.
4. Mix in Sea Salt.
5. Add The Vanilla Extract
6. Make sure your mixer is turned down low. (Unless you want snow showers of powdered sugar which could be fun in some kitchens..)
7. Gradually add the powdered sugar until the frosting looks light, airy, and dreamy.
8. Optional: You can add 1 Tablespoon of Milk or Heavy Whipping Cream if you want a more "spreadable" frosting. (I add milk all the time to the frostings I use to spread on cakes).

This is the texture that makes you want a spoon. ♥

Amanda-Pie

You know how I always say I am trying to create some kind of world peace by uniting cupcakes with pie? Well, crazy little me decided to take on the pie-cake-pie-cake combo this week.
I am going to call it the Amanda-pie.

I was talking to my new friend Bryon a few weeks ago when he ordered the cake for his parents Birthday/ Anniversary celebration.  He was thinking....Maybe something Fall-Esque. Maybe something with Apples in it.

I had my mind made up.

I had to merge cake and apple pie together the way that I do cupcakes.

(See my cupcake-pie combo here).

As risky as I knew this adventure was ..

it worked!

A three tier cake:  

Tier 1: Vanilla Bean Cake with an Apple Pie Baked on The Inside.

Tier 2:  A Thin Spice Cake

Tier 3: Repeate Tier 1.

I was inspired by the "Cherpumple" Cake♥

 

The lovely couple celebrating.

The theme of the cake definitely had to be..

 Warm.

Like a Fall Romance.

Like this mini Spice Cupcake that I baked separately & used as a cake topper...

disguising itself as a caramel apple!

  Complete with Donna and Bill's name in lights.

Or Pretty Sparkly Banners that catch the light at least.. ♥

A Fall Celebration on a cake!

Maybe like visiting an Apple Orchard, Partying, and Eating Cake in one room..with all the people that love you?

Since I am Amanda Cupcake I had to add cupcakes.

Spiced Cupcakes that look like caramel apples with romantic pretzel sticks as the "craft stick."

I even hid little cinnamon apple pieces inside the miniature cupcakes.

The banner says it all.

Happy Birthday.

Happy Anniversary.

Fall is In the Air. ♥

And yes..don't forget.

There are apple pies inside of this cake!

These are all the apple slices that I peeled.

And the pies that I baked from scratch.

(Ok, my pie beautifying skills aren't quite as lovely as my cake making skills. But I am determined to master it!) But for now..the pies were *delicious* and were going to blend right into the cake beautifully.

With some salted caramel buttercream frosting.

I actually received a round of applause when the cake was cut!

It must have been the apron.

Or perhaps it was the Amanda-pie. ♥