{"id":4322,"date":"2012-03-14T20:54:21","date_gmt":"2012-03-15T01:54:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/?p=4322"},"modified":"2012-03-14T11:45:21","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T16:45:21","slug":"pies-in-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.soverydomestic.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/14\/pies-in-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Pies in Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know if this even qualifies as a recipe, and if I posted step by step pictures of all of it, it’d be a seriously epic post. You may have heard about a bakery in Philadelphia that baked up a two layer cake with two pies in it<\/a>. Then of course other bakers made it, and most added a third layer. Depending on what cakes and pies used, the name differs. Made from cherry, pumpkin and apple pies, this one is called the Cherpumple<\/a>. I first saw it on Outrageous Food<\/a> about a year and a half ago and naturally, I had to make it.<\/p>\n

My version is three layers, two medium tiers and one big one. The top tier is an apple pie baked into a vanilla cake, the second tier is a pumpkin pie baked into a spice cake and my personal favorite is a chocolate pecan pie baked into a chocolate cake! So what is that?! Apppumpecan? Or maybe a Pecapumple? I dunno, but it’s like 2000 calories a slice and so good it’s a little frightening.<\/p>\n

I trust you can handle the how to of each recipe. If you’re super lazy or really just feel like you can’t do it, go ahead and get some premade pie crust. Just please, don’t use cakes mixes. I’ll know!<\/b><\/p>\n

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This is how I pulled it all together. First, I baked an apple pie, a pumpkin pie and then a larger chocolate pecan pie. As they were all cooling, I made the batter for a vanilla cake, a spice cake and a larger chocolate cake and poured each into their cake pans. Theeeeen, I turned the pies upside down and slammed them into their respective cakes-in-waiting.<\/p>\n

Also note these recipes made more than I needed for this project. Extra cake batter was made into cupcakes, pie filling was either made into tarts with extra pie crust or snarffled down from a bowl in the kitchen standing over the sink. What?! Don’t look at me like that!<\/i><\/p>\n

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Vanilla Cake<\/b> via Martha Stewart<\/a>
\n1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temp
\n2 1\/2 cups all-purpose flour
\n1\/2 teaspoon baking powder
\n1\/2 teaspoon baking soda
\n1 teaspoon salt
\n1 1\/2 cups sugar
\n2 large eggs
\n3 large egg yolks
\n2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
\n1 cup low-fat buttermilk\n<\/td>\n		Apple Pie<\/b> via my Granny
\n7 cups chopped apples (your pick!)
\n2 tablespoons lemon juice
\n1 cup sugar
\n1\/4 cup all-purpose flour
\n1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
\n1\/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
\n2 tablespoons butter or margarine
\n1 egg yolk
\n1 tablespoon water\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spice Cake<\/b> via The Hungry Mouse<\/a>
\n2 cups cake flour
\n3\/4 cups sugar
\n3\/4 teaspoon baking soda
\n1 1\/2 teaspoons cinnamon
\n1\/2 teaspoon nutmeg
\n1\/2 teaspoon cloves
\n2 tablespoons ground ginger
\n3\/4 teaspoon salt
\n3\/4 cup brown sugar
\n8 tablespoons butter, room temp
\n3\/4 cup buttermilk
\n2 eggs\n<\/td>\n		Pumpkin Pie<\/b> via my Granny
\n3\/4 cup white sugar
\n1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
\n1\/2 teaspoon salt
\n1\/2 teaspoon ground ginger
\n1\/4 teaspoon ground cloves
\n2 eggs
\n1 (15 ounce) can pureed pumpkin
\n1 (12 fluid ounce) can evaporated milk\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Chocolate Cake<\/b> via Me in 2010<\/a>
\n1 1\/2 cups flour
\n1 cup granulated sugar
\n1\/4 cup cocoa powder
\n1 teaspoon baking powder
\n1 teaspoon baking soda
\n1\/2 teaspoon salt
\n1 cup warm water
\n1\/3 cup canola oil
\n1 tablespoon vinegar\n<\/td>\n		Chocolate Pecan Pie<\/b> via Me in 2009<\/a>
\n3oz unsweetened chocolate
\n2 oz butter
\n4 large eggs
\n1 cup maple syrup
\n1 cup sugar
\n1\/4 teaspoon salt
\n2 tablespoons instant espresso powder
\n1 tablespoon hot water
\n2 tablespoons Bailey\u2019s (or something like it)
\n2 cups pecans\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Apple Pie waiting it’s turn for the oven!<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chocolate Pecan Pie headed for the oven.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Baked Apple Pie sitting face down in it’s Vanilla Cake batter (left) and the beginnings of the Chocolate Cake (right).<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Chocolate Cake batter, ready to be poured (left), and the starting of the Spice Cake batter (right).<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Finished Chocolate Pecan Pie baked into the Chocolate Cake (left), innocent looking Vanilla Cake that’s hiding an Apple Pie (right).<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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The teetering tower of pies in cakes (left), the dowels I decided to stick in the top of the Pumpkin Pie\/Spice Cake to make sure the Vanilla\/Apple didn’t fall off.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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And voila! This took one day and about an hour the following afternoon. I made it for a party about 2 hours from home so I had to finish assembling it there.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Everyone had a favorite layer, mine was defo the Chocolate Cake \/ Chocolate Pecan Pie. I always add espresso to my pecan pies because I’m a total coffee junkie and that layer is a dessert I would make again on it’s own.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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