Chocolate Spiced Apple Cake

• 1 (16.5 oz) box devil's food cake mix
• 1 None large apple, peeled and grated, plus extra apple slices for garnish
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 12 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
• 8 oz whipped cream
• 3/4 cup caramel sauce
• 1/2 cup powdered sugar
• None None fresh mint, for garnish

1. Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Grease 3 - 9 inch round cake pans.
2. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding grated apple, walnuts and 2 tsp. cinnamon. Divide batter evenly between prepared pans and bake for 12 mins, or until a skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in pans for 10 mins then invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
3. Beat cream cheese with whipped cream until smooth. Add caramel sauce, sugar, and remaining cinnamon. Beat until smooth.
4. Spread frosting over top of 2 cakes then stack together. Stack third cake layer on top. Transfer remaining frosting to a pastry bag fitted with a star tip and pipe decorative swirls 1 inch from the edge of the cake. Garnish with apple slices and mint.

cake mix, apple, walnuts, cinnamon, cream cheese, cream, caramel sauce, powdered sugar, fresh mint

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