my best old-fashioned apple cake with caramel sauce
(3 ratings)
One of the very few ways I'll eat cooked or baked apples! This cake is truely a slice of heaven! While it's apple pickin' time, be sure to squeeze this recipe into your repertoire! Wonderful served slightly warm, drizzled with warm caramel sauce and sprinkled with extra pecans! Mmmmmm!! :D (photo from bing images)
(3 ratings)
yield
8 serving(s)
prep time
20 Min
cook time
50 Min
Ingredients For my best old-fashioned apple cake with caramel sauce
- CAKE:
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1/2 cupunsalted butter, softened
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1 cupsugar
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1egg
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1 tsp.baking soda
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1/4 tsp.salt
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1 tsp.cinnamon
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1/2 tsp.nutmeg
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1 cupflour
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2granny smith apples, peeled, chopped fine
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1/2 cupchopped pecans
- CARAMEL SAUCE:
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1/2 cupunsalted butter
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1 cupminus 1 tbl. light brown sugar, just measure out 1 cup and remove 1 tbl.
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1/2 tsp.salt
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1 tsp.vanilla
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1/2 cupheavy whipping cream
How To Make my best old-fashioned apple cake with caramel sauce
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1Cake: Cream butter and sugar, then add egg and beat. Add rest of dry ingredients and beat til mixed. Fold in apples and pecans. Pour into greased and floured large round, deep cake pan. *Use greased and lightly floured parchment paper on the bottom for easier removal. Bake at 350º for 35-40 minutes. Cool a bit, turn out onto rack to cool completely. *Can serve warm, too. Meanwhile, make caramel sauce.
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2Caramel sauce: Melt butter, brown sugar and salt in pan over low-med heat, stirring, for about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and cream and stir well til not grainy.
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3Drizzle lots of caramel sauce over cut cake slices when serving. Sprinkle more chopped pecans on top of that if desired.
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