my best old-fashioned apple cake with caramel sauce

Name: My Best Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 50 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: ## CAKE:; 1/2 cup - unsalted butter, softened; 1 cup - sugar; 1 - egg; 1 tsp. - baking soda; 1/4 tsp. - salt; 1 tsp. - cinnamon; 1/2 tsp. - nutmeg; 1 cup - flour; 2 - granny smith apples, peeled, chopped fine; 1/2 cup - chopped pecans; ## CARAMEL SAUCE:; 1/2 cup - unsalted butter; 1 cup - minus 1 tbl. light brown sugar, just measure out 1 cup and remove 1 tbl.; 1/2 tsp. - salt; 1 tsp. - vanilla; 1/2 cup - heavy whipping cream

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Kelly Williams

Forked River, NJ

Updated on Oct 19, 2011

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)

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 50 Min

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

CAKE:
1/2 cup - unsalted butter, softened
1 cup - sugar
1 - egg
1 tsp. - baking soda
1/4 tsp. - salt
1 tsp. - cinnamon
1/2 tsp. - nutmeg
1 cup - flour
2 - granny smith apples, peeled, chopped fine
1/2 cup - chopped pecans
CARAMEL SAUCE:
1/2 cup - unsalted butter
1 cup - minus 1 tbl. light brown sugar, just measure out 1 cup and remove 1 tbl.
1/2 tsp. - salt
1 tsp. - vanilla
1/2 cup - heavy whipping cream

How To Make my best old-fashioned apple cake with caramel sauce

Step 1

Cake: 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.

Step 2

Caramel 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.
Step 3

Drizzle lots of caramel sauce over cut cake slices when serving. Sprinkle more chopped pecans on top of that if desired.
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