warm apple cake in hot caramel sauce

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85 Pinches
Palmyra, ME
Updated on Dec 15, 2011

This is a a great desert on a cold winter night.My family loves it.

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup pecans, in pieces
  • 5 medium apple to yield 2 1/2 cups chopped (i use golden delicious)
  • 1/2 cup butter at room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • CARAMEL SAUCE
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup evaporated milk

How To Make warm apple cake in hot caramel sauce

  • Step 1
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  • Step 2
    Place pecans in bowl of a food processor and process until fine.Set aside.Peel,core and quarter apples and place them in bowl of processor and pulse until they are in medium-coarse shards or about the size of almonds.Set aside.
  • Step 3
    Place butter in large mixer bowl,add sugar and beat until fluffy.Add egg and beat until blended.Add soda,salt,cinnamon,nutmeg,and mix quickly.Add flour and beat until just blended.Stir in apples and nuts.
  • Step 4
    Pour mixture into a greased 9 inch round pan and bake for 30 minutes or until top springs back when touched with finger.Cool slightly.Center may sink somewhat.
  • Step 5
    For caramel sauce,melt butter,brown sugar and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat.Bring to a boil,stirring with a whisk.Remove from heat and whisk in vanilla and milk.
  • Step 6
    Cut cake into 8 wedges.Ladle a large spoonful of sauce on the bottom of eight desert plates.Place a wedge of cake on top of sauce.

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