decadent salted caramel apple spice cake

Ingredients For decadent salted caramel apple spice cake

• cake
• 2 1/2 c

  flour
• 1 tsp

  each baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp

  ground ginger
• 1/4 tsp

  each ground cloves, and nutmeg
• 1/2 c

  butter room temp.
• 1 c

  sugar
• 1/2 c

  vanilla
• 2 lg

  eggs
• 1 tsp

  vanilla
• 1/2 c

  buttermilk
• 1 1/2 c

  cinnamon applesauce
• frosting
• 24 oz

  cream cheese softened
• 3/4 c

  butter room temp
• 3/4 c

  sweetened cream of coconut
• 11/2 tsp

  vanilla
• 3 c

  powdered sugar
• filling
• 3 Tbsp

  butter room temp
• 2 Tbsp

  sugar
• 4 md

  granny smith apples peeled, cored, and diced
• 1/4 tsp

  cinnamon
• pecans
• 1 Tbsp

  butter room temp
• 1 c

  pecans chopped
• 2 Tbsp

  sugar
• 1/8 tsp

  cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp

  vanilla
• salted caramel sauce
• 1 c

  sugar
• 1/4 c

  water
• 6 Tbsp

  butter room temp
• 1/2 c

  heavy cream
• 1 tsp

  vanilla
• 1/2 tsp

  salt