Apple Caramel Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 tart apples, peeled, cored, and cut into 1/2 inch chunks (about 3 cups granny smith apples)
• 1 cup pecans, chopped
• 1/2 cup butter (or margarine)
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/4 cup milk
• heavy cream, softly whipped (optional)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 degrees. grease 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
• 2 in medium size bowl, stir flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon and mix well; set aside.
• 3 in large bowl, with electric mixer at medium speed, beat oil, granulated sugar, eggs, and vanilla 3 minutes. stir in flour mixture just until moistened; fold in apples and pecans. spoon batter into prepared pan.
• 4 bake 50-55 minutes until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. remove from oven’ set cake, in pan, on wire rack.
• 5 in 1 quart saucepan over medium high heat, bring butter, brown sugar, and milk to boil, stirring until sugar melts; boil 1 minute. spoon half of glaze over warm cake, setting remainder aside; let cake stand 5 minutes.
• 6 cut warm cake into 3x2 inch pieces; serve accompanied by remaining glaze and, if desired, whipped cream sprinkled with cinnamon.