Chunky Apple Spice Cake With Vanilla Butter Sauce

You MUST try Mirjam's recipe. I ABSOLUTELY adore this recipe -- and I usually feel that if a dessert does not contain chocolate, why bother -- but I make an exception here. This is THE VERY BEST cake and I can't say enough about how incredibly delicious the hot sauce is with the cake. I add 1/2 tsp. cinnamon to the sauce and skip the nuts (just my personal aversion to nuts).

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All I can say is: There were four of us for dinner and only two pieces of this cake were left! There probably wouldn't have been any but we were feeling a little ashamed of making pigs of ourselves! Suggestion: how 'bout a scoop of french vanilla ice cream on the side? If you're gonna sin...sin big!

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I was looking for a spice cake recipe (it's my Dad's favorite) and came across this one. It was absolutely delicious! The sauce is SINFUL with a capital "S", the sauce together with the apples in the cake reminded me of eating a caramel apple (yummy!). Next time I make this wonderful recipe, I'm going to double it...because we demolished the cake in record time! (If you make this recipe for a crowd, I suggest doubling or even tripling it).

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My husband and I made pigs of ourselves over this cake. I don't know if I can even begin to describe how delicious this was. Wonderful spiced flavor. The sauce makes it pure gold. Had such a rich vanilla-butter flavor and you have to use real butter. Eating it warm is the only way to go. Very memorable and is serious competition with our favorite chocolate desserts. Thanks Mirjam.

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Very good recipe. I was afraid that I had ruined it because I accidentally used 1 cup of butter in the cake instead of 1/2 cup. I didn't realize this until it was in the oven...I figured what the heck, we'll see what happens. It was still very good, although I'm sure much more fattening. I will definately make this again (the correct way).

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Very yummy cake. I made quite a while ago and am just rating ir now. It was easy to make and very, very tasty. I also loved the sauce for it. I agree with the earlier post about doubling or tripling the recipe next time. I could have probably eaten the whole thing to myself if I hadn't had dinner first! Will definately make this again.

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Oh YUM!! I love cake type desserts and my husband doesn't as much but LOVES the sauce so we were all happy. I didn't have enough brown sugar on hand so the sauce only ended up with about 1/2 cup and it was good - I think I will do it that way again next time. We don't do nuts but I wish now I would have added the raisins too. They would add a nice taste to the dessert. Will do that next time!! Thanks for sharing.

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Very moist cake. Loved the texture. I did not have pumpkin pie spice on hand so I created my own blend. I will definitely make the cake again with the real thing. The sauce, although very sweet, was a nice compliment to the spices in the cake. There are only 2 of us so I loved the fact that this cake was not huge in size - thanks !

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This cake is good, but far too sweet for my taste. The sauce tasted too much like pure sugar to me. My caramel-loving brother likes it, though, just personally I would something with a richness rather than just a sweetness. The cake itself is beautiful- fluffy, moist and yummy-appley. The sauce, however, was just too much for me.

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Hi Mirj, I am rereviwing this recipe because I mean't to give you 5 stars and didn't give you any stars on the last one. Don't know what I was thinking but this cake was excellent and I had meant to make it on Thanksgiving but had never got the chance. The apples and the sauce are incredibly delicious! Thank you for a wonderful recipe.

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I made this cake this weekend for my in-laws and they LOVED it! It is a great cake, but the sauce it was really makes it delicious!

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This is definitely better the second day. I made this recipe with whole wheat flour and cranberries instead of raisins, as that is what I had in the house. I skipped out on the sauce and had it with ice cream instead. The cake, in my opinion, is sweet enough on its own and I think the sauce might take it over the top. Very good cake and I'll make it through the holidays!

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This cake was very good. We didn't have raisins, so we used dried cranberries and it turned out quite well. We skipped the sauce and used vanilla ice cream instead. The cake was very sweet and I think it would have been too sweet with a sauce added. It's very good and we'll make it again.

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this was very tasty, i subbed some cream cheese for some butter. it made it very dense and yummy, even better the next day cold. i just served it with whipped cream not the sauce, very good cake and a great way to use up apples. thanks.

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This is the best spice cake ever! The make it different than your typical cake.The only thing I noticed is that it doesnt rise as much as I would like it too.That takes nothing away from the cake..i have made it 4 times now and its consistent...comes out wonderful every time.Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!!!!!

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If I could give 10 stars for this recipe, I would but I'm limited so I'll just elaborate here: This dessert is FABULOUS!!! The cake is delicious by itself ... it's light and flavorful ... I used an organic variety of Gala apples and chopped them in very small pieces ... I also added a *tiny* pinch of mace to the recipe. It was superb and I can't wait to make it again for my family because I'm sure they'll love it as much as I did! Thank you for sharing this recipe.

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I made this for my husband's birthday today and he loved it (so did the kids, his parents, and I). Thank you for a delicious recipe! I will definitely make this again - I might experiment with a bit more pumpkin pie spice....

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The cake portion of this recipe is wonderful! I was looking for a recipe to use up some raisins, walnuts and left over dulce de leche and found this little gem. I added more raisins and walnuts than the recipe called for because I didn't want any left over and would probably do so again because we loved it like that. I didn't make the sauce because I was heating the dulce de leche to pour over the cake. Delicious combo, when I make this recipe again, I will definitely give it's vanilla sauce a try. Thanks for posting this Mirj, it's a real winner!

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I was so excited to try this recipe because of the reviews. My husband has an incurable sweet tooth and we all love apples. The cake was ok. We were expecting much more. The Vanilla Butter Sauce was far to sweet even with pure vanilla. Our two other guests didn't like the texture of the cake or the taste of the sauce. On a scale of one to five they all agreed to one star. I loved the aroma in the kitchen while it was baking and it wasn't that bad. The presentation was beautiful. Sorry but I bake for my husband and he is usually great with the reviews. Cheers.

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Nice cake. Well received. Sauce was too sweet for me. Will add less sugar next time. Thanks for posting.

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