My Best Old-Fashioned Apple Cake With Easy Caramel Sauce

"This is the ONLY way I'll eat cooked apples, to die for with the warm caramel sauce!"
 
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Ready In:
1hr 10mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • 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.
  • 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 till not grainy.
  • Drizzle lots of caramel sauce over cut cake slices when serving.
  • Sprinkle chopped pecans on top of that if desired.
  • 8 servings.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can this be made in a tube pan?
     
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Reviews

  1. I made this tonight for my mother's birthday. Everyone loved it! I doubled the recipe and baked in a 9x11 baking pan. I didn't have time to make caramel sauce, but used jarred caramel sauce instead.
     
  2. This has got to be one of my favorite cakes. Wow! Great texture, super taste, TERRIFIC with the caramel sauce!! I made this in an 8" round Wilton cake pan....next time I'll make a double batch!!! This is heaven on a plate!
     
  3. ZWT4: Delicious!! I took this to my parents house today for a visit with my grandma. This cake ws devoured - not a crumb left!
     
  4. I have tried some of your other recipes,My family likes your cooking.I make an apple dapple cake we love,but I believe this is even better.Hot as it is in Arizona,I had to review this cake.Thank you ,it was superb-SPLENDID!!!
     
  5. I made this cake & caramel sauce & it was so good. Just melts in your mouth!
     
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Hello! Former caterer and restaurant owner taking life slower now and just enjoying photographing my food creations and blogging them! Pop on over to my blog to see over 800 of my recipes at Wildflour's Cottage Kitchen @ wildflourskitchen.com !
 
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