German Apple Cake W/Penuche Glaze

Moist, dense apple cake with amazing brown sugar glaze.

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 1 9x13 cake

Ingredients

• 2  eggs
• 1  cup  vegetable oil
• 2  cups white sugar
• 2  teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 4  cups apples, peeled, cored and diced
• 3  tablespoons butter
• 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1⁄4 cup milk
• 1 1⁄2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

1. -Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour one 9x13 inch cake pan.
2. -In a mixing bowl; beat oil and eggs with an electric mixer until creamy. Add the sugar.
3. -Combine the flour salt, baking soda, and ground cinnamon together in a bowl.
4. -Slowly add this mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined. The batter will be very thick.
5. -Fold in the apples by hand using a wooden spoon. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
6. -Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until cake tests done. Let cake cool on a wire rack. Glaze when cake is cool.
7. For the Glaze:
8. -In a medium saucepan, heat butter and brown sugar over medium heat until bubbly. Cook, stirring constantly, for one minute or until slightly thickened.
9. -Beat in the milk. Blend in confectioner's sugar until the glaze is smooth and spreadable.
10. -Glaze cooled cake immediately as glaze will harden fairly quickly.