Warm Caramel Apple Cake

From Betty Crocker email. Serve this yummy apple upside-down cake warm from the oven.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 15

Ingredients

• cake

• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1⁄4 cup  whipping cream
• 1  cup  packed brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans
• 2  large cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (about 2 1/3 cups)
• 18  ounces  yellow cake mix
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• 1⁄3 cup  vegetable oil
• 3  eggs
• 1⁄4 teaspoon apple pie spice
• 2⁄3 cup  whipped fluffy  white frosting (from 12-oz container)
• 1⁄2 cup  frozen whipped topping (thawed)
•  caramel topping, if desired

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. In 1-quart heavy saucepan, cook butter, whipping cream and brown sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally, just until butter is melted.
3. Pour into 13x9-inch pan. Sprinkle with pecans; top with sliced apples.
4. In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil, eggs and apple pie spice with electric mixer on low speed until moistened.
5. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Carefully spoon batter over apple mixture.
6. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
7. Cool in pan 10 minutes.
8. Loosen sides of cake from pan.
9. Place heatproof serving platter upside down on pan; carefully turn platter and pan over.
10. Let pan remain over cake about 1 minute so caramel can drizzle over cake. Remove pan.
11. In small bowl, mix frosting and whipped topping. Serve warm cake topped with frosting mixture and drizzled with caramel topping.