Caramel Apple Cake Recipe
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4.9
Caramel Apple Cake Recipe
Description
This recipe calls for mixing dry ingredients—flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar—with wet ingredients including vegetable oil, applesauce, eggs, and vanilla to form the cake batter. Fresh apples are peeled, cored, sliced, and tossed in cinnamon and brown sugar for warm spice notes. Half the batter is placed in a Bundt or tube pan, topped with the apples, and covered with remaining batter before baking at 350°F for about an hour. This results in a cake with tender crumb and embedded juicy apple slices.
The caramel sauce is made separately by melting butter and boiling it with brown sugar, baking soda, and half and half for 5 to 7 minutes until thickened and smooth. Once cooled to room temperature, the sauce is drizzled over the assembled cake, providing a luscious complement to the baked apples and spiced cake.
This cake works well as a dessert or special treat during apple season, offering a moist texture from the applesauce and the added apples, with a balance of sweet and cinnamon flavors. The caramel adds richness and a contrast to the soft cake and tender fruit.
A simple swap or homemade apple pie spice can be used in place of cinnamon and sugar to adjust the spice profile slightly. Cooling the cake fully before adding caramel ensures it doesn't run off too quickly.
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup applesauce
- 4 egg
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 apple
- 2 apple pie spice or cinnamon
- 5 teaspoon brown sugar
Caramel Sauce Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup half and half
Instructions
Cake Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 and spray a Bundt or Tube pan with cooking spray.
- Mix the flour, salt, baking powder and sugar together in a bowl.
- Mix the oil, apple sauce, eggs, and vanilla in another bowl and mix until combined.
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ones and mix thoroughly.
- Peel, core and slice the apples. Toss the apples with the cinnamon and sugar.
- Put half the batter into the prepared pan. Top with the apples. Pour the rest of the batter into the pan.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes, and let cool.
Caramel Sauce Instructions
- Melt the butter in a saucepan over low heat.
- Add the remaining ingredients and bring the sauce to a rolling boil. Cook for 5-7 minutes.
- Remove from heat and let cool to room temperature.
- Drizzle over the cake.
Notes
- Use homemade apple pie spice or substitute cinnamon for the apple seasoning mix.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before drizzling caramel sauce for best results.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 483 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 483kcal | 24% |
| Carbohydrates | 73g | 24% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 6g | 35% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Trans Fat | 0.4g | 20% |
| Cholesterol | 78mg | 26% |
| Sodium | 427mg | 18% |
| Potassium | 271mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 46g | 92% |
| Vitamin A | 396IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 4mg | 4% |
| Calcium | 85mg | 9% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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4.9
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