APPLE DAPPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

APPLE DAPPLE CAKE WITH CARAMEL GLAZE

Apple Dapple Cake with Caramel Glaze, where have you been all my life? Never had this delicious cake and wondering what I’m talking about? Read on to find out how to make this amazingly simple and wonderfully delicious apple cake. Oh, and don’t forget the yummy caramel glaze!

Apple Dapple Cake with Caramel Glaze is an amazingly simple, moist, homemade cake filled with fresh apples and covered with an easy sweet caramel glaze!

INGREDIENTS

Cake Ingredients

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 cup pecans chopped
• 1 cup vegetable or coconut oil
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 3 eggs
• 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 3 cups raw apples peeled and finely chopped (about 3 large apples)

Caramel Glaze Ingredients

• 1 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup heavy cream or half and half
• 3/4 cup butter (1-1/2 sticks)

INSTRUCTIONS

Cake

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Rub the bottom and sides of the cake pan with a little butter, shortening, or use baking spray. Make sure to get into the corners and all the way up the sides. Flour the sides and bottom of the pan by scooping a bit of flour into the pan, then shaking and tapping to coat the bottom and sides of the pan with flour; dump out the excess. (This hint is from my friend Harriet - You can also substitute a little sugar for the flour which will give you an even sweeter crunchier crust.)
• n a large mixing bowl add the oil, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Use an electric mixer and mix well. In a separate bowl add the flour, salt, and baking soda. Mix well with a fork. Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine. Fold in the apples and pecans and combine, but do not over mix.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared cake pan and bake in the oven for one hour.

Caramel Glaze

• About ten minutes before the cake is done, make the Caramel Glaze by combining the brown sugar, cream, and butter in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. After the mixture comes to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for about 3 minutes.
• When the cake is done, remove from the oven and pour the caramel glaze over the hot cake while it is still in the cake pan.
• Place the cake on a cooling rack and allow it to cool completely before removing it from the pan.

Recipe Source:gritsandpinecones.com