Marcy DeKruyf Recipe Collection
Caramel Apple Cake

Cake:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups oil
3 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
5 apples (peeled and sliced),
1 1/5 cups pecans
2 1/4 tsp vanilla

Glaze:
4 Tbs butter
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 heavy cream
pinch of salt

Preheat 325 degrees

Cake:
Beat together:
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups oil

Add:
3 eggs
and stir

Sift together:
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp salt
then add this all to the egg mixture.

Stir in:
5 apples (peeled and sliced),
1 1/5 cups pecans
2 1/4 tsp vanilla

Pour in buttered and floured 9x13 pan.
Bake 50-75 minutes (mine was done after 50 minutes).

Glaze:
While the cake is cooling,
-melt 4 Tbs butter over low heat
-stir in:
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup brown sugar
pinch of salt
-cook over medium-low heat for 2 minutes
-add 1/2 cup heavy cream and boil for 2 minutes, stirring constantly
-Poke holes in cake and pour on the glaze.

Serve warm or room temp.

From Ripon/Salida MOMS Club, cooking club.