This Fresh Apple Cake recipe will be the highlight of your Fall season! It has a delicious moist spice cake with grated apples, topped with a simple caramel sauce.
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter (, room temperature)
- 2 large eggs
- 6 small/medium apples* (, grated with peel on (discard the core)
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cloves
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (, optional)
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- 1Easy Caramel Sauce (can be made ahead): Place all caramel sauce ingredients in a large glass bowl and stir to combine. Fill a saucepan with about 2 inches of water and bring it to a boil. Turn it to a low simmer. Set glass bowl over the saucepan (or use a double boiler) and simmer the sauce, stirring occasionally, for 1 hour. Pour into a jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.
- 2Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- 3Wet ingredients: In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until well blended. Add the eggs and mix well. Stir in the big pile of freshly grated apple.
- 4Dry ingredients: In a separate bowl, mix together the dry ingredients.
- 5Combine: Add dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix, just until incorporated.
- 6Bake in a greased 9x13 inch pan for 45-60 min, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.
- 7Serve warm with caramel sauce and whipped cream or ice cream.