I made the most delicious apple cake for our trip to Boone last week! I got the recipe from my mom, who got it from a coworker. I LOVE this cake because it is moist, it is a bundt cake, and it is “healthy” because one of the ingredients is apples (you know what they say: “an apple (cake) a day…”). My biggest tip for anyone making this cake is to  butter and flour the bundt pan really well…

It was all fun and games…

 

Until…oops!

We were all upset, but only for a moment!

May not be magazine-cover perfect, but it still tasted delicious! We may or may not have even consumed it as both a dessert and a breakfast food. Vacation is the best!

Here is the recipe I used:

Ingredients for Cake:

1 ½ cups vegetable oil

1 ½ cups white sugar

½ cup packed brown sugar

3 eggs

3 cups flour

2-½ tsp cinnamon

½ tsp nutmeg

1 tsp baking soda

½ tsp salt

3 ½ cups (about 4-5 medium) apple peeled and chopped (very small pieces)

1 cup walnuts, chopped

2 tsp vanilla

 

Ingredients for Caramel Icing:

½ cup packed brown sugar

½ cup heavy cream

¼ cup butter

1 cup powdered sugar

 

For the cake: preheat the oven to 325, then:

1. Butter and flour your bundt pan (verrrry important!!!).
2. Combine flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
3. Cream oil, white sugar, brown sugar, and eggs together in a large bowl.
4. Slowly add dry ingredients.
5. Stir in chopped apples, walnuts, and vanilla.
6. Pour into prepared pan.
7. Bake for 1 ½ hours.
8. Remove from oven, let rest for about 10 minutes, loosen with a knife, and transfer cake from the pan to the baking rack.

For the Icing:

1. Heat brown sugar, heavy cream, and butter in a small saucepan until bubbling.
2. Allow to cool.
3. Stir in powdered sugar.
4. Drizzle over cooled cake.
5. Enjoy!