Fran's Apple Cake With Caramel Sauce

Name: Fran's Apple Cake With Caramel Sauce
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 5 min
Total time: 1 h 25 min
Yield: 12 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter (no substitutes!); 2 cups sugar; 2 eggs; 2 cups sifted flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder; 3/4 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 3 cups chopped apples (no peel); 1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (optional); 1/2 cup sugar; 1/4 cup butter (no substitutes!); 1/4 cup evaporated milk; 1/2 teaspoon rum extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Submitted by LonghornMama

"This recipe came from Fran, a friend of my mother's, about twenty years ago. A nice butter cake, moist texture with a slight crunch to the edge, but the most important thing--do not skip the butter caramel sauce! Ingredients are correct; batter will be VERY thick."

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Ready In:: 1hr 25mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 12

ingredients

¹⁄₂ cup butter (no substitutes!)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
³⁄₄ teaspoon baking soda
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₂ teaspoon nutmeg
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
3 cups chopped apples (no peel)
1 ¹⁄₂ cups chopped nuts (optional)
¹⁄₂ cup sugar
¹⁄₄ cup butter (no substitutes!)
¹⁄₄ cup evaporated milk
¹⁄₂ teaspoon rum extract or 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

directions

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, nutmeg and cinnamon.
Add to butter mixture.
Stir in apples and nuts, if desired.
Bake in greased bundt pan for 65-70 minutes at 325°.
For sauce, heat sugar, butter and evaporated milk over medium heat.
Add extract.
Chill.
Pass sauce with cake.

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Reviews

A nice thick doughy batter that rose well and made a moist cake with a crisp crust. I used an angel food cake tube pan and the baking time was perfect. Omitted the nuts and went with the rum butter sauce. This is a delicious old fashioned cake-I love it! Thanks!

Kaarin
I wonder if something (liquid) was left out of the ingredient list. I tried to make it exactly as listed, but added 3/4 cup evaporated milk because it was extremely dry with just the eggs--more like a crumbly dough than a batter. But, with the liquid added, it was a thick batter and baked up beutifully. We loved the crispy crust, and about half of group felt the sauce wasn't necessary, the other half loved it.

akcooker