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Spiced Apple Cake with Caramel Icing

Name: Spiced Apple Cake with Caramel Icing
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 16 servings.
Ingredients: 3 cups chopped peeled Gala or Braeburn apples (about 3 medium); 1/2 cup bourbon; 2 cups sugar; 1-1/2 cups canola oil; 3 large eggs, room temperature; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 3 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons apple pie spice; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted; ICING:; 1/4 cup butter, cubed; 1/2 cup packed brown sugar; 1 tablespoon 2% milk; 1 tablespoon bourbon; Dash salt; 1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 review

Test Kitchen Approved

Total Time

Prep: 45 min. Bake: 1-1/4 hours + cooling

Makes

16 servings

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023

Easy to prepare and popular with my friends and family, this apple cake is one of my all-time favorite autumn recipes. A slice of this soft treat is delicious with a hot cup of coffee or tea. —Monica Burns, Fort Worth, Texas

Spiced Apple Cake with Caramel Icing Recipe photo by Taste of Home

Ingredients

3 cups chopped peeled Gala or Braeburn apples (about 3 medium)
1/2 cup bourbon
2 cups sugar
1-1/2 cups canola oil
3 large eggs, room temperature
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons apple pie spice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
ICING:
1/4 cup butter, cubed
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon 2% milk
1 tablespoon bourbon
Dash salt
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. tube pan. In a large bowl, toss apples with bourbon.

In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, pie spice, salt and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture. Stir in apple mixture and walnuts.
Transfer to prepared pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours. Cool in pan 10 minutes before removing to a wire rack.
In a small heavy saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, milk, bourbon and salt. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally; cook and stir 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla. Drizzle over warm cake. Cool completely.

Toasting Nuts

To toast nuts, bake in a shallow pan in a 350° oven for 5-10 minutes or cook in a skillet over low heat until lightly browned, stirring occasionally.

Greasing Fluted (Bundt) Tube Pans

To remove cakes easily, use solid shortening to grease plain and fluted tube pans.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 499 calories, 30g fat (4g saturated fat), 43mg cholesterol, 275mg sodium, 54g carbohydrate (34g sugars, 2g fiber), 5g protein.