CARAMEL APPLE CAKE / SHARI’S BERRIES / CC BY
Cinnamon, apples, brown sugar, caramel, and walnuts are the perfect combination for a cozy cold-weather dessert! This apple spice bunt cake is very moist and dense, and makes the perfect after-dinner dessert or simple cake to eat with tea or coffee. Apples are super cheap this season which makes this the ideal cake to use up some in-season fruits you may have stored in the cupboard!
Apple Spice Walnut Cake with Caramel Icing
An apple bundt cake loaded with walnuts, cinnamon, and nutmeg with drizzled caramel
on top!
Ingredients:
For Cake
- 1.5 cups vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 3 cups of flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
- 3.5 cups of apples, peeled and diced into small squares
- 1 cup of chopped walnuts, toasted
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
For Icing
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup half-and-half cream
- ¼ cup butter, cut into chunks
- Pinch of salt
- 1 cup powdered sugar
Directions:
To Make Cake
- Preheat oven to 325 F and grease and flour a bundt pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, combine oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract and combine it with the dry mixture.
- Fold in chopped apples and walnuts. Pour into prepared pan and back for 1.5 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool in pan before transferring to a wire rack.
To Make Cake
- Preheat oven to 325 F and grease and flour a bundt pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the dry ingredients: flour, cinnamon, baking soda, salt and nutmeg. In a separate bowl, combine oil, sugars, eggs, and vanilla extract and combine it with the dry mixture.
- Fold in chopped apples and walnuts. Pour into prepared pan and back for 1.5 hours or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and cool in pan before transferring to a wire rack.
To Make Caramel Icing
- Place brown sugar, cream, butter and salt in a saucepan over medium heat and stir constantly until dissolved.
- Pour into a small bowl and allow it to cool to room temperature. Add in the powdered sugar and beat until smooth. Drizzle over cooled bundt cake and enjoy!