Apple Walnut Cake With Butterscotch Sauce Recipe

 

For the Cake

3 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

3 large eggs

2 cups granulated sugar

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

3 cups apples (such as Rome Beauty, chopped)

1 cup chopped walnuts

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

For the Topping

1 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed)

1/4 cup milk

1/2 cup butter (1 stick)

Heat the oven to 350 F. Generously grease and flour a tube cake pan.

Grease pan

Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon; stir or whisk to blend thoroughly and then set aside.

Flour

In a mixing bowl with an electric mixer, beat the eggs.

Egg in a bowl

Add the granulated sugar and oil and beat for 3 minutes.

Add milk

Gradually stir in sifted dry ingredients.

Mix

Fold in apples, walnuts, and vanilla.

Add apples

Spoon the batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan and bake at 350 F for 1 hour and 15 minutes.

Batter in pan

About 5 minutes before the cake is done, combine the topping ingredients in a saucepan.

Butter and brown sugar

Bring to a boil over high heat and boil for 3 minutes.

Bring to a boil

Pour the hot topping over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Pour topping over cake

Let the cake cool and then loosen the sides, inverting the cake on a plate.

Let cake cool

Then invert on another plate, topping side up.

Let cool

Slice, serve, and enjoy!

Tips

The cake may be baked in a 9-by-13-by-2-inch baking pan. Bake it for about 40 to 45 minutes. Pour the brown sugar sauce over the cake, let the cake cool, and serve it from the baking pan.

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