This easy Super Moist Caramel Apple Cake recipe makes the most moist, tender, and deliciously dense cake dripping with caramel sauce.
Prep Time: 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time: 45 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour5 minutesminutes
Servings: 15servings
Calories: 349kcal
Ingredients
For the Cake
1cupvegetable or canola oil
2cupsgranulated sugar
3eggs
2tsp.vanilla extract
2cupsall-purpose flour
1tsp.kosher salt
1tsp.baking soda
3cupspeeled and diced apples (3-4 large tart or semi-tart apples, such as Granny Smith, Jonathon, Honey Crisp, McIntosh, or Pink Lady)
For the Caramel Sauce
1/3cupbutter
3/4cupdark brown sugar
1/2tsp.kosher salt
3Tbs.heavy cream or half-and-half
Instructions
Make the Cake
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well combined. Place the flour, salt, and baking soda into a separate bowl; mix together.
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, stirring just until just incorporated; batter will be very thick. Do not over mix! Lastly, gently fold in the apples by hand. Transfer the cake batter into a greased 9x13 cake pan, spreading it out evenly.
Bake the cake, uncovered, on the center oven rack for 45-55 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely before adding the topping.
Make the Caramel Sauce
In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine the butter, brown sugar, salt. and cream. Cook, whisking constantly, just until the mixture boils; let the caramel sauce gently boil for 3 minutes without whisking. Remove the sauce from the heat, immediately pouring it over the top of the cooled cake. Let the sauced cake sit for an hour before serving.
Serve the Cake
Slice the cake into serving pieces. Serve topped with a dollop or squirt of whipped topping, as desired.
Notes
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