Caramel Apple Cake

🧂 Ingredients

• 1½ cups vegetable oil
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3½ cup apples

  such as Granny Smith, peeled, cored and cut into small pieces
• 1 cup pecans

  chopped
• ¾ cup butter

  salted
• 1 cup brown sugar

  packed
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

• 1 Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans or a 12 cup tube pan.
• 2 Add the oil, sugar and eggs to the bowl of your mixer and mix using the whisk
  attachment until creamy.
• 3 In another medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt
  together. Add the flour mixture to the mixer bowl with the oil and eggs and mix
  well until no more flour can be seen. Mix in the vanilla.
• 4 Fold in the chopped apples and pecans.
• 5 Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pans or tube pan. Transfer the loaf pans
  to the oven and bake for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the center of
  the cake comes out clean. Let the cakes cool for about 5 minutes in the loaf
  pans than transfer to a plate.
• 6 In a small saucepan add the butter and melt over low heat. Add the brown sugar
  and milk and bring to a boil over low heat while stirring constantly. Continue
  simmering for 10 minutes then remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract.
• 7 Let the caramel cool for about 5 minutes then pour over the warm cakes. Slice
  and serve.

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