Old Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Frosting

 

Hello dear Friends! 

Happy Thursday to you. I'm getting to this late - so it's really almost happy TGIF. :) 

We've got a busy weekend ahead but I thought I'd try to pop in and share this recipe quickly. We recently had a family gathering and I made this cake for dessert. I thought it seemed perfect for late summer as we start to think whispers of Fall thoughts. It turned out SO good, and I highly recommend doing what I did. I didn't make the caramel frosting that goes with this recipe (although I have no doubt that is delish too). But instead I used canned salted caramel frosting. Oh my word is that stuff divine! And it was the perfect partner to go with this old fashioned apple cake, that I actually spiced up a bit. I added a little more cinnamon than it called for.  And I added some nutmeg too. Because that's how I roll. I like it more "spicy" Lol 😉 

This cake is old fashioned to me because you boil the butter & shortening on the stove before adding to the dry ingredients. And a lot of old time recipes do things like this. I would recommend adding the extra spices like I did. And if you don't want to make frosting - go grab that salted caramel one. And then I recommend keeping this cake in the fridge because the apples make the cake so moist. I added pecans on top on half of the cake because I knew that would play so nice with the apple and caramel flavors. And we warmed our pieces before serving with butter pecan ice cream. Absolutely stellar dessert! Everyone gave it 5 stars. 😁

How the batter looked after stirring in the boiled ingredients

Then mixing in the apples and pouring into the greased sheet pan

All baked up

baked and frosted and chopped pecans on 1/2

Look at the gooey caramel deliciousness! 🍎😍 I forgot to get a pic of the inside but there was all those chunks of apples and it was cinnamony and sweet and so yummy. 

I will definitely be making this one again! Maybe next time I'll try it with her caramel frosting recipe. Here's a picture of the recipe. But if you'd like a direct link to the site where I found it (chef-in-training.com) you can click here.

Enjoy! xo