Costco’s Caramel-Glazed Apple Cake

Hubby wanted to make an apple cake. After we got the Costco Con­nec­tion in the mail he saw this recipe. It was per­fect tim­ing, given we had a mil­lion apples. He then sur­prised me by tak­ing the apple cake mak­ing plunge. It’s why I don’t have pic­tures of the steps, because I was not expect­ing it!

And I will admit it was deli­cious, I barely let it make it to the plate before I started to eat it. It was a great treat, made even greater by the fact that I didn’t make it. The kids also devoured it. I mean lick­ing crum­bles off the plate type devour­ing. Apple cake proves yet again that if apples are in the form of dessert they are pop­u­lar with the rabble-rousers.

I highly rec­om­mend try­ing the recipe out. Although Hubby is not avail­able to make it for you, so you’ll have to do that part on your own.

Here’s the recipe from Easy Cook­ing The Costco Way.

Caramel-Glazed Apple Cake

What you need for the Cake:
1 cup packed light brown sugar
1 cup gran­u­lated sugar
1 1/2 cups veg­etable oil
3 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 tea­spoon bak­ing soda
2 tea­spoons cin­na­mon
1/2 tea­spoon nut­meg
1/2 tea­spoon salt
5 Wash­ing­ton Granny Smith or Golden Deli­cious apples, cored, peeled and cut in 1/2-inch pieces
1 1/4 cups chopped pecans or wal­nuts
2 1/4 tea­spoons vanilla extract

What you need for the Caramel Glaze:
4 table­spoons but­ter
1/4 cup gran­u­lated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup heavy cream

1. Pre­heat oven to 325°F. But­ter and flour a 9-by-13-inch pan.
2. To pre­pare the cake, beat both sug­ars and oil in a mix­ing bowl until very well blended. Add eggs one at a time, beat­ing well after each addi­tion. Sift together flour, bak­ing soda, cin­na­mon, nut­meg and salt; grad­u­ally add to eggs, mix­ing just until blended. Stir in apples, pecans and vanilla; pour into pan.
3. Bake for 50–75 min­utes, or until a tooth­pick inserted in the cen­ter comes out clean. Let cool in the pan while prepar­ing the glaze.
4. To pre­pare the glaze, melt but­ter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in both sug­ars and salt; cook over medium-low heat for 2 min­utes. Add cream and boil for 2 min­utes, stir­ring con­stantly.
5. Poke holes in the cake with a skewer or tooth­pick. Pour on the glaze.
Serve warm or at room tem­per­a­ture. Top with whipped cream or ice cream if desired. Makes 12 servings.

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