Grandgirl's Apple Cake-Paula Deen

By KimberlyB

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 2 cups of sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 1/4 cup of orange juice
• 3 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp cinnamon
• 1 tbsp vanilla extract
• 3 cups Granny Smith apples, peeled and shredded (5 to 6)
• 1 cup shredded coconut
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 stick butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk*
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• I make my own buttermilk, by mixing 1 tbsp vinegar to 1 cup of milk and let it sit for 5 minutes. So much better than buying a large amount when you don’t need it.

Details

Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 120mins
Adapted from dairyofarecipeycollector.com

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325. Grease bundt pan. For the cake, combine all the ingredients in a large bowl in the order given and mix well. Pour the batter into pan and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
About 10 minutes before cake is done, make the sauce. Melt butter in saucepan and stir in sugar, buttermilk, and baking soda. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Boil for 1 minute. It will get nice and smooth. Pour this sauce over hot cake as soon as you remove it from the oven. Do not take the cake out of the bundt pan yet. See above picture. PLACE ANOTHER PAN UNDER YOUR CAKE PAN IN CASE SAUCE OVERFLOWS A LITTLE. Let the sauce soak in for 1 hour and then invert it onto a serving platter. It is DIVINE!!

I wanted to share a few photos of this cool little apple peeling contraption I bought at a kitchen store last summer. I can peel 6 apples in no time! When my husband sees me get this gadget out, he wants to take over and play with it too! It also slices the apples into these cool apple rings.