Cake, Apple

By fireandfrost

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
• 4 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 cups peeled and chopped apples
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• Caramel Glaze
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 3 teaspoons milk

Preparation

Step 1

Fluted Cake:

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 12 cup fluted pan.
In a large bowl, beat sugar and oil at medium speed with an electric mixer until combined. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt; sift. Gradually add to sugar mixture beating until combined. Stir in apples and pecans.
Pour into prepared pan; bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and cool completely on a wire rack. Spoon warm Caramel Glaze over cake.

Glaze:

In a small saucepan, combine brown sugar, butter, pecans and milk. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; cook until temperature reaches 234 F on a candy thermometer, stirring occasionally.