by Sue *
Member since:
July 31, 2006

Apple Cake with Caramel Praline Topping (recipe)

March 10, 2008 01:56 PM UTC (Updated: March 10, 2008 10:04 PM UTC)
views: 0 | comments: 44

I made this dense apple cake for a party Saturday night. It was very good, and would also be wonderful for a breakfast cake.

Apple Cake

2 cups white sugar

1 ½ cups oil (I used Crisco)

4 eggs

1 tsp. vanilla

2 ½ cups all purpose flour

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. cinnamon

1 tsp. salt

3 cups peeled and chopped apples (I used Granny Smith-2 large apples)

1 cup chopped pecans

Caramel Praline Topping (see recipe below)

Preheat oven toe 350 degrees. Grease and flour a bundt pan.

In a large bowl, beat the sugar with the oil, until well blended. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Stir in the vanilla. In a separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Gradually add to the sugar mixture, beating until combined. Stir in the apples and the nuts. Pour into the bundt pan and bake for 1 hour, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, turn out on a wire rack and cool completely. Spoon warm topping over cake.

Caramel Praline Topping

1 ½ cups packed brown sugar

1 stick of butter

½ cup chopped pecans

3 tsp. milk

Put all ingredients into small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Cook until sugar dissolves (234 degrees on a candy thermometer), stirring occasionally. This takes about 3 or 4 minutes of boiling.

Comments: 44

J W. Mar 10, 2008, 1:10pm UTC
sounds good
Lainie - Just Lainie Mar 10, 2008, 2:01pm UTC
So..... Umm....

Are you sending me some?!?!
Lainie - Just Lainie Mar 10, 2008, 2:01pm UTC
Omg, I just drooled.....
Amy C. Mar 10, 2008, 2:03pm UTC
yummmmmmmy!
juley g. Mar 10, 2008, 2:05pm UTC
That looks wonderful Sue!
☃ Shannon K. Wendt Mar 10, 2008, 2:08pm UTC
I wish I would have used my apples for this instead of that pancake!
Lori Cee Mar 10, 2008, 2:09pm UTC
wow! another one for my notebook.
Lori Cee Mar 10, 2008, 2:10pm UTC
did you just give us permission to eat cake for breakfast?
Sherry Wight Mar 10, 2008, 2:14pm UTC
Mm, this sounds great.
Ina ♥ ♥ Mar 10, 2008, 2:23pm UTC
I'm getting a toothache just looking at it.
Sue * Mar 10, 2008, 2:29pm UTC
Ok...here is the rest of the story. I took this to my progressive dinner dessert house, then as the evening progressed, my stupid sinus migraine got so bad we had to come home. I stopped at the dessert house to get hubby a slice to take home. The praline topping is so firm, the knife (a cheap one my hostess said) snapped in half when I tried to cut it. We brought a couple slices home and left the rest. So-when you make this firm cake, use a sturdy knife to cut it!
Bonnie S. Mar 10, 2008, 2:43pm UTC
That sounds good : )
Robyn F. Mar 10, 2008, 2:49pm UTC
and a cup of coffee too please:)
Susan B. Mar 10, 2008, 2:54pm UTC
I just had to drink a tumbler of water to cool off my food lust - yummy!
Lainie - Just Lainie Mar 10, 2008, 2:56pm UTC
Sue, you are such a tease.
Dusty Hubbard Mar 10, 2008, 3:41pm UTC
My stomach's growling just looking at that. It looks so yummy.
Amanda "middle of nowhere" C. Mar 10, 2008, 4:33pm UTC
I think I'll make this this weekend to see how it turns out, then make it for Easter. My dad loves carmel icing. (Who doesn't?)
Virginia M. Mar 10, 2008, 4:43pm UTC
Oh my! This sounds sooooo good!!
Anne Marie A. Mar 10, 2008, 5:05pm UTC
Every time I check your articles lately they have food in them, then I wish I had some of it!
Sue * Mar 10, 2008, 7:05pm UTC
AMA-that is because it is winter, and all I do is eat!
jessie voigts Mar 10, 2008, 9:53pm UTC
yum!! can you please post this to my group, dessert recipes? i'd love to feature it!
dessertrecipes.gather.com
Sue * Mar 10, 2008, 10:05pm UTC
done, thanks jessie....
Phyllis R. Mar 10, 2008, 10:44pm UTC
This really does sound delicious and congrats on being featured on the homepage (Food), this is totally awesome!!!!
Elaine A. Mar 10, 2008, 10:58pm UTC
Oh this does sound so good,
I printed this & with my husband's help I'll make this for a dinner party, thanks so much for the recipie ;-)
Eclectic Bird Mar 10, 2008, 11:06pm UTC
This sounds fantastic! Do you create your own recipes and if so all I can say is WOW.
Jihaan Karjeker Mar 10, 2008, 11:25pm UTC
Ooh that looks yummy! I'm too lazy to try this during the week but maybe over the weekend. Those tulips are beautiful too.
Vicky Duggins Mar 10, 2008, 11:37pm UTC
Yummy and the tulips are entrancing, too.
Andrea "slackermom" R. Mar 11, 2008, 12:05am UTC
Congrats on the front page feature, Sue.

I must say this sounds wonderful. I make an oatmeal cake with a praline topping. I make it mainly because I love the topping. This apple cake with praline topping sounds even better. I hope to try this soon.

I'm sending this to Digg just so I can find it again when I need it.
Jo C. Mar 11, 2008, 12:12am UTC
Congrats on the feature. Oddly, the photo looked especially cheery because I thought tulips were sprouting from the cake, an amazing effect.

I'm thinking a dense cake like that would keep for awhile and stay moist. True? Also, do you refrigerate it because the only other experience I have with moist cakes is that they either keep forever or grow mold immediately. Of course, we generally end up eating them in one day, preventing either situation :)
Sue * Mar 11, 2008, 8:30am UTC
I do think this one would keep for a bit because it is so moist, I didn't get to try that out because I left it at the house where the party was and didn't bring any home. The only thing about putting it in the frig is that the crunchy texture of the frosting would probably change.

Eclectic-no, I didn't create this one on my own. It is a Paula Deen recipe that I tweeked a little bit. I gave her credit in the tags.
Gerri D. Mar 11, 2008, 9:27am UTC
This one sounds yummy!!!
☃ Shannon K. Wendt Mar 11, 2008, 10:43am UTC
Featured in Shannon's Cookbook.
Phyllis R. Mar 11, 2008, 3:29pm UTC
Wow, congrats again...............featured on home page and Shannon's Cookbook, - move over Paula Deen and Martha Stewart "HERE COMES SUE...AND SHE WILL DO"!!!
Monica Kennedy Mar 11, 2008, 10:37pm UTC
This looks so good. Please consider posting this to my Baking 101 Group - & I will feature it.
Sophie S. Mar 12, 2008, 2:41am UTC
looks and sounds good, especially the topping.
AKKK, the calorie police have just given you a one.......fortunately, I'll give you a ten to offset, even though you are a badddd, badddd, influence, lol.
Luckily, the calorie police are imaginary, so so is the one, but consider it a warning ticket, you tempter, you, lol.
Marie L. Mar 12, 2008, 2:50pm UTC
This looks wonderful! I love almost anything with apples :-)
Jenna is around here somewhere s. Mar 14, 2008, 12:09am UTC
:) looks nice, Love recipes with apples:))
Roxie Golden Mar 14, 2008, 3:33am UTC
MMMMMMMMM...Sounds Fantastic...And the Apple Harvest Should Be a Good One, If the Bees Show Up this Year. Thank You.
Sarah P. Sep 27, 2008, 1:11pm UTC
this sounds absolutely devine! however, way too much sugar for me.. i can modify recipe to make it so that i can eat it.. might also have to print this one out!
Karen G. Nov 9, 2008, 8:17pm UTC
This sounds really good actually.
Sandra L. Jun 14, 2009, 11:35pm UTC

I my goodness! This looks and sounds wonderful. I bet it's delicious.

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