This old fashioned cake loaded with fresh apples and nuts and topped with a rich, buttery brown sugar glaze is an excellent dessert for a special occasion or holiday get-together!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake
Servings: 18Servings
Calories: 487kcal
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Ingredients
Cake
1 ½cupscanola or vegetable oil
2cupsgranulated sugar
3eggs
3cupsself-rising flour
1 ½teaspooncinnamon
2teaspoonvanilla
4cupspeeled, chopped apples (honeycrisp or Granny Smith)
1cupchopped pecans
Topping
½cupbutter
1cupbrown sugar
¼cupmilk
Instructions
Preheat oven to 325°F.
Using a hand mixer or stand mixer, whip together oil and sugar until well combined, about 1 minute. Add eggs, and mix an additional minute. Add flour and cinnamon and mix on medium-low speed. Once combined, stir in apples, pecans and vanilla.
Pour the batter into a buttered 13x9” pan. Bake 1 hour and 15 minutes.
When 5 minutes remains on the cake, mix together butter, brown sugar and milk in a small saucepan. Boil 3 minutes, then pour evenly over the hot cake.
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Notes
Tips and Substitutions
The pecans can be swapped with walnuts. They can also be omitted if nuts aren't desired.
The apples can diced to your size preference. They can be finely diced up to a larger chop, slightly smaller than the size of a dice.
This cake can also be made in a 12-cup bundt pan.
Before pouring on the glaze, if desired, you can poke holes all over top of warm cake using a wooden skewer.