Caramel-Glazed Apple Cake

So we went down to Pioche this past weekend and stopped by Kimber's grandmother's house. They have an apple tree in their front yard that it about to tip over it has so many apples on it. We picked a few and brought them home with us. there's nothing better than home grown veggies and fruits.

So I got thinking about what I could do with the apples. I came across this recipe the other day and I just tried it last night. I think that it's pretty good. It's not too sweet, but that's good because I don't have much of a sweet tooth.

Cake

1 cup of light brown sugar

1 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil

3 eggs

3 cups all-purpose flour

2 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp nutmeg

1/2 tsp salt

5 Golden Delicious or Granny Smith apples

1 1/4 cups chopped pecans or walnuts

2 1/4 tsp vanilla extract

Caramel Glaze

4 tbs butter

1/4 sugar

1/4 light brown sugar

pinch of salt

1/2 cup heavy cream

Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Butter and flour a 9x13 cake pan.

Core and peel the apples. Cut the apples into 1/2 inch pieces and set aside. In a mixing bowl, combine the sugars and the oil and blend. Add the eggs one at a time and continue mixing.

Combine the remaining dry ingredients in a bowl. Gradually add the dry mixture to the mixture in the mixing bowl. Stir in the apple pieces, pecans, and vanilla.

Pour the mixture into the pan and bake for 50 to 75 minutes. Bake the cake until you can stick a toothpick or knife into the middle and it comes out clean. Pull the cake out and poke holes into it using a toothpick or fork. Set aside to cool.

While the cake is cooling, melt the butter in a small pan. When the butter has melted, stir in the sugars and salt. Cook over medium-low heat for approximately 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and stir. The glaze will eventually come to a boil. Continue to stir for another two minutes after the glaze has begun to boil. If you don't stir constantly, the glaze will burn.

Remove the glaze from the heat and pour over the cake. Serve the cake with a nice scoop of ice cream or a dollop of whipped cream.