Caramel Apple Cake
Servings: 12
This delicious Caramel Apple Cake boasts a light and fluffy cake beneath a sweet caramel apple layer, smothered in a whipped topping and crunchy toffee bits! This cake is so easy to whip up, and to make it even easier you can use a boxed cake. The caramel apple mixture is made on the stovetop so you don’t have to worry about the moisture soaking into your cake either!
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Ingredients
- Cake:
- 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 1/4 cups milk
- 3 large eggs
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- Caramel Apples:
- 6 cups chopped apples
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup heavy cream or 1/2 and 1/2
- pinch of salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- Topping:
- 2 8 oz containers whipped topping
- 1/2 cup toffee bits
Instructions
- Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9x13 inch baking pan, set aside.
- In a large bowl combine all cake ingredients and mix on low for 30 seconds, then on high for 3 minutes scraping the bowl occasionally.
- Pour into prepared pan and bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Set aside to cool.
- Caramel Apples:
- While the cake is baking combine the chopped apples and butter in a large skillet and saute on medium low for 10 minutes or until they start to soften. Add in brown sugar, cream and salt. Cook on medium low stirring occasionally for 10 minutes or until apples are tender. Stir in vanilla and remove from heat. Cool for 15 minutes.
- Pour over baked cake and spread apples in an even layer. Cool completely.
- After cake has cooled top with whipped topping and toffee bits. Store in refrigerator.
Notes
Store your cake in the fridge since there’s fruit in it. You can enjoy it for up to 3 days, but keep in mind that the moisture from the apples will start to permeate the cake and make it mushy over time. This cake doesn’t typically last enough to have leftovers, but if it does, you’ll get a couple good days of dessert out of it!
