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Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce is a great dessert that can be made with fresh apples or with a can of apple pie filling. Follow these easy instructions for either version of this yummy warm apple cake. 
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Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce - A Warm Apple Cake Recipe

Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce is a great dessert that can be made with fresh apples or with a can of apple pie filling. Follow these easy instructions for either version of this yummy warm apple cake.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: brown sugar sauce for apple cake, grandma's apple cake with caramel sauce, old-fashioned apple cake with caramel sauce, warm apple cake
Servings: 10
Calories: 311kcal
Author: Barbara

Ingredients

Two sets of Cake Instructions Follow: Homemade Apple Cake or Shortcut Apple Cake using Canned Apple Pie Filling

Homemade Apple Cake

  • 2 cups apples, peeled and diced
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Shortcut Apple Cake

  • 21 oz Apple Pie Filling
  • 1 egg
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Caramel Sauce

  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 2 Tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Homemade Apple Cake

  • Combine diced apples and sugar; let stand until sugar is dissolved into a syrup.
  • Stir beaten egg into apples and syrup.
  • Combine flour, ground cinnamon and baking soda. Stir until apple mixture until a cake batter forms.
  • Pour into a greased 8 x 8 inch baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
  • Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 - 40 minutes or until set. While the cake is baking, make the caramel sauce.

Shortcut Apple Cake with apple pie filling

  • Beat egg; add to the apple pie filling.  
  • Sift flour and baking soda. Add to apple mixture and mix well.
  • Pour into an 8 inch square baking dish that has been sprayed with nonstick cooking spray. Smooth out the batter the best that you can.
  • Bake at 375 degrees F for 30 minutes or until set. While the cake is baking, make the caramel sauce.

Caramel Sauce

  • In a saucepan, heat brown sugar, white sugar, flour and water over medium heat.  Bring to a rolling boil, and let boil for 1 minutes. Turn off heat.
    Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce is a great dessert that can be made with fresh apples or with a can of apple pie filling. Follow these easy instructions for either version of this yummy warm apple cake. 
  • Add butter and vanilla and stir until completely smooth.
    Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce is a great dessert that can be made with fresh apples or with a can of apple pie filling. Follow these easy instructions for either version of this yummy warm apple cake. 
  • Pour hot caramel sauce over hot apple cake right out of the oven.
    Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce is a great dessert that can be made with fresh apples or with a can of apple pie filling. Follow these easy instructions for either version of this yummy warm apple cake. 
  • Serve is as a warm apple cake or refrigerate to let the caramel sauce thicken.  This can be done overnight. 
    Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Caramel Sauce is a great dessert that can be made with fresh apples or with a can of apple pie filling. Follow these easy instructions for either version of this yummy warm apple cake. 

Notes

  • Love apples? Try Grandma's Apple Crisp.
  • The recipe includes both homemade apple cake and a recipe for a shortcut apple cake using apple pie filling.
  • The cake batter seems rather odd at first. It looks like apples coated in a sticky flour mixture.  This is normal.
  • Once it bakes, it also has a rather unappealing appearance. That's OK too. Once you add the sauce, it makes a gorgeous appearance.
  • Substitute margarine for butter in the brown sugar sauce, if desired.
  • It is the caramel sauce that makes this cake.  It will seem like you are drowning the cake in caramel sauce.
  • Serve this as a warm apple cake or refrigerate for later.
  • Please note that the caramel sauce thickens up in the refrigerator.

Nutrition

Calories: 311kcal | Carbohydrates: 55g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 41mg | Sodium: 194mg | Potassium: 68mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 43g | Vitamin A: 322IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 22mg | Iron: 1mg