Ingredients
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Cake Ingredients:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and diced
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped (optional)
Caramel Sauce Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup brown sugar
- pinch of salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease a 9-inch bundt pan.
- In a large bowl, whisk the sugar, oil, vanilla, egg and applesauce until well combined.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix just until just incorporated.
- Gently fold in the diced apples and nuts (if using).
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Bake for 1 hour or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare the caramel sauce.
- In a medium saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients. Boil for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.
- Once completely cooled, flip the cake onto a serving plate, poke holes in the cake with a skewer and pour caramel sauce generously all over, reserving some sauce for serving.
- Serve warm with additional caramel sauce drizzled on top.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Method: baking