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Finished Fresh Apple Walnut Cake

Fresh Apple Walnut Cake With Caramel Glaze

Ingredients
  

For the Cake:

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup walnuts
  • 2 1/2 cups fresh apples, diced from about 4 medium sized apples

For the Caramel Glaze:

  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/3 cup buttermilk

Instructions
 

For the Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease a bundt pan with Crisco and flour.
  • Beat the eggs, sugar, and oil until smooth. Add in the orange juice and mix well.
  • Sift the flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon together. Add this flour mixture into the sugar mixture and beat well.
  • Add in the vanilla and stir in the apples and walnuts.
  • Pour batter into greased bundt pan. Bake for 90-85 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean.
  • Let cake cool for 15 minutes before removing from bundt pan.

For the Caramel Glaze:

  • Combine the butter, sugar, baking soda and buttermilk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.
  • Boil mixture for 5-10 minutes or until it turns a light brown color. Take off heat.
  • Poke holes on top of the cake all over with a toothpick. Then, pour the caramel glaze on top of the cake.
  • Let the cake cool and set before serving and enjoy!