Home Cooking - Carmal Apple Cake

Warm Caramel Apple Cake

Cake

1/2 cup butter

1/4 cup whipping cream

1 cup packed brown sugar

1/2 cup chopped pecans

2 large cooking apples, peeled, cored and thinly sliced (about 2 1/3 cups)

1 box yellow cake mix

1 1/4 cups water

1/3 cup vegetable oil

3 eggs

1/4 tsp. apple pie spice

Topping

2/3 cup Betty Crocker Whipped fluffy white frosting

1/2 cup Cool Whip thawed

Caramel ice cream topping

1. Heat oven to 350. In heavy saucepan cook butter, whipping cream, brown sugar over low heat, stiring occasionally, just until butter is melted. Pour into 13x9 inch pan. sprinkle with pecans, top with sliced apples.

2. Mix cake mix, water, oil, eggs and apple pie spice with mixer on low until moistened. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes. Carefully spoon batter onver apple mixture.

3. Bake 40 to 45 minutes until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. cool in pan 10 minutes. Loosen sides of cake from fan. Carefully turn platter and pan over. Let pan remain on cake about 1 minute so carmel can drizzle over cake. Remove pan.

4. In small bown mix frosting and whipped topping. Serve warm cake topped with frosting mixture and drizzled with caramel topping.

Makes 15 servings.