The Time Of Your Life

Preparation: 350 degrees 25-35 minutes baking time
Toast pecans in oven and chop finely. Reserve additional 12-15 pecan halves for garnish.
Grease and flour 3 8-inch round cake pans Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In bowl of mixer, mix sugar, oil and eggs until well blended.
In another bowl, sift together flour, salt and baking soda.
Peel and chop apples finely. Add flour mixture to oil mixture in mixing bowl. Blend until
mixed. Stir in apples, chopped pecans and vanilla and mix until incorporated. Pour evenly
into 3 prepared cake pans. Bake 25-35 minutes until toothpick inserted in middle comes
out clean with no crumbs and cake begins to pull away from side of pan. Check at 25
minutes and continue baking 5 additional minutes until done. Run butter knife around
edges of cake to make sure it is loosened from pan. Cool in pan for 5 minutes and turn
out onto wax paper lined cooling rack. Cool completely before icing.

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Caramel Icing Preparation:

Blend brown sugar and butter over medium/high heat in a large, heavy saucepan. Stir
well until completely melted. Add milk, and boil for five minutes, stirring frequently.
Cool until warm and add to mixer bowl. Add confectioners’ sugar with mixer on low
speed until blended. Add vanilla and mix until smooth.
Frost between layers and sides and top of cake. It is easiest with an offset spatula. To
make it easier to spread, you may add 2-3 tablespoons of whole milk. Add and stir and
check consistency one tablespoon at a time.
Garnish with additional pecan halves.
Cake can be made two days in advance and kept at room temperature. The flavor and
texture are better on day two and three if it lasts that long.
*Cake can also be made in a large bundt pan with baking time increased to 1 hour-1 hour
and 10 minutes, checking for doneness at 1 hour. To make more of a glaze than a
spreadable icing to put on bundt cake Make icing recipe and omit confectioners’ sugar.
Let icing set until it is just warm and spoon over top of cake letting it run down sides,
continue adding spoons of icing until cake is glazed. It is ok if it pools in the middle of
the bundt cake. Icing will crust over and make a delicious topping.

Ingredients:



• 2 cups granulated sugar

• 1 ½ cups vegetable oil

• 3 eggs

• 3 cups all-purpose flour

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• 3 cups peeled and cubed Granny Smith apples, 3-4 apples (1/2-inch cubes)

• 1 cup toasted pecans, chopped

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Caramel Icing

• 2 cups brown sugar​

• 2 sticks unsalted butter

• ½ cup whole milk

• 4 cups confectioners’ sugar

• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• Optional: Toasted pecan halves for garnish