My Best Old-Fashioned Apple Cake With Easy Caramel Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Cake
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup flour
2 granny smith apples, peeled, chopped fine
1/2 cup chopped pecans
Caramel sauce
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1 cup minus 1 tbl. brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup whipping cream

Preparation

Cake:
Cream butter and sugar, then add egg and beat.
Add rest of dry ingredients and beat til mixed.
Fold in apples and pecans. Pour into greased and floured large round, deep cake pan. *Use greased and lightly floured parchment paper
on the bottom for easier removal.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 35-40 minutes.
Cool a bit, turn out onto rack to cool completely. *Can serve warm, too.
Meanwhile, make caramel sauce.
Caramel sauce:
Melt butter, brown sugar and salt in pan over low-med heat,
stirring, for about 2-3 minutes.
Remove from heat, stir in vanilla and cream and stir well till not grainy.
Drizzle lots of caramel sauce over cut cake slices when serving.
Sprinkle chopped pecans on top of that if desired.
8 servings.