Apple Harvest Cake with Caramel Sauce
A classic fall dessert from the original The Best of Byerly’s cookbook. Delicious spiced applesauce cake dotted with crunchy walnuts and topped with a rich caramel sauce.
Best of Byerly's Cookbook
Best of Byerly's Cookbook
Recipe - ST. LOUIS PARK (+Wines & Spirits)
Apple Harvest Cake with Caramel Sauce
Prep Time30 Minutes
Servings20
Cook Time50 Minutes
Ingredients
1 (8-ounce) package chopped dates
½ cup apple juice
1 ½ cups firmly packed brown sugar
¾ cup butter
2 ½ cups unsweetened applesauce
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking soda
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon ground cloves
1 cup chopped walnuts
Salted caramel sauce, for serving
Directions
- In a small saucepan, combine dates and apple juice; bring to a boil. Cool.
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- In large mixing bowl, beat brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Beat in applesauce and eggs.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; gradually stir into applesauce mixture.
- Stir in date mixture and walnuts until well blended.
- Pour batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt cake pan. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean (50-60 minutes).
- Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Invert onto wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- To serve: Drizzle warm L&B Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream Topping over each piece.
30 minutes
Prep Time
50 minutes
Cook Time
20
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 20 servings

Sunsweet Chopped Dates, 8 Ounce
$4.29$0.54/oz

Juicy Juice 100% Apple Juice, 64 Ounce
$4.79$0.07/oz

Crystal Light Brown Sugar, 2 Pound
$3.79$1.90/lb

Crystal Farms Salted Sweet Cream Butter, 1 Pound
$5.39$5.39/lb

Our Family Unsweetened Applesauce, 23 Ounce
$2.39$0.10/oz

Country Lane Large Eggs, 12 Each
$7.49$0.62 each

Gold Medal All-Purpose Flour, 5 Pound
$5.79$1.16/lb

Our Family Baking Soda, 16 Ounce
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$0.95 was $1.19$0.06/oz

McCormick Ground Cinnamon, 2.37 Ounce
$2.99$1.26/oz

L&B Ground Nutmeg, 2.1 Ounce
$8.99$4.28/oz

McCormick Ground Cloves, 0.9 Ounce
$9.29$10.32/oz

L&B Chopped Walnuts, 4 Ounce
$4.69$1.17/oz

L&B Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream Topping, 10 Ounce
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$6.99 was $7.99$0.70/oz
Directions
- In a small saucepan, combine dates and apple juice; bring to a boil. Cool.
- Heat oven to 350 F.
- In large mixing bowl, beat brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Beat in applesauce and eggs.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves; gradually stir into applesauce mixture.
- Stir in date mixture and walnuts until well blended.
- Pour batter into greased and floured 12-cup Bundt cake pan. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean (50-60 minutes).
- Cool cake in pan on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Invert onto wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- To serve: Drizzle warm L&B Sea Salt Caramel Ice Cream Topping over each piece.