Olive Oil Apple Cake
An impressively moist and delicious Olive Oil Apple Cake, chock full of granny smith apples with the warm scent of cinnamon and drizzled with a luscious caramel sauce.
Servings 12
Ingredients
- FOR THE CAKE
- 5 cups of diced apples approximately 7 small apples
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon to toss with diced apples apples
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar to toss with diced apples
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup apple juice
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 4 large eggs
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- CARAMEL SAUCE
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup 35% cream
- 2 tablespoons golden corn syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a bundt pan with a cake release product or use your favorite non stick baking spray.
- In a large bowl, toss together the diced apples with the 2 teaspoons of cinnamon, 2 tablespoons of sugar and set aside.
- Beat together the olive oil, sugar, apple juice and vanilla extract in the bowl of a stand mixer or use a hand held mixer, beating just until combined.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Whisk together the flour with the baking powder and add this to the egg mixture.
- Beat on low speed till the batter is smooth.
- Fold in the diced apples.
- Pour the cake batter into the prepared bundt pan.
- Bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 15 minutes, or just until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Allow the cake to cool in the bundt pan for 1 hour before releasing it from the pan.
- When ready to serve slice and plate with a generous drizzle of caramel sauce.
- CARAMEL SAUCE
- In a small sauce pan over low heat, melt the butter then stir in the brown sugar, cream and the corn syrup.
- Cook and stir over low heat just until the mixture comes to a boil then remove from the heat and let the caramel sauce cool.
- Makes approximately 1 1/2 cups.
Notes
Caramel Sauce Recipe is adapted from Dairy Farmers of Canada Website!