Spiced Sweet Apple Cake With Salted Caramel Orange Sauce

Caramel and apple are a very traditional combination, but this cake takes it to the next level by infusing the caramel with a hint of orange and sea salt. This rich apple cake is made using Lucky Leaf Premium Pie Filling and sour cream for a complex perfect texture. It's apple cake that will impress!

Spiced Sweet Apple Cake with Salted Caramel Orange Sauce

Cake:

1 ½ cup Texas Pure Milling All Purpose Flour

½ cup Sugar

2 tsp. baking powder

½ tsp salt

1 can Lucky Leaf Premium Apple Pie filling

3 eggs

1/2 cup sour cream

1 tsp cinnamon

½ tsp pumpkin pie spice

Salted Caramel Orange Topping:

1 cup Kraft Caramel Bits

½ cup Heavy Cream

1 tsp orange zest

½ tsp sea salt

Directions:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. With a fork mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, apple pie filling and eggs. Gently fold in the sour cream. Spread into greased and floured 9-inch by 13-inch cake pan and sprinkle with the spiced. Bake 30-35 minutes until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool completely.

• Caramel Sauce: While the cake bakes, make the orange infused salted caramel sauce. Heat the cream and the caramel in a microwave safe dish on medium setting for 2-3 minutes, stir well. Add fresh orange zest and stir well. Sauce should be smooth.

• Drizzle the sauce over the finished cake and serve, garnishing with additional sea salt if desired.