Caramel Apple Sheet Cake

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
• 3 cups peeled, chopped apples
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. cinnamon
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Caramel Icing (recipe follows)
• Caramel Icing:
• 1/3 cup butter
• 2/3 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• Pecan halves, optional

Directions

1. Heat oven to 300 degrees. Grease a 13×9-inch baking pan.
2. In large bowl, beat eggs. Add oil and sugar; stir until well blended.
3. Stir in flour, apples, pecans cinnamon and vanilla; blend thoroughly. Pour batter into pan.
4. Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour 10 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool.

Icing
1. For icing, melt butter in saucepan over medium-low heat. Stir in brown sugar; cook and stir 2 minutes.
2. Add milk, continue cooking until mixture boils, stirring constantly.
3. Remove from heat; gradually stir in confectioners’ sugar. Add vanilla and then blend well.
4. Spread icing over cooled cake. If icing gets too thick, add a little more milk; blend well.
5. Garnish with pecan halves, if desired.

Source: The Advocate – Baton Rouge, La