Apple And Walnut Sheet Cake With Caramel Sauce

"My grandmother was a reporter in New York before she got married and moved to Montana to start a new life on a ranch," writes Joyce Litz of Albuquerque, New Mexico. "At the time she didn't know how to cook, and learning wasn't easy -- the place didn't even have running water. Still, she appreciated good food, so she persevered and became a great cook. Later my grandmother taught me ranch-style cooking, a lot of which involved getting simple but flavorful, hearty meals ready in a hurry."

Courses: Dessert
Serves: 12 people

Recipe Ingredients

2 cups	396g / 13oz	Sugar
1/2 cup	99g / 3.5oz	Unsalted butter - plus
2 tablespoons	30ml	Unsalted butter - (1 1/4 sticks) - room temperature
2 tablespoons	30ml	Eggs (large)
2 teaspoons	10ml	Vanilla extract
2 cups	125g / 4.4oz	All-purpose flour
2 teaspoons	10ml	Ground cinnamon
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking soda
1 teaspoon	5ml	Baking powder
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Salt
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Golden Delicious apples - peeled, cored, and coarsely grated
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Walnuts - toasted, chopped
		Purchased caramel sauce - heated

Recipe Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour 13- by 9- by 2-inch metal baking pan.

Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract in large bowl until smooth. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and beat just until blended. Stir in apples, then walnuts. Transfer batter to prepared pan.

Bake cake until top browns and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Cool in pan. Cut cake into squares and serve with warm caramel sauce.

Source:
"Bon Appetit, January 2002"

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