Apple Pecan Caramel Cake (Print Version)

# Ingredients:

01 - 1½ cups vegetable or canola oil.
02 - 2 cups white sugar.
03 - 4 large eggs, room temperature.
04 - 3 cups regular flour.
05 - 1 teaspoon baking soda.
06 - ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon.
07 - 1 teaspoon table salt.
08 - 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract.
09 - 3½ cups peeled and diced Granny Smith apples.
10 - 1 cup chopped pecans.
11 - ¾ cup unsalted butter for glaze.
12 - 1 cup packed light brown sugar for glaze.
13 - ¼ cup whole milk for glaze.
14 - 1 teaspoon vanilla extract for glaze.

# Instructions:

01 - Turn on oven to 325°F. Grease and flour your tube pan or two loaf pans.
02 - Beat oil, sugar, and eggs in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
03 - Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt in another bowl.
04 - Stir dry mix into wet ingredients until just combined. Add vanilla, apples, and pecans.
05 - Pour into pan and bake about 1 hour. Check with toothpick at 50 minutes.
06 - Melt butter in a pot. Add brown sugar and milk. Boil 10 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat, add vanilla.
07 - Pour warm glaze over slightly cooled cake. Let it drip down the sides.

# Notes:

01 - Test cake doneness with a toothpick before removing from oven.
02 - Let cake cool slightly before adding glaze.
03 - Can be made in tube pan or two loaf pans.

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