Company is coming, so what are you going to make for dessert? Try this quick apple cake, it not only looks pretty it tastes delightful! Can't you already imagine the taste of tart apples, sweet cinnamon, tender cake, rich caramel glaze with a dollop of whipped cream on top? You are sure to wow your guests, when you serve this cake.

Cake: 3 cups/750 mL flour 3 tsp/15 mL Watkins Baking Powder 1 tsp/5 mL salt 2 cups/500 mL sugar 4 eggs 1 cup/250 mL vegetable oil, or Watkins Original Grapeseed oil 1/2 cup/125 mL apple juice 2-1/2 tsp/12.5 mL Watkins Original Double Strength Vanilla Extract

Apple Mixture:
4 large apples, peeled and sliced
1 cup/250 mL sugar
2 to 3 tsp/10-15 mL Watkins Cinnamon

Caramel Glaze:
2 tbsp/30 mL butter, melted
1-1/2 cups/375 mL powdered sugar
1 tsp/5 mL Watkins Caramel Extract      
2 tbsp/30 mL apple juice or water
 
Cooking Directions: Preheat the oven to 350°F/180°C. In a large mixing bowl, beat cake ingredients for two minutes. Pour half the batter in a greased and floured tube pan. Toss together sliced apples with sugar and cinnamon, in a medium mixing bowl. Arrange half of the sliced apples in a layer on top of batter in cake pan. Then add remaining batter and top with remaining apple mixture. Bake for about 1 hour, or until a knife inserted into the cake a little off-center comes out clean. Remove to rack to cool, then invert onto a serving plate. You may need to slide a knife around the inside and outside edges of the pan for easier removal. Mix glaze ingredients together and drizzle over top. The glaze is optional. Serve with whipped cream if desired.

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