Chunky Apple Spice Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup flour
• 1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
• 1 teaspoon allspice
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups apples, peeled and chopped
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1/2 cup raisins (optional)
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, melted
• 1/2 cup whipping cream
• 1 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 tablespoons vanilla

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 beat butter and brown sugar for 5 minutes in a mixing bowl.
• 3 beat in eggs and vanilla until blended. set aside.
• 4 in a separate bowl mix flour, pumpkin pie spice, allspice and salt.
• 5 gradually add to sugar mixture; beating until well blended.
• 6 stir in apples, nuts and raisins (if desired).
• 7 pour into a greased 9 inch baking pan,.
• 8 bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 9 cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. serve warm with vanilla butter sauce.
• 10 vanilla butter sauce:.
• 11 combine butter and whipping cream with brown sugar.
• 12 bring to a boil over medium heat.
• 13 reduce heat; simmer for 10 minutes or until slightly thickened.
• 14 remove from heat; stir in vanilla.
• 15 serve warm over cake.