Apple and Walnut Sheet Cake with Caramel Sauce

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons (1 1/4 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 pounds Golden Delicious apples, peeled, cored, coarsely grated
• 1 cup walnuts, toasted, chopped
• Purchased caramel sauce, heated

1. Preheat oven to 350F.
2. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan.
3. Using electric mixer, beat sugar, butter, eggs, and vanilla extract in large bowl until smooth.
4. Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and beat just until blended.
5. Stir in apples, then walnuts.
6. Transfer batter to prepared pan.
7. Bake cake until top browns and tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 55 minutes.
8. Cool in pan.
9. Cut cake into squares and serve with warm caramel sauce.

sugar, unsalted butter, eggs, vanilla, flour, ground cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, golden delicious apples, walnuts, caramel sauce

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/apple-and-walnut-sheet-cake-with-caramel-sauce-106130 (may not work)