Caramel Apple Cake

• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/3 cups sugar, plus 1/4 cup for apples
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground apple or pumpkin pie spice blend
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon fine salt
• 4 large golden delicious apples, peeled, cored, and roughly chopped (about 5 cups)
• 3 large eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• Finely grated zest from 1 orange
• Juice 1 orange (about 1/3 cup)
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
• 2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 3/4 cup pecans, toasted and roughly chopped
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• Pinch salt

1. 1.
2. Preheat oven to 350F.
3. Generously butter and flour a 10-cup Bundt pan.
4. 2.
5. For cake: Whisk flour, 1 1/3 cups sugar, 1 teaspoon pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.
6. 3.
7. Toss apples with remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 1/2 teaspoon pie spice and set aside.
8. 4.
9. Whisk eggs and oil together in a large bowl.
10. Whisk in sour cream, orange zest and juice, and vanilla.
11. Pour egg mixture into dry ingredients and stir with a wooden spoon just until combined but slightly lumpy.
12. 5.
13. Using a slotted spoon, scatter about 1/2 cup apples in bottom Bundt pan.
14. Place about 1/3 batter on top.
15. Repeat, alternating remaining apples and batter, ending with batter.
16. 6.
17. Bake cake until a skewer inserted into center cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
18. Cool 10 minutes; invert onto a rack placed over a baking sheet.
19. Cool.
20. 7.
21. For caramel: Stir sugar, corn syrup, and 2 tablespoons water in a small saucepan.
22. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook, swirling pan but not stirring, until sugar is a dark amber-colored caramel, about 15 minutes.
23. Remove from heat; carefully pour in cream.
24. Stir in pecans, vanilla, and salt.
25. Cool until caramel becomes thick and syrupy; pour over cake; cool until set.

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Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/food-network-kitchens/caramel-apple-cake-recipe4.html (may not work)