Gooseberry Patch Recipe #10 and the Giveaway!

Here we are at the last recipe from the Gooseberry Patch "Homemade Christmas" Cookbook.  I have baked 10 recipes that Ott, E selected from this cookbook and shared them all with you on this blog.  Each post was a new recipe and I let you know what Ott, E thought of the recipe so you would get a man's perspective on these dishes.  Today I share with you a great autumn recipe for: 

Carmel Glazed Apple Cake

Ott, E really liked the spices in this cake and thought they compliments the apples perfectly.  It was a great dessert to serve on a fall day with a cup of coffee or a glass of milk.  And, or course the Carmel Sauce on top is sure to please anyone sweet tooth.   

Ott, E and I picked these apples at an orchard not too farm from our house, so I thought I would use them in this cake.

Ingredients:
1 1/2 cup butter, softened
1 c. sugar
1 c. brown sugar
3 eggs
3 c. all purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 T. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
5 apples, peeled, cored and sliced
1 1/4 cups chopped walnuts
2 1/4 tsp. vanilla

Directions:  In a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy.  Beat in eggs, one at a time.  In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, salt and spices.  With a wooden spoon gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture to form a very thick batter.  Stir in remaining ingredients.

(I love my handy apple peeler/corer.  It's quick, easy and fun to use and works great.)

Pour batter into a greased 13" x 9" baking pan.  Bake at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.  Cool cake in pan on wire rack for at least 10 minutes.

With a fork; poke holes all over the surface of the cake.

Carmel Glaze: 1/4 c. butter, 1/4 c. sugar, 1/4 c. brown sugar (packed), 1/8 tsp. salt, 1/2 cup whipping cream. 
In a saucepan over medium-low heat, melt butter.  Add sugars and salt.  Cook, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Stir in cream and bring to a boil.  Cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.

Pour warm Carmel Glaze over cake.  Serve warm or cooled.  Serves 16.

In case you missed here here were the other 9 recipes!

Cheesy Eggplant Casserole, Baked Spiced French Toast, Chocolate Oat Chews, Holiday Loin in the Crock Pot, Maple Baked Acorn Squash, Cheesy Garlic Pull-Apart Bread, Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies, Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie 

And as promised I am giving away a copy of Gooseberry Patch's Homemade Christmas Cookbook to one of you!  This Cookbook will come in handy around the holidays for all your baking needs or could make a great Christmas present or hostess gift.  All you have to do to sign up in click on the Rafflecopter widget below to enter.

Big Thanks to Gooseberry Patch for sponsoring this contest with The Real Farmwives of America & Friends and providing this cookbook to be giveaway.

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