Apple Cake

Although it seems like it is slow getting here, fall is right around the corner and we are already enjoying some yummy mountain apples at our house. I had a few too many for us to eat this weekend, so before they went bad, I decided to pull out a recipe I hadn't made in a couple years. Hope you enjoy it!

Ingredients:
Cake:
3 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups oil
3 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
3 cups sliced apples

Topping:
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 cup water
2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:
- Mix all cake ingredients together and bake in a 9x13 pan for 45 minutes.
- When cake is almost done baking, melt the butter on the stove top and then add the rest of the topping ingredients. Cook, stirring often, until the mixture gets lighter in color, about 10 minutes.
- Take cake out of oven, and immediately poke holes with a knife every 2 inches or so across the cake then pour the carmel like topping onto the cake.
- Allow to sit 15 to 20 minutes and enjoy warm with vanilla ice cream.

Tips from a Kitchen of Reality:
- Using different kinds of apples definitely changes the flavor of this cake. I love green tart apples for this recipe, like Granny Smith, but any kind will do.
- Pouring the carmel topping on while the cake is still really hot, definitely makes a better cake, so don't let it cool.