The Best Apple Caramel Cake! 

When I was a child my grandmother made some of the best food. Two of my favorites were sock-it-to-me cake and her butter roll. I occasionally make one or the other just because I like them. I made the sock-it-to-me cake and my granddaughter came by to visit and she had a piece, then a second one and ended up taking most of it home. My grandson called and and asked why was I holding out on him, he cooks for his mom and siblings. He had never heard of my cake! And it was delish! Told both they were old recipes that I got from my Grandmother. The two of them got together and bought an empty book! And they are here several times a week cooking with me and writing down recipes I have in my head. We are enjoying all the wonderful recipes together and the two Grands are saving part of our family heritage from my Grandmother's kitchen and their Grandmother's kitchen for all the grands in the family. I am including several of your recipes also so the way of cooking from scratch is not lost. Love y'alls videos. May God's blessings be with both of y'all.

I’ve never commented before, and I do watch a lot of your videos but I had to write you that this is the BEST CAKE IVE EVER HAD!!!! Ohmygoodness!!!! The Carmel sauce puts it over the top!!!! I’m enjoying it right out of the oven!!!! Swoon!!!!! You are truly an amazing chef! Not a cook but a chef! Lord almighty!!!! HEAVENLY! Thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

I love how sweet your husband is toward you! You can see the love. Love watching all your recipes.

"Life is short eat dessert first" -- a motto to live by. Beautiful cake 👍👍👍👍👍

I completely understand your craving for sweet things. The older I got the more I wanted sugar sweetened goodies. I say I need the quick energy that I didn’t need in my younger years. That’s probably a fib I tell myself. But we deserve to indulge yourselves now. God bless you and yours.

This cake is a masterpiece. Thank you so much for sharing it. My grandmother was French and taught my mother who then taught me the French method for caramelizing a dice of raw apples without turning the apples to “mush” I would like to share back with you to return the favor. It’s kind of “fancy,” and a bit more trouble, but caramelizing the raw apple dice without cooking the dice down to a “mush” does elevate your otherwise miraculous recipe: -The method involves high heat and a flambé stage, so be brave and have everything ready to go before you start! -Place heavy well-seasoned cast iron or enameled cast iron 12 inch skillet over medium high heat and sprinkle entire surface with 2-3 tbsp sugar. -Watch sugar carefully and shake skillet occasionally to keep spreading out sugar over the surface of the skillet as the sugar melts and browns until the sugar is mostly caramelized to your desired amber color before burning. This is called a “dry caramel,” or “caramel à sec” in French -Immediately add apple dice-the liquid from the apples will cool the caramel and the apples will pick up the caramel-and raise the heat to high -Sauté a few minutes on high-the apples will continue to lose a bit of moisture and brown on the surface while remaining as a dice -Add 2 tbsp butter-once the butter is melted the apples should “fry” briefly -Turn off you overhead stove fan and gas flame if using, and pour in 1/8-1/4 cup apple brandy-Calvados or Apple Jack-and ignite -As flame dies down return skillet over high heat briefly until the apples begin to “fry” again and all the alcohol is gone -Scrape caramelized apple dice onto a plate to cool and steam off a bit -Use the caramelized apple dice in your cake recipe just as you suggest I also added 1/4-1/2 tsp of the following spices to the cake which is to my taste: ground cardamom, ground dried ginger, allspice and grated nutmeg. Thank you so very much for the recipe and thank you for letting me share my own grandmother’s method which works well to caramelize any raw firm fruit like pears (use a pear brandy for the flambé) or even fresh pineapple (use Armagnac or any cognac for the flambé) for upside-down cake. Steve K.

I’m with ya! Would rather just eat a piece of cake and coffee than have a meal.

Printing this one off, Wife said she wanted to try this. Thanks so much for the recipe, we really enjoy your shows!

Miss Lori, I just made this apple cake for my son’s birthday. It is the best apple cake I have ever made or eaten. Absolutely delish! I just drizzled the caramel sauce, over the top, and it was just perfect!

The old recipes are tried and true. I love fall baking.

Getting older is a right to passage for eating dessert first. 🥮 Love the cake. Yes please, on anything you want to make for us.😘♥️

I made this cake for my son & his family. My son called me up and said that it was the best cake I ever made for him & his family. Thank you and GOD Bless.

IM THE SAME,THE OLDER I GET, THE MORE I WANT SWEETS MY FRIENDS TOO. WE ALL BAKE SWEETS MORE NOW THAT WE ARE OLDER.KEEP BAKING SWEETS!!!

We made this for Sunday Supper with coffee ice cream in side. OMGosh, I was skeptical but Mr. Brown sold me on trying and the family is so glad we did. Thanks you Mrs. Lori.

Thank you for this! My late aunt made this cake every year for Christmas and would send one cake for the whole family and one cake just for me because I loved it so much. After she passed, her daughters sent out her recipe to everyone. Just a day before you posted this, I decided to make her cake, but once it was done, I realized the recipe had been translated with some inaccurate measurements. Your video just popped up and you make the very same apple cake as my aunt - but, clearly with the correct measurements. I can't help but think my angel aunt sent this to me so I can now do her cake the justice it deserves. Thank you again - and you are right: It is the BEST cake you'll ever eat!

I have this cake in the oven now and the caramel glaze is waiting for it on the stove. Can't wait to try it. Entire house smells so good.

My mother would make this cake mainly around the holidays. Brings back many wonderful memories.

It is chilly here in Ireland and I am starving! Can't wait for Edward to see this!Love Cee, from the little haunted cottage in Ireland 💚💚💚🍀🍀🍀

Yall are priceless. Thank you for making my day! 😃👍

I love this cake. We call it Apple Dapple and its our Holiday cake!

Thank you so much for this recipe! We have a siblings soup supper in the fall every year and I most definitely am bringing this cake.

Your Grandpa sounds like my Daddy, he didn't like icing on his cake he said he just wanted a little sweet bread. He put butter on his to. Sweet memories. I'm sure gonna try this cake, thanks Miss Lorie love you and Mr brown. God Bless xoxoxo

I can’t resist this. Guess I’ll be making this this weekend. I am in that “Atumnal mood.” You have pushed me over the edge, the minute you said caramel and apple. I don’t like caramel apples on a stick, but it sure sounds good in a cake.

My Mom and I watch your videos and talk about the recipes. She sent me a text yesterday that I shouldn't make this cake because I'd want to eat the whole thing. She made 2 and everyone showed up at her house to get some! I have one baking in the oven now 😋. Thank you and Mr Brown for sharing your sweet home and recipes with us!

I reduced the recipe by half and made it with pears. My, oh my, this cake is amazing!

That looks delicious! Can’t wait for you to make the old fashioned oatmeal cake! Yum!

Can't wait for the oatmeal cake. Never heard of it. You have a gift from God, you are such a blessing!🙏❤

I love the ladybug stickers on your mixer. Reminds me of my oldest granddaughter. I call her Ladybug ❤️🐞

This cake looks so very delicious. I wish I had some apples, but I don't, so I will bake this cake another day. God's blessings on you and Mr. Brown.

Well, I watched this and said "great, now I'm going to have to make this!" Well, it's absolutely delicious! Thanks for sharing!

Your story about your grandpa not wanting icing reminded me of my granny, she made cakes and cooked a vanilla nutmeg sauce on top of the stove and poured that on each individual serving of warm cake!

Love your channel!!!!!! Try the Apple Dapple Cake sometime......about the same, but in a bundt pan.. I put butter shots in the glaze for a little extra punch. I also want to send you a fantastic meatloaf recipe. Looking forward to enjoying all of your upcoming videos!!

I'm soo happy Mr. Brown loves your cooking. It's so satisfying to have some one to please and share. Hope your kids and grand kids can come safely to share the love soon. Yes please do the oatmeal cake. I don't have smell or taste-a-vision but my imagination is better and bigger than my taste buds or nose. Tell Mr. Brown I'm driving the school bus again, slowly reincorporating from virtual ta face-2-face learning. I've been working in the elementary schools helping k-5 children of our school teachers and staff with the virtual learning. Boy was that a trip, and not always a good trip. After seeing what these kids are and aren't taught I'm so glad I was able to homeschool my daughter. She got a proper education including computers but a lot of hands on learning and a field trip every week. When my husband was working out of town we were able to go with him or at least visit him often. We visited museums, zoo's and amusement parks all over the southern states. Fieldtrip/Road trips. She, Mary, wants me to homeschool her kids when she has any. I don't see any grand children happening in the foreseeable future. But it's a nice thought. Love Ya both, Deb.

two Thumbs up.You had me at 2 sticks of butter.Lol Has to be good... This is the best time of the year for baking. So good wth a cup of coffee! Thanks for all you do! xoxo

I got the recipe down and now I’m making this Monday for my sweet husbands 66th bday Tuesday. He is gonna love it! Thank you Ms Lori. You have the BEST recipes and I thank you so much for sharing them with me. God bless. 👏🏻💕👏🏻

I’ve search high and low for this recipe. I can’t tell you how many apple cakes I have made to find the best apple cake and always good but never “over the top”. It has to be this glorious glaze that truly makes it the best apple cake. Thanks Miss Lori. Keep those recipes coming. God bless you and yours.

I bet that smells and tastes awesome! Can’t wait to make this! ❤️🙏

Hello Lori, I just want you to know that I made your apple cake this afternoon. It was easy to make and looks and smells delicious in my kitchen. I'm anxious to let it cool so I can try a piece of it. Thank you for all your recipes, I use so many of them and all my friends and family enjoy them.

Oh boy. I have to make this. I love apple desserts and that Carmel topping😯. Thanks Lori for another great recipe. Be blessed🥰

Oh my goodness, when you told of your grandpa eating yellow cake with no frosting just butter, made me think of my grandpa, that’s how he loved it.☺️

Another Great recipe....God Bless Miss Lori and Mr.Brown.

I just love listening to you and mr. Brown. God bless

Ooo yes to oatmeal cake with glaze! This one looks wonderful, too.

Looks like Oliva Waltons apple cake. It was John boys favorite. It reminds me of x-mas! Always wanted that recipe. Now we can make it and eat it while we watch the "Waltons x-mas special on video. Thank you miss Lori 🤗

Oh Miss Lori, it looks amazing! I have a similar recipe but I like your glaze a lot better than the one my recipe calls for-I guess I know what I'm making when I get home from work tomorrow!! Thank you for this recipe!

Made this yesterday and needless to say, it was a big hit!! Its so delicious. Thanks Miss Lori for another masterpiece recipe🍎

Miss Lori, that looks so good, I'm going to have to try it! Thank you so much ♥️ Now I'm looking forward to that oatmeal cake! You and Mr. Brown also have a blessed weekend 🤗

Ms. Lori you outdid yourself with this recipe.. this is soooo good and it freezes amazingly. I enjoy your teaching. Thank you for being you. God Bless

Ms. Lori! This looks scrumptious! I think I will make it for Thanksgiving. The caramel glaze is intriguing. Buttermilk. Who knew!

Wish I had a large piece with my coffee this morning! Can't wait to make it ☺️ God bless

Ms Lori: This is my first time commenting! I discovered and subscribed to your channel last spring. I grew up a country girl in a small Maine town, so many of your recipes bring back childhood memories, even though I haven't lived this culinary lifestyle in over 50 years. I recently discovered a renewed interest in preserving fresh produce, started canning and pickling again this summer like my mama and grannies, and so I began to rely on you for guidance, because you were like "comin' home." I haven't baked sweet stuff for decades, but...my word! This cake just may send me straight to the attic to take my old Kitchen Aid Mixer out of retirement! I guess the old saying is true: "You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl." I so enjoy you and Mr Brown and I'm so glad I found you. Best wishes and bless you both.

I also love to cook and bake in the fall. Always have. I just love watching you cook you just make everything look so easy! ❤️🌸🌺

This cake is AMAZING! I had never heard of an apple cake. I decided to give it a try and oh my gosh - I’m so glad I did! I called my mom & sister to come try it as well. That was two days ago. They’re already requesting that I make it again. Thank you for the recipe!

“THE BEST APPLE CAKE YOU’ll EVER EAT!” Hi Ms. Lori- I’m back here reviewing my families fav. Cake recipe because my son is turning 42 (I can’t hardly believe it!) and I asked what he’d like to eat and what cake/pie etc. he’d like. He said he wanted “Ms. Lori’s apple caramel cake” lol. I hope I don’t let everyone down! The last one I made was “larapin” 😊 Thank you so much for all the great recipes you’ve given us over the years and thank you for the ones to come. God Bless you, Mr. Brown, and your family. God Bless Whippoorwill Holler. 🙏 I wish I had the opportunity to thank you face to face. XO

Love all of the old recipes too! That cake looks delicious and will be trying it soon. God bless you too!

Just had a piece of this cake I baked earlier, I have made several Apple cakes that were really good! This by far is the best of all them! I agree with Me Brown, this cake is good anytime!

That looked so lovely! The perfect fall sweet. Thank you for sharing on this Saturday morning. God bless everyone.❤️

Old recipes I love and never can make enough of the old recipes . I tried a lot of recipes and made some of my bbq sauce from scratch it filled 8 quart jars full plus 1 pint jar half full . Had a store manager take some home and next day he told me that was the same recipe his grandma made never would give write recipe down on paper 📝 . And to this day he still talks about it . Never gave him the recipe.

Meee toooo. I was just noticing that I've had more of a craving for sweets than food as I get older (60 now) . I've always been conscientious about how many sweets I eat even though I love them.

When I was a little girl (63 years old now) I lived in Arkansas with my grandparents. My grandpa was a forest ranger. When he would have fire watch in the tower, my grandma would make this cake (just one of many times). We would get to go with him and have lunch and this cake for dessert.

My mouth is watering here, Miss Lori! Thank you so much for taking time to make these videos, especially now that you are back to work. We appreciate you so much! ❤️. You are the 🍎 of our eye!

I use this exact glaze on my carrot cake and I make it for my pancake syrup. I can eat it by the bowl full!

Oh my goodness, Mrs. Lori!! That cake looks good enough to eat......the whole thing in one sitting!! I can almost smell it from here in Cincinnati! Can't wait to make this!! Thank you so much for the recipe sweet girl!! I swear you should open a bakery! You'd make a fortune!! Can't wait for more videos of your delightful goodies! Hugs and blessings to you and Mr. B.

That cake looks delicious.I wish I was neighbors with you and Mr. Brown cause we would be sharing food and recipes. God bless you both.

Oh....I bet that is a delicious cake !! I'm gonna make one of these. Thank you Miss Lori and Mr. Brown for sharing another awesome recipe with us!! God bless y'all. 🍎🍎🍁🍁🌻🌻🍂🍂🍂❤❤

I love all your videos!!!! I bet your kitchen smells so good when you’re baking. Thank you for sharing great recipes. God bless. ❤️🥰❤️

Can't wait for the oatmeal cake! My mom used to make it with the boiled icing and it was divine... She is gone and didn't leave the recipe.. Thank you Miss Lori! The Apple cake looks wonderful too!

Can't wait for the oatmeal cake! Sounds delicious.

Oh my word! That cake looks so delicious! I am going to make that cake in the fall

My goodness, that cake with the carmel glaze put a smile on my face and I'm not even eating any. My grandmother used to make things like that and yes it's ok to have something like that for dinner or at least before dinner!

I love brownies with just butter on it..I'd love to hear your oatmeal cake recipe..I have a few but when I was in bible college one of my teachers wife made an oatmeal cake I've never found the right recipe for it was amazing! Hope yours is it. Hugs love blessings

Miss Lori you have done it again! This cake looks delicious. I always make Jewish Apple Cake but I think I might have to try this one. Years ago, when I would make an apple cake, my Uncle would come over to get a piece of cake and a cup of tea. I miss those times as a lot of my family has passed away but at least I have the memories. You and Mr. Brown please stay safe and be well. god bless! 😊❤️ XO

Miss Lori thanks for this recipe, as well, I learn from your KitchenAid skills. What a great site!

You were exactly right, this cake is the best I’ve ever tasted, and I’m a professional baker and cake decorator. Been cooking since I was 5, but making blackberry pie since I was 8yrs old. Yum Yum. This cake was outstanding

Thank you so much for this wonderful recipe to celebrate this upcoming season! That oatmeal cake sounds absolutely divine. I can't wait! Y'all are an absolute treasure to watch and get to know. Your recipes are filling up my recipe card box and becoming family favorites. Y'all stay safe and God Bless!

No better payoff in baking, then having your family enjoy! God Bless.

Your cake is in my oven and the caramel sauce is ready! I can already tell this is a winner! I would be so grateful if you shared the oatmeal cake! Love these tried and true recipes!! Thank you!

Oh, my gracious!!! It was just barely cool enough to cut a piece, but I couldn't wait any longer... and you are right, the BEST apple cake I've ever had!😋 P. S. I don’t usually care for gooey things, but I think the fact that it’s the caramel glaze that makes it gooey somehow makes it not only okay, but wonderful! I don’t sleep much, so made this in the middle of the night... my family is going to be very happily surprised to have this for breakfast when they wake up!😜 UPDATE: seriously... first cake I recall that the edge pieces are best, to the point of people fighting over the corner pieces!!!😂 So delicious, and even though it might not exactly be low calorie, with 3 cups of fresh apple, at least it’s somewhat nutritious!

I've just made the apple cake and its delicious, thank you for sharing the recipe x

Our apples trees have been loaded with apples this year. I am definitely going to make this tomorrow!

We just got the cake out of the oven and poured the sauce over it! It is delicious! Thanks so much for the recipe!

My goodness if you only knew I’ve been searching for this recipe for weeks. I was given this recipe 47 years ago….. misplaced it, and been searching online for some that resembled it. Nothing came close to what I remembered. I knew what the batter looked like and the hot glaze put on while cake was still hot. The name of the recipe she gave me was Dutch Apple Cake….. but your recipe looks spot on to what I recalled it looking like….. I remember when it cooled it was more dense due to apples and walnuts and the glaze soaking into cake. Thank you 🙏 for posting this ❤️❤️❤️

This looks so delicious! One of my favorite things about fall is the baking! My grandpa used to put beans on his yellow cake and my step dad still does that. Can't wait for the old fashioned oatmeal cake! I've never heard of that one.

Oh my goodness...I just made this cake and it is soooooo goooood! Took some to my elderly neighbor and told her about you Ms Lori and how wonderful your recipes are. Makes me feel comforted since my mother is no longer alive and we were from Arkansas...Murfreesboro! Thank you for your sweet nature and warmth. God Bless!

Sounds so good I'm a dessert first type of gal myself also I bought a ton of oatmeal at Sam's so that next recipe sounds good too. Tkx

I’ve been looking for a good apple cake recipe, so have to try making this one. Looks easy to make too.

Dear Lori, I’m gonna make your cake, but I will make 1/2 a recipe cause there’s only the two of us old folk ♥️♥️ Patricia

I just love watching her, both her husband and herself I love the life they live !

That looks absolutely delicious and easy, as a mama of 3 and a hubby who loves anything apple, I'm definitely going to making this very soon. Thank you for sharing.

That looks delicious! Looking forward to the oatmeal cake!

This looks so good! My daughter in laws makes a apple cake for Christmas which is delicious, we look forward to Christmas just for the cake! lol I’m going to have to make this! Caramel sauce on apples is always scrumptious! You could use the sauce on, ice-cream too. Thank you for sharing!

I made this last night and served it with Blue Bell Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream. It was so good. Big hit at my house. My family had the same reaction Mr. Brown had. Thanks Lori for sharing.

I will make this today with some Jonagold apples I just picked. This looks like a delicious cake. Thank you for the recipe.

I love just how simple it is to do. Thank you.

I just got done eating and now after seeing this cake you made I'm hungry all over again.

I made this cake in my Bundt pan today. Baked it for 90 mins. It came out f the pan beautifully and caramel sauce filled all the dips in the cake.

Girl this looks amazing, got my sweet tooth stirred up. I made the oatmeal cake for my children when they were growing up, have not made made that one in years. Thank you for this recipe, a good warm and tasty apple cake in the fall are winter to warm my belly with a good cup of coffee. Definitely making !!! 😍✝️💟

Live in apple state. Definitely going to try this. Grandkids will love it.

That looks wonderful! Mom also made oatmeal cakes. I’d like to see that one too. Love your videos

Yes please. Recipe for oatmeal cake. I’m making the apple cake first chance I get. Thanks so much for your videos. I look forward to them every week. ❤️❤️