Ingredients:
2 1/2 c flour
2 t baking powder
3/4 t baking soda
1/2 t salt
2 t ground nutmeg
1/4 t ground ginger
1/4 t ground allspice
1 c oil
1 c sugar
1/2 c brown sugar
1 c unsweetened applesauce
4 large eggs
1 t vanilla
2 T orange juice
3 c chopped, and peeled apples( 1 tart and 2 sweet)
Preheat oven to 350, grease 9X13 pan. Whisk wet ingredients and stir into dry. Fold in apples.
Bake 45-50 min. until toothpick comes out clean. At 30 min mark tent ccake with foil.
Remove cake from oven and cool on cooling rack fro 30 min.
While cooling make caramel sauce.
Caramel sauce
1/4 c butter
1 c packed brown sugar
1/2 c heavy cream
1/2 c powdered sugar
In saucepan on medium heat mix butter, br sugar, and heavy cream. Stir constantly let mixture come to a rapid boil. Boil for 1 minute. Give it a quick stir, Turn heat to low and let simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in powdered sugar. Let sit and thicken for 20 minutes. If sauce gets to thick heat in microwave.