Simple Caramel Applesauce Cake | Love Every Delicious Bite • Start with the Bed

Enjoy this caramel applesauce cake with every single bite you take. This heavenly treat is easy to make and quite the sweet treat. Your friends and family will surely enjoy this as much as you will. Create this recipe within ten minutes. This post is all about a caramel applesauce cake.

Do you love caramel? Did you just love applesauce as a kid? Well, if these two foods seem to appeal to you then so will this delicious caramel cake.

Not only is this recipe so delicious, but it is also so easy to make.

After trying out a few different cake ingredient combinations, this 5 ingredient recipe works the best. My Aunt Susie and I discussed the best options to make sure that the caramel went into the cake perfectly.

At first, I wanted to have chunks of caramel throughout the cake, but it was just too tough to chew through the caramels. It made me worry that someone might need to go to the dentist immediately after eating it. So, with this recipe calling for caramel syrup, you have nothing to worry about. The caramel is so creamy in this cake recipe.

This post is all about a caramel applesauce cake.

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Caramel Applesauce Cake

Step 1: Preheat the Oven

Start this recipe by preheating the oven to 350°.

Step 2: Add the Cake Mix

First, add in a yellow cake mix to the bowl.

Caramel Applesauce Cake

Step 3: Add the Applesauce

Mostly, you are going to follow the ingredients listed on the cake mix box. The only exception is going to be the applesauce substituted for the oil. Use a 1/2 cup of applesauce instead of oil. I used cinnamon applesauce, but you can use plain or even unsweetened.

Step 4: Pour in the Milk

Instead of using water, you can use milk. You can use any milk that you have in your fridge. We only had whole milk, so I added in one cup of whole milk. It makes for a moist cake that all we love.

substitute water for milk for the cake box recipe

Caramel Applesauce Cake

Step 5: Crack the Eggs

Next, crack 3 eggs and put them into the bowl of ingredients.

add 3 eggs to the caramel applesauce cake

Step 6: Mix It All

Mix it all together. You could use your KitchenAid mixer, an immersion mixer, a wooden spoon, or a whisk. I just love using the whisk. Here is a great OXO whisk you can buy on Amazon. It is also easy for Sadie to use a whisk when she is helping with these quick and easy recipes.

Caramel Applesauce Cake

Step 7: Drizzle Caramel

Drizzle caramel syrup all over the cake batter. Then, I just used a chopstick to swirl it into the batter. You could also use a skewer or a knife to do the same thing.

Step 8: Bake That Cake

Your oven should be ready to bake this sweet cake for thirty minutes. Around twenty-eight minutes, monitor it just in case it might be ready. I always test it out with a toothpick.