Apple Spice Cake

Name: Apple Spice Cake
Ingredients: 1 (18 1/4 ounce) French vanilla cake mix (don't substitute the flavor, it's so much better with this one!); 1 cup applesauce; 1/2 cup water; 1/3 cup oil; 3 eggs; 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice; 1/2 cup chopped pecans; 1/2 cup raisins (optional); caramel ice cream topping

9 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 (18 1/4 ounce) French vanilla cake mix (don't substitute the flavor, it's so much better with this one!)
1 cup applesauce
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup oil
3 eggs
1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
caramel ice cream topping

Directions

1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a Bundt pan.
2

Beat together the cake mix, water, applesauce, oil, eggs, and spice, scraping down the sides as needed. Fold in the nuts and raisins.
3

Pour into the Bundt pan and bake until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean. (My oven has major hot spots and I have to really adapt the time, so it will vary among ovens. I'm going to say 45-55 minutes as an estimate.).
4

Cool 10 minute in the pan; turn onto a wire rack to cool completely.
5

When it is cool, place on a cake plate and drizzle with the caramel ice cream topping and nuts, if desired.