Brown Sugar Glazed Apple Cake

This weekend was a weekend of Halloween parties.  Now I am sure most people think candy and pumpkins when it comes to Halloween, I think apples.  It is probably cause Halloween means fall and fall means fresh delicious apples, at least in my crazy head.  That being said, I set out to make a new apple recipe for one of the parties.  *I do so like it when I get to combine things in a satisfactory way*  I came across a brown sugar glazed cake in one of my many cook books and thought - PERFECT! (The recipe was from a version of Southern Cakes if you are interested.)  Make it an apple cake and we are in business!  I must say I am pretty pleased with the results!  The cake was moist and the brown sugar glaze gave it just the perfect amount of "caramel" flavoring without actually being caramel (you know for people like myself that are not a fan of caramel).

Brown Sugar Glazed Apple Cake

• 1 1/2 c Flour
• 1 c Sugar
• 1/2 t Baking Soda
• 1/2 t Cinnamon
• 2 Eggs
• 1/4 c Oil
• 1/4 c Applesauce
• 1 t Vanilla
• 1 1/2 c Apples, peeled and chopped

• 1/2 c Brown Sugar
• 3 T Butter or Margarine
• 1 T Whole Milk
• 1/2 t Vanilla

1. Preheat the oven to 350 F and grease an 8 x 8 pan (or use a round pie dish - that it what I normally use).
2. Combine the flour, sugar, soda, cinnamon, eggs, oil, applesauce, 1 t of vanilla and apples in your mixer and blend well.
3. Pour mixture into your prepared pan and bake for 35- 40 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
4. Once the cake is out of the oven, place the brown sugar, butter, whole milk, and 1/2 t of vanilla in a sauce pan and bring to a slow boil.  Cook the miture for 3-5 minutes (you will notice it thickens).  Remove from heat and let sit until it is no longer bubbling.  Spoon the brown sugar mixture over the still warm cake.  
5. Set the cake aside until the brown sugar mixture cools. 
6. ENJOY!

I am VERY sorry for not having any pictures.  It completely escaped my mind to snap a few before the party.  I am sure I will be making this again in the near future so I will update with some pictures at that time.

Calorie-wise it comes in as expected.  I played around a little with the recipe (read: oil/applesauce and eggs) but it is still an apple cake - which never creates a 100 calorie snack!  The cake is easily cut into 16 pieces no matter what baking pan you use and therefore I base the calorie count on 16 pieces.  One piece of the cake will run you about 175-180 calories - not great but not horrible either and completely yummy!