Apple Spice Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 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

Recipe

• 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.