Salted Caramel Apple Poke Cake

Guests will swoon over this quick-prep apple cake loaded with irresistible salted caramel. 

Ingredients:

1         box Betty Crocker™ SuperMoist™ white cake mix

1 1/4   cups water

1/3      cup vegetable oil

3         eggs

1        can (20 oz) apple pie filling

1/2     cup caramel sauce

1        teaspoon sea salt

1       container (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed

1/3    cup butterscotch chips

Directions:

• Heat oven to 350° F (325° F for dark or nonstick pan). Grease or lightly spray bottom only of 13 x 9-inch pan.
• 2 In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 2 minutes. Add apple pie filling; beat 1 minute longer. Pour into pan.
• 3 Bake as directed on box for 13 x 9-inch pan. Cool in pan on cooling rack 20 minutes.
• 4 Meanwhile, in small bowl, mix 1/4 cup of the caramel sauce and the sea salt. Poke warm cake every inch with a straw or handle of wooden spoon, halfway into cake. Pour caramel-salt mixture over cake, allowing it to fill in holes.
• 5 Spread cake with whipped topping. Drizzle with remaining 1/4 cup caramel sauce; top with butterscotch chips.

Source: bettycrocker.com