Apple Cake with Pear Brandy-Caramel Sauce, a recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 625 ml (2 1/2 cups) cake flour
• - 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• - 1 tsp. baking soda
• - A pinch of salt
• - 1/4 tsp. ground cloves
• - 310 ml (1 1/4 cup) packed brown sugar
• - 125 ml (1/2 cup) butter, at room temperature
• - 2 large eggs
• - 125 ml (1/2 cup) apple sauce
• - 1 Granny Smith or Pink Lady apple, peeled, cored and chopped
• - 125 ml (1/2 cup) chopped walnuts, toasted