Applesauce Cake with Caramel Icing

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

1 tsp vanilla

3 eggs

2 cups applesauce

4 cups flour

2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

Cream butter and sugar. Add vanilla and eggs. Mix in applesauce. Stir together dry ingredients. Slowly add to mixture. Stir in nuts. Grease and flour Bundt pan. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 325 for 1 hour 15 min. Cool 10 min. Turn out of pan. Cool completely before icing

Caramel Icing:

In top of double boiler, put

1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar

1/3 cup half & half

1/4 cup butter. Heat until sugar is dissolved and butter melted. Cool. Stir in 1 cup powdered sugar. Drizzle over cooled cake.