This brown sugar apple cake has a soft and fluffy cake topped with caramelized cinnamon brown sugar apples. It’s perfection. This moist fall dessert pairs so well with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
An Easy From Scratch Apple Cake
This apple cake recipe needs just a few simple easy-to-find ingredients. This recipe makes baking from scratch easy and comes out perfectly tender and moist every time. I have added lots of fresh apple flavor with a double dose of apples both on top and throughout the batter. Use any variety of apples, we love Granny smith. The cake is extra moist with a buttery apple topping, it’s literally perfect.
Ingredients in Apple Cake
Apples – In baking, we love Granny smith apples for their tart flavor but also because they hold their shape well. Honestly, any supermarket apple will do in this recipe. Try Honeycrisp apples, Braeburn, or pink lady. The apples make a great topping and small chunks of apple are folded into the batter for even more flavor. Batter – It’s likely you have everything on hand. Milk, flour, eggs, butter, sugar, and are all needed for the basic batter recipe. A little bit of lemon juice helps the batter rise while vanilla adds flavor. Variations – Spice up the cake by adding some nutmeg, or apple pie spice. Drizzle it with a little caramel sauce. Add some chopped walnuts or pecans to the apple slices on top if you’d like. This recipe works well with other fruit like peaches or pears.
How to Make Apple Cake
Serve with ice cream, whipped cream, or finish with a dusting of confectioners’ sugar.
Storing Apple Cake
Apple cake will keep in an airtight container in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 days. This cake also freezes really well. After the cake has cooled down, wrap it in parchment or waxed paper, then aluminum foil, and place it in an airtight container. Another option is to cut it into pieces and separate them with waxed paper before storing in a freezer container.
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