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This Best Apple Cake Ever is super moist and delicious with the perfect amount of sweetness and spice!
If you’re still looking for an easy – and really delicious – dessert to serve over the holidays, have we got the recipe for you! My sister-in-law Pam shared this recipe with us over email with the subject line: “Best Apple Cake Ever!”
Pam celebrated her birthday last month, and a friend of hers showed up with this cake – the best apple cake ever. In fact – the cake was so good, the three of them ate the entire cake in about 24 hours.
Pam then made this apple cake for us for Thanksgiving – and it was so good, Jack and I immediately looked at each other and said, “We’re making this for our blog!”
This apple cake is moist and delicious with the perfect amount of sweetness and spice – plus large chunks of apple and chopped walnuts add great flavor and texture to the cake too. Once this apple cake comes out of the oven, a wonderful sweet buttery vanilla glaze is poured over the top which soaks in to make the cake even more delicious.
Not only is this apple cake really delicious – but it’s also very easy to prepare.
Can I make this cake in a 9×13-inch pan?
Yes – and this easy apple cake comes out just as moist and delicious. Click here to see the instructions for baking this apple cake in a 9×13-inch pan.
You may enjoy these other Bundt Cakes:
- Spiced Eggnog Chocolate Chip Cake
- Kathy’s Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake
- Toffee Pecan Bundt Cake with Caramel Drizzle
- Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake
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Best Apple Cake Ever
This Best Apple Cake Ever is super moist and delicious with the perfect amount of sweetness and spice!
Ingredients
Baking spray with flour, or shortening and flour to grease the pan
For the Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 3 large apples, peeled and cut into large pieces (Note: The original recipe calls for tart green apples, but we used some red Cortland apples we had on hand and it was delicious!)
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
For the Glaze
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 tablespoons brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Sift two additional times and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine oil and both sugars, and mix until well blended.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly after each addition. Add vanilla and mix again.
- Add the sifted dry ingredients to the batter and mix thoroughly. By hand, fold in apples and walnuts and mix until evenly combined.
- Spoon the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove cake from the oven and allow to cool in the bundt pan for 20 minutes.
- While the cake is cooling, prepare the glaze. In a saucepan, over medium heat, combine all of the glaze ingredients. Bring to a boil and allow the mixture to boil for 1 minute.
- Remove the cake from the pan, onto a serving plate. Spoon the glaze over the warm cake.
- Cool for a little longer before serving.
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Hi, Thank you so much for sharing your recipe.
I made this apple cake for my husband’s boss family and they loved it. Thank you so much and I am going to look for more of your recipes. 😘🙋🏻♀️
Regards
Angie
We’re glad you found us Angie!
Hi, I was looking for an Apple cake recipe to give to a friend as appreciation for his good heart to help my husband and I during this difficult times. I found this one and I like the ingredients in the cake and the video is a plus. I have a question, can I use any type of apples.
Stay safe , thank you and God bless you 🙏🏼.
Hi Angela – You can using any baking apple/an apple that stays fairly firm after being cooked. (Granny Smith, Cortland, Honey Crisp, etc.) I’d avoid MacIntosh and Red Delicious.
I am looking forward to making this recipe for my grandmother’s birthday. Is there any way I can reduce the sugar at all without messing with the consistency or moisture of the cake?
Hi Arianne – We’ve only made the recipe as written so I’d only be guessing without some testing in the kitchen. If you cut back on the sugar, please let us know how it comes out!
I picked fresh apples and made this cake and it is fabulous.
Thanks Susan!
My Mamaw always made Fresh Apple cakes and they were my favorite. After she passed every Fall would remind me of her Fresh Apple Cake. I asked family members if anyone had her recipe. None did, they said she “just made it”, she never wrote it down that we knew of. I tried several recipes trying to find one like hers and this one is definitely the closest, if not exact. And each time I make it, everyone always says, “that is the best cake, it is so moist”. Thank you for the recipe, we have Mamaw’s Fresh Apple Cake once again.
Warms my heart to hear that.
Jack
Perfect recipe!! Already have requests to make it again.
Thanks Morgan!
I made this for co worker and they loved it! So many thank you’s! Very moist. Made it in a 13 x 9 pan. Delicious! The only thing i did that was not in the recipe was i put some apple cider syrup in the glaze.
Great idea Penny!
How can you make it Keto friendly? The cake look good I want try it 😋
Hi Debbie – Without some testing and developing an entirely new recipe, we can’t say just off the top of heads. You might like this cake over on my friend Carolyn’s blog – she focuses on low carb/keto recipes including lots of desserts: https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/caramel-apple-coffee-cake-low-carb-and-gluten-free/
Hope this helps!
Made this today for my dad’s 60th birthday and it was a huge hit. Delicious, moist and incredibly appley. I thinknits going to be a new fall favourite too!
Thanks Dawn!
Tried this cake and it was a hit it’s always requested with functions. Thank you for sharing
You’re welcome Carmen – so glad the recipe is a hit!