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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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Caramel sauce was great but cake tasted unpleasant as if it was too much flour. I baked as directed but it also stuck in bundt pan. Im glad it wasnt for company
Sorry you were disappointed in the recipe Daryle – did you happen to leave out the sugar?
Can this work in a loaf pan?
Hi Amy – We haven’t tried this in a loaf pan ourselves. (The batter will likely fill at least two loaves.) If you try it, please let us know how it comes out!
Delicious
Thanks Elisa!
This cake was delicious
I made it for my son’s birthday for a Saturday dinner with the family every body loved it.
Thank you so much for this recipe it loved up to its name best apple cake ever.
You’re welcome Assia – happy birthday to your son!
This is one of the best apple cakes I ever made fourth time already easy delicious every time I make it With a different type of topping some type of drizzle caramel chocolate or canes and that’s fantastic every time I like it because when you take a bite of the cake there’s a piece of apple and everybody thank you very much great recipe
Thanks Salvatore – Glad you enjoyed the cake!
The cake is extremely sweet. I used Honey Crisp apples. I would use the Granny Smith if I ever made the cake again. I also followed the advice of another and placed my hot pan on a wet towel right out of the oven. ( I placed the wet towel over my cooling rack). My cake didn’t stick to the pan.
Thanks for your feedback Maureen.
This truly was the best apple cake ever. I threw away my other two recipes. Thought this would last a while after I baked it but two friends stopped by and we ate half of it.
Thanks Sheri!
An excellent recipe. Big hit at a recent party. I soaked raisins in a little rum and added a couple of teaspoons of the rum right before baking. The glaze really does add value. Loved this cake
Great suggestion Donna!
Love it
Thanks Nadine!
not usually an apple cake person but wow this cake is FANTASTIC!!
I will make again and again!! Thankk you Im a fan
Thanks Melissa – so glad you tried it!