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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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Thank you, thank you, thank you. This cake is so good, especially the glaze. For those of you with different-sized apples wondering how many to use, I ended up chopping mine and then weighing out 415 grams, and it worked out well.
Thanks Carrie!
I loved this apple cake . Made it 2 times . Wonderful….
Thanks Sharon!
Great, but now quite done in middle. Needs more cooking time.
Thanks Susan – As we noted in the recipe (step#6), the toothpick test is the best way to tell when a cake is cooked through. Every oven is different so baking time in any recipe is always a guideline.
This is my family’s favorite cake recipe I also make a vegan version with 12oz of Just Egg instead of 3 dairy eggs, and plant based milk for glaze in replace of heavy whipping cream.
Thanks Nicole – So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Is 1 1/2 cups of oil too much? I loved the cake but just wondering.
Hi Joanne – We have lots of 5-star reviews for the recipe as written, but you should always feel free to adapt any recipe to suit your personal tastes and opinions! If I recall correctly, I think we’ve had some readers comment in the past that they swapped in apple sauce for some of the oil (it’s a common calorie-saving trick for baked goods). We haven’t tried doing that swap ourselves, but it might be something you could try if you’d like. Hope that helps! Martha
It’s amazing!!!!
Thanks Joan!
Absolutely delicious. My family eats it as soon as it’s cooled!
Thanks Gram!
Its very good, delicious
Thanks Valerie!
Love this recipe. There is a reason why this is called the “Best Apple Cake Ever!” I am not a baker by any stretch of the imagination, you made me look good to my family and friends. Thank you. Looking forward to finding more of your recipes!!
Thanks so much Geri! So glad the cake was a success!
Love this cake and continue to make it.
Thanks Cynthia!