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
Best Apple Cake Ever
This Best Apple Cake Ever is super moist and delicious with the perfect amount of sweetness and spice!
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 1 hour 15 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Yield: 10–12 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
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.
When I was about 14 y/o I meet my mother’s good friend from East Texas. She made the most delicious fresh apple cake. She gave me the recipe and told me that she had won 1st prize in the county fair with this apple cake recipe. The only difference: combine apples, nuts, and sugar into a large bowl. Stir well and often (every fifteen mins) dicing larger pieces of apple into smaller pieces for 2-3 hours…this is very important as it starts to break down the apple pieces making them tender, and easier to slice the cake.
Great suggestion! Thank you for taking the time to share it with us!
I made this cake for a family dinner. Everyone loved it! I followed the recipe as written and it turned out perfectly. I greased and heavily floured the pan as suggested and it turned out of the pan just fine. I completely cooled the cake and sliced with a very sharp knife and the slices came out clean. I will definitely make this my go to for a fall dessert.
Thanks Lisa – So glad you enjoyed the cake!
Yummy , haven’t eaten it yet but the batter was so tasty. Made a great size cake and easy to make. I will be making it again👍👍👍
We hope you live the cake Anna!
Super yummy moist cake! My husband loved it. It’s the perfect Fall cake!
Thanks Florrie!
This recipe is great. Thank-you for sharing. Found it and made it right away. Valerie
Thanks – glad you liked it!
I have made this cake several times & it is absolutely delicious! My question is will it be just as good if I make it in advance & freeze it? I want to bring it on a long weekend trip to mountains with friends & I will be pushed for time just before. I would love to make it this weekend but would need to freeze it…
Hi Linda – My apologies for the delay in responding. This cake is so moist, I do think it would freeze well as long as you wrap it tightly. Enjoy your weekend!
I just made this waiting for it to cool. It looks delicious! Wish I could share the picture with you!
Hope you love the cake Judi! (If you’d like, you can send us a picture at [email protected]) 🙂 Enjoy!
Thanks ♡♡♡for the awesome recipe ~!!!
You’re very welcome Gin!
Do you think you could use a loaf pan for this?
Hi Cindy – We haven’t tried baking this in a loaf pan, but I do think it will work – it will probably make 2 to 3 loaves depending on the size of your loaf pans, and obviously the bake time will be different.
I took this cake to a friend’s house, and boy, was it a hit! They said it was like a cross between cake and pie: a pake. 🙂 It is moist, delicious, and even got two thumbs up from my husband. I did leave out the nuts, as he doesn’t like them. He said I could make it any time…which I will!
LOL – so glad the cake was a hit Colleen!