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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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Wow, great cake! Have to admit I used more than 3C apples but this is moist and tasty. The glaze will be used for other desserts, easy and delish
So glad you enjoyed the cake Angela!
Best apple cake I have made. The only tweak I made was to bake the cake in a tube pan.
Thank you Margaret!
great cake
Thanks!
I made this today.
It is yummy with the sauce.
I would like to know if there is a possibility of substituting some of the oil.
The cake has an overwhelming aroma of vegetables oil.
By no means am I criticizing you, just wondering.
Thank you for sharing!
Hi Laurette – we’ve had some readers swap in some butter as well as applesauce and reported good results. I suspect the texture will change a bit. The oil used should have a neutral flavor and smell – double check for freshness too!
Hi Laurette – There really isn’t a need to keep leaving us multiple negative reviews for the same recipe…I posted your first 4-star review as well as the 1-star review from a few hours ago. This recipe gets mostly 5-star reviews so I do believe something is wrong with your oil if it tastes so bad. Please stop spamming us.
I’ve had this recipe since 1977! It is a delicious, moist cake.
However, this recipe is much too difficult. My ingredients are the same, but it is all mixed by hand in a large bowl. No sifting, no mixer, etc. This method has never failed me.
Thanks for your feedback Kathy.
This is a super easy recipe which turned out great and everyone enjoyed it. As a true Southern baker I was scared of no butter and a whole lot of oil. But it’s great. As a personal preference next time I make it I will opt out of the glaze for caramel icing.
Thanks Zack!
SOOOOOOOO GOOD!!!!
Thank you!
Best apple cake ever. I did not have enough vegetable oil substituted with butter. Such a moist flavorful cake. Reminds me of my gramma’s who lived in the country. Homemaid everything. Yummy
Thanks Sheri!
This recipe is perfect. I just followed the directions. Best apple cake ever!
Thank you Kelly!
Excellent Recipe
Thanks again Yakelin!