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Apple Cake Recipe

Robyn Stone

Updated May 31, 2023

An apple cake recipe filled with apples, apple pie spice and so much more. This apple cake recipe is easy to make and a year-round favorite!

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I love a fresh, homemade apple cake this time of year. But, in all reality, I love them anytime of year. They are simply hard to beat in my book. My apple cake recipe uses apples that I’ve grated on the largest hole of the box grater. I find that the grated apple mixes well in the cake batter to give you that fresh apple taste throughout. If you don’t have a box grater, you can simply dice your apple pieces really well and use those instead. But, if you can possibly, I definitely recommend grating your apples for this cake recipe. So good!

The spiced apple cider glaze that I used on this apple cake recipe is also one of those things that you can skip if for some reason you prefer to do so, but I highly, highly, highly recommend that you not skip it. It is out of this world!

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Here’s my Apple Cake Recipe. I hope you love it!

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup ( 226 g ) butter , softened
▢ 2 cups ( 426 g ) brown sugar
▢ 3 large ( 150 g ) eggs
▢ 3 cups ( 360 g ) all-purpose flour
▢ 3 teaspoons ( 12 g ) baking powder
▢ 1/4 teaspoon ( 0.65 g ) kosher salt
▢ 2 teaspoons ( 5.72 g ) apple pie spice
▢ 2 medium ( 334 g ) Granny Smith apples , peeled and grated on large hole or box grater
▢ 1 1/2 teaspoons ( 7 g ) vanilla extract
▢ 2 cups ( 454 g ) buttermilk

For the Spiced Cider Glaze

▢ 1 cup ( 113.5 g ) confectioners’ sugar
▢ 1/4 teaspoon ( 0.71 g ) apple pie spice
▢ 1 teaspoon ( 5.2 g ) apple cider

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350º F. Spray bundt pan with nonstick baking spray or brush with homemade cake pan release (cake goop) . Set aside.
Cream together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add in eggs, one at a time and incorporate completely before adding another.
Whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, and apple pie spice in a medium bowl. Reduce speed of mixer to low and spoon flour into wet batter. Stir in grated apples, vanilla and buttermilk.
Pour cake batter into prepared bundt pan and place in oven. Bake 60 minutes or until skewer comes out clean when inserted in cake. You can follow my tips for how to tell when your cake is done .
Remove from oven and allow to sit for about 10 minutes. Turn out onto cake plate and stop with glaze or serve without.
Spiced Cider Glaze
Whisk ingredients together until smooth. Spoon over cake.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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Enjoy! Robyn xo