Description
Fresh apple cake drizzled with brown sugar glaze is perfect for fall! You’ll love this easy apple cake recipe flavored with warming spices.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 lbs apples, peeled and diced (I used Fuji and Pippin)
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup plain fat-free Greek yogurt, at room temperature
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
Brown Sugar Glaze
- 1 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 Tbsp milk
- pinch of salt
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and spray a 10-inch tube pan with nonstick spray. Toss apples with cinnamon and sugar; set aside. Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Whisk together sugars, oil, yogurt, eggs, and vanilla in a medium bowl; add to flour mixture and fold in until combined (the batter will be thick).
- Spread half the batter into prepared pan; smooth with an offset spatula. Spoon half the apples over the batter; top with remaining batter and finish with remaining apples. Tap pan sharply to remove air bubbles.
- Bake for about 1 1/4 hours (75 minutes), until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean and cake springs back to the touch. Remove from oven to cool completely in pan on a wire rack. When cake is cool, carefully unmold onto a platter.
- For the brown sugar glaze, combine butter, milk, and salt in a small bowl and melt in the microwave for 30 seconds. Whisk in cinnamon and brown sugar until melted; whisk in powdered sugar. Drizzle glaze over cake and let set before serving.
- Store leftovers tightly wrapped in the refrigerator up to 2 days; warm before serving.
Keywords: Apple, Apple Cake, Cake, Brown Sugar, Cinnamon