Autumn Apple Cake
This tender apple cake is like the first taste of fall! Serve for breakfast, coffee break, or dessert with vanilla ice cream and a drizzle caramel sauce.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 4 apples, peeled and chopped see notes
- ½ cup walnuts
- 1 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven oven to 375°
- Prepare a 9 inch cake pan
- Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl and set aside.
- In an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, add the butter, sugar, and cream until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs one at at a time, mixing well after each egg.
- Fold in the flour mixture
- Add the apples, walnuts and mix
- Mix in the orange juice and the cinnamon
- Pour into the cake pan
- Bake for 45-60 minute, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let cool 10 minutes
Notes
I like to use a mixture of apples: tart, sweet, firm, crisp, and tender varieties. I do this with pies and apple sauce too. This way, you can create your own signature flavor and texture.
For this cake, I pulse the apples in a food processor to create a mix of apple chunks, some small and some big. The small chunks make the cake tender and moist. The big chunks make for big surprise bites of flavor!
Nutrition
Calories: 356kcalCarbohydrates: 61gProtein: 8gFat: 12gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.01gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 428mgPotassium: 230mgFiber: 6gSugar: 35gVitamin A: 147IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 112mgIron: 3mg
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