If you are looking for a delicious apple cake that has a blend of delicious flavors, THIS is the one! It’s delightfully easy to put together and the aromas coming from your kitchen while it bakes is going to make your mouth water!

My husband absolutely loves apple desserts! This works perfectly since his birthday is in the fall when the apples are harvested. Instead of a traditional birthday cake, I almost always make him something with apples for his birthday. Some years it’s an apple pie, but some years it might be this apple cake!

One of the best things about this recipe is that anyone can make it! It doesn’t require a mixer or any special equipment to put it together. The recipe calls for baking it in a bundt cake, but you could really use whatever pan you have and I’m sure it would come out just fine with the baking time adjusted for the pan you’re using!

Favorite Apples to Use:

Some of my favorite apples to use in this recipe are granny smith apples or honeycrisp apples. However, I’ve used a variety of other types and every single one has made a delicious cake! All that to say, just use whatever you have on hand. You don’t have to go buy a special kind of apple in order for this to be yummy!

Great Addition to Holiday Menu!

This is one of those cakes that I think is such a welcome addition to a holiday gathering! When you are likely to have a variety of desserts for meals such as Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner, this one would be a really nice choice! It pairs well with that cup of coffee after dinner to sit and enjoy while visiting with friends and family. If your family is anything like mine, we all love the dessert sampler at meals like this, taking a small sliver of several choices!

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Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze

This delicious cake is simple, moist and delicious! The addition of the brown sugar glaze really brings it to the next level. With the hint of cinnamon added to the apples and pecans, it simply makes a wonderful fall dessert, worthy of any holiday table!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
3 cups plain all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 tsp vanilla
3 cups diced apples
2 tsp cinnamon (divided)

Brown Sugar Glaze

1/4 cup butter
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup half & half
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Grease and flour bundt cake pan.
Combine oil, eggs and sugar and mix together until smooth.
Combine flour, baking soda and 1 tsp. cinnamon together.
Add dry ingredients to wet and mix well. Batter will be stiff.
Fold in the apples, salt and vanilla.
Pour into bundt pan and sprinkle 1 tsp cinnamon over the cake in pan.
Bake at 325 for 1 hour.
Let cake cool.
Cook butter, brown sugar and half & half in saucepan over medium heat until melted and smooth.
Pull pan off heat and add the powdered sugar. Whisk until smooth.
Let sit for about 10 minutes before pouring over cool cake. You may need to pour part of glaze and come back to pour the rest in a few mintues, giving glaze time to set up a litte more. It will spill over into the middle of cake.
Top with chopped nuts if desired.