Homemade Apple Cake Recipe 

One of my favorite desserts to make is anything with apples and cinnamon – the baking aroma is just perfect for a rainy, cool fall day – or anytime actually! This recipe adds ginger and nutmeg and is really, really easy to make. Everything gets mixed in one bowl – so no big clean up – just a great result!

Try this incredibly easy to make Apple cake – it will most likely become your favorite as well!

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of unsalted butter
• 2 cups of flour
• 1 cup of sugar
• 1/2 cup of packed light brown sugar
• 1-1/4 teaspoon of baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoons of ground cinnamon
• 1-1/2 teaspoons of ground ginger
• 1/2 teaspoon of ground nutmeg
• 1-1/2 lbs. of apples, peeled, cored and cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1/2 cup of walnuts – you can use raising or dried cranberries as well or instead
• 2 large egg, slightly beaten
• 3/4 cups of sour cream
• 1/2 – 3/4 cups of milk
• Confectioner’s sugar for dusting

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F
2. Butter a 9×13 inch baking pan, set aside (you can use nonstick cooking spray if you want to)
3. Peel, core and chop apples into about 3/4″ pieces

   

4. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugars, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg.

   

5. Add the apples and walnuts or raisins – mix gently

   

6. Add butter, sour cream and eggs – stir just until combined, adding milk until desired consistency

   

   

7. Spoon into pan, smooth with a spatula – I sprinkled it with sliced almonds and vanilla sugar as well

   

8. Bake 40-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean
9. Cool in pan and dust with confectioner’s sugar to serve.

   

Hope you will enjoy this recipe – please send me your comments, suggestions and experiences – your input is always welcomed and very much appreciated!