Simple, Moist Homemade Apple Cake (Super Easy Recipe!)
This delicious, moist Apple Cake is filled with chunks of apples and then baked to perfection and topped with cream cheese frosting. It's a super easy recipe!
Course Cakes
Cuisine Italian
Keyword apple cake, cake with chopped apples, Moist Homemade Apple Cake
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 50 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Author Valya's Taste of Home
Ingredients
Apple Cake Batter Ingredients
6large – eggs(room temperature; I used home raised chicken eggs)
2cups– organic sugar(or white granulated sugar)
1tsp.– organic baking soda
1tbsp.– distilled vinegar
2cups– all-purpose organic flour
4large – organic Granny Smith apples
Dark chocolate bar(for chocolate shavings to top the cake)
Apple Cake Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients
8oz.– unsalted butter
14oz.can – organic condensed milk
8oz.– organic cream cheese
Instructions
How to Make Apple Cake Batter
Let's start by making our batter! Preheat your oven to 300 F. Next, add eggs and sugar into a large bowl. Beat on high for 10 minutes.
While the eggs are beating, wash, peel and chop the apples and place them in a bowl. Cover with a cap and place the bowl in the fridge to prevent the apples from darkening too much.
Next, activate the baking soda with vinegar and add it to the egg mixture. Mix for one minute until well combined.
Now add sifted flour in three different additions, gently folding in the flour without deflating too many air pockets in the batter.
Finally, add chopped apples and gently fold them in using a spatula.
How to Bake Apple Cake
Time to bake our delicious apple cake! Split the batter equally between two springform pans that have been greased liberally with butter. I recommend a cake pan that is 9 inches for this recipe.
You don't need to use parchment paper for this recipe if you properly grease the pans with butter and use a springform pan as instructed.
Bake for 50 minutes at 300 F or until a toothpick comes out clean. After it's done baking, remove it from the oven and let it cool for about 5 minutes before removing the cake sponges from the baking pans and onto cooling racks.
How to Make Cream Cheese Frosting for Apple Cake
While the cake is cooling start making the frosting!
Add butter and condensed milk into a bowl and beat it on high until smooth, or for about 5 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the mixer bowl if necessary.
Add softened cream cheese and beat for another 2 minutes. Your delicious cream cheese frosting is ready!
How to Assemble Apple Cake
Place the first cake sponge on the cake platter. Place ⅓ of the cream on the sponge and spread it out evenly.
Layer the second sponge over the first layer topped with cream. Using a spatula, spread the rest of the cream over the top and sides of the cake.
Sprinkle the cake with dark chocolate shavings or dust it with some confectioners' sugar. Place into the fridge for at least 10 hours or overnight for the cream to completely set.
Notes
This cake slices best with a warm knife (heated in a tall glass of hot water) to prevent a sticky mess. Enjoy with a cup of your favorite black tea or a hot cup of your favorite homemade latte.