Apple Cake Recipe
This buttery French apple cake is full of tender apple chunks and warm vanilla flavor. A rustic and elegant dessert perfect for fall.
Equipment
- - 9-inch cake or springform pan
- Mixing bowls
- Electric mixer
- Rubber spatula
Ingredients
- - 1 cup all-purpose flour
- - 1 tsp baking powder
- - ¼ tsp salt
- - ½ cup unsalted butter room temp
- - ⅔ cup granulated sugar + 1 tbsp for topping
- - 2 large eggs
- - 1 tsp vanilla extract
- - 3 tbsp dark rum or apple juice/cider
- - 2 baking apples peeled & chopped
- - Optional: confectioners’ sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch springform or lined cake pan.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time. Stir in vanilla and rum.
- Mix in dry ingredients until just combined.
- Fold in apples.
- Pour into pan. Sprinkle with 1 tbsp sugar.
- Bake 40–45 minutes. Cool. Dust with sugar if desired.
Notes
- Use tart baking apples for best results
- Substitute rum with cider or milk if needed
- Cake freezes well
- Substitute rum with cider or milk if needed
- Cake freezes well