Delicious Fresh Apple Cake Recipe
This Fresh Apple Cake has a pumpkin base with fresh apple chunks to give you a moist and delicious cake that brings all the flavors of fall into one bite!
Servings: 8
Calories: 407kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cups apples peeled and chopped into chunks
- 2 cups sugar divided
- 3/4 cup canned pumpkin puree
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 Cups flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon
- caramel sauce optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Beat together 1 3/4 cups sugar along with the butter and vanilla in a mixer at medium speed until well blended
- Add pumpkin puree and eggs one at a time and mix until blended.
- In small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture and beat at low speed until well blended.
- Combine remaining 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon in small bowl.
- Toss the chopped and peeled apples with 2 Tbsp of the cinnamon sugar.
- Fold 3 cups of the chopped apples into the cake mixture. Set aside the remaining cup.
- Pour batter into a well-greased 8 inch spring form pan.
- Add the remaining apples over the batter, evenly, and lightly sprinkle the rest of the cinnamon sugar on top of the batter.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until cake slightly browns on top.
- Cool on wire rack, then carefully remove spring form pan and serve.
- Drizzle with caramel sauce, if desired.
Nutrition
Calories: 407kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 192mg | Potassium: 163mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 51g | Vitamin A: 3989IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 59mg | Iron: 2mg