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apple cake recipe

Fresh Apple Cake

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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 8 Servings
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: International
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups  all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons  baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon  salt
  • 1/2 cup  unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 cup  granulated sugar
  • 2 large  eggs
  • 1 teaspoon  vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup  sour cream
  • 1/4 cup  milk
  • 3 medium  apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
For the topping
  • 3 tablespoons  granulated sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons  ground cinnamon

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch round pan and line the bottom with parchment. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
  2. Beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla.
  3. Alternate adding the dry ingredients with the sour cream and milk, mixing just until combined. Fold in the apples.
  4. Spread the batter in the pan. Mix the topping sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle over the top.
  5. Bake 45 to 55 minutes, until golden and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes in the pan, then turn out and serve.

Notes

Store covered at room temperature up to 3 days, in the fridge up to a week, or freeze up to 2 months.