Homemade Apple Dapple Cake Recipe
Apple Dapple Cake has a ton of apple chunks along with a buttery, brown sugar glaze on top. It would make the perfect cake for Thanksgiving or any Autumn day!
Ingredients
Apple Cake
- 4 cups apples, peeled and diced (about 1 ¾ pounds)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans
- 1 cup canola or vegetable oil
- ½ cup applesauce
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Sugar Glaze
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup (half of a stick) unsalted butter
- ¼ cup heavy cream or milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Apple Cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9×13″ baking pan with nonstick spray.
- In a medium bowl, sift or whisk flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, combine oil, granulated sugar, brown sugar and applesauce until combined.
- Add eggs, one at a time and mix well after each addition, then add vanilla extract. Scrape down sides as needed.
- Mix dry ingredients to the wet ingredients on low speed.
- Fold nuts into the batter.
- Next, gently fold the peeled and diced apples into the mix.
- Spread batter into prepared baking dish. Bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- When cake comes out of the oven, use a toothpick or wooden skewer and poke holes all over the cake while it is still hot.
Sugar Glaze
- Gather ingredients for the sugar glaze.
- Place glaze ingredients into a small saucepan.
- Bring glaze to a boil and continuously stir for one minute.
- Remove glaze from heat and pour over the top of the hot cake. Serve hot, cold or with ice cream on top. Enjoy!
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