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Easy Apple Cake
Easy anytime dessert cake, layered with apples of your choice. Light, fluffy cake that travels well to a barbecue or potluck.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 16 servings
Ingredients
Topping
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- ½ cup orange or apple juice
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 3 cups AP flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 5 medium apples , peeled, cored and chopped
Instructions
Topping
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Combine sugar and cinnamon for topping; set aside.
Cake
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Beat first 5 ingredients in a large bowl.
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In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Stir into egg mixture, mixing until smooth. Spread half of the batter in a greased 9x13 cake pan. Arrange apples over top. Sprinkle half of the topping mixture over apples. Spread remaining batter over top. Sprinkle with remaining topping.
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Bake at 350 F for 50-60 minutes, or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Serve warm or cool.
Recipe Notes
I add ¼ cup chopped pecans in the topping. You can use any apple variety you like; I like this recipe with Granny Smith apples. I cut the apples first and place them in a bowl of water so they don’t brown until I need them. Just drain the apples before using in recipe.