Apple Cake Recipe
Total Time
1 hour and 5 minutes
Prep Time
15 minutes
Cook Time
50 minutes
Rating
4.9 out of 5 stars
(15)
Ingredients
10 servings
- ½ cup butter, softened to room temperature
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 ¾ cups of all-purpose flour, spooned and leveled
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cardamom (or sub cinnamon)
- 3 honey crisp apples, cored and thinly sliced (¼-inch thick), no need to peel, but feel free to. Use baking apples: Honeycrisp apples (my favorite), gala, honey-gold apples, golden delicious, pink lady, and red delicious. I used apples that were 4 inches in diameter.
- 2 tablespoons demerara sugar, or regular sugar for the crackly top.
- Optional: sprinkle the top with fresh grated nutmeg before baking.
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Preparation
Step 1
Preheat oven to 350F
Step 2
Prepare an 8-9-inch spring form pan. Line the bottom with parchment paper. Butter the bottom and all sides of the pan.
Step 3
Cut the apples thinly (1/4-inch thick) and set aside.
Step 4
In a large bowl (or the bowl of a stand mixer using the paddle attachment) whip butter, olive oil and sugar until it’s a light and creamy mixture.
Step 5
Whisk in the eggs one at a time, and the vanilla. Sprinkle in the baking powder, salt, and cardamom and whisk well, then mix in the flour until well combined. Fold in ⅔ of the sliced apples (saving the last third for the top). Tip: save the reddest apple slices for the top. You will have a thick, “apple-y” cake batter – don’t worry the apples will reduce while baking.
Step 6
With a rubber spatula, spoon batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Arrange the remaining apple slices overtop, leaving generous spaces of bare batter. Sprinkle batter and apples with 2 tablespoons of sugar, to get a delicious crust.
Step 7
Bake on the middle rack for 50-60 minutes, until puffed, deeply golden, and a toothpick comes out clean. Check at 45 minutes and lightly tent with foil if getting too dark. When done, it should not jiggle in the center, and the internal temp should be at least 208F
Step 8
Let it cool completely on a wire rack. Run a knife around the edges before removing the sides of the pan.
Step 9
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