Apple cake. I will admit it is not the first thing I think to make when I have a lot of apples. Cinnamon applesauce is definitely the number one most requested apple dish in the Brown household!
But when I do make Cinnamon Apple Cake, everyone wonders why I don’t do it more often. I have been making this layered circular apple cake recipe for 25 years and believe me, it’s a keeper! Moist cake with a slight hint of citrus is layered with fresh apples and cinnamon sugar. Everyone always wants more than one piece.
I have also made a gluten free Cinnamon Apple Cake using a gluten free flour mixture. One of my favorites is Namaste’s Gluten Free Blend, which I buy at Costco.
You can serve Cinnamon Apple Cake with whipped cream or ice cream, but I rarely do – it stands on its own! And it is a great dessert for when you have company!
- 1½ cups sugar
- 1 cup oil or melted butter
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 2½ teaspoons vanilla
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ cup orange juice
- 4 or 5 apples, peeled and sliced about ⅛" thick
- FOR CINNAMON SUGAR:
- 3 tablespoons sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Beat 1½ cups sugar with oil, eggs, and vanilla in a large bowl.
- In a medium bowl, combine flour and baking powder.
- Add flour mixture to sugar mixture, along with orange juice.
- Mix 3 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in a small bowl to make the cinnamon sugar.
- Grease a tube pan (angel food cake pan) with butter.
- For a cinnamon-y crust, you can sprinkle a little of the cinnamon sugar on the sides, bottom and center of the buttered pan. Otherwise, lightly sprinkle some flour on the butter.
- Pour ⅓ of the batter into the bottom of the pan and gently spread with a rubber spatula.
- Place a layer of apples on top of the batter then sprinkle apples with ⅓ of the cinnamon sugar.
- Repeat twice, for a total of three times, ending with a layer of apples and cinnamon sugar.
- Bake in 375° oven for an hour.
- Check with a cake tester, toothpick or thin knife. When the implement comes out clean the cake is ready.
- Cool and serve by itself, or with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
Mmmmmm! Looks yummy.