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The Apple Cake is chock full of apples and cinnamon flavor and topped with our creamy, delicious Cream Cheese Frosting.  This is one of those easy sheet cake recipes that is great for a fancy get-together AND a backyard barbecue.

Closeup on a single slice of Apple Cake sitting on a white plate in front of a stack of apples.

This Apple Cake recipe was a staple around our house when we were kids. It was our Mom’s favorite dessert and we had it for most non-Christmas special occasions. You would think we would have gotten tired of it but no … this cake is just that good. Chock full of apples and cinnamon flavor and topped with our creamy, delicious Cream Cheese Frosting.  This is one of those easy sheet cake recipes that is great for a fancy get-together AND a backyard barbecue.  We hope you love this recipe as much as our family does!

Ingredients You Will Need

All the ingredients you will need to make Apple Cake including apples, lemon, granulated sugar, powdered sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, baking soda, cinnamon, oil, flour, butter and cream cheese.

How to Prepare the Apples

Collage image showing how to peel and slice the apples for the cake.

Step 1: Wash peel your apples. We use Granny Smith Baking Apples.
Step 2: Slice your apples into slices, as you would for an apple pie (as opposed to chunks.) Try to get the slices to be as uniform as possible so they will bake evenly in the cake. Sprinkle the apples with a squeeze of lemon to keep them from browning.

How to Make the Cake Batter

Collage image showing how to whisk the dry ingredients together.

Step 3: Add the flour, cinnamon, and baking into a bowl.
Step 4: Whisk together until the cinnamon is well combined with the flour.

Collage image showing how to make the Apple Cake batter.

Step 5: In a second bowl, add the oil and eggs. Beat them on medium speed with a mixer until the eggs are frothy. 
Step 6:  Add the sugar and the vanilla. 
Step 7: Continue to mix until the ingredients are combined.
Step 8: Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the cake batter.

Collage image showing how to fold the apples into the batter.

Step 9: Mix with a spoon until just combined.
Step 10: Add the apples.
Step 11: Fold in the apples.  The mixture will be sticky and thick.
Step 12: Grease and flour a 9×13 pan.  Spread the cake batter evenly in the pan.

Baking Instructions

Collage image showing the apple cake before going in the oven and after it comes out of the oven.

Steps 13-14: Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 60 minutes.  The cake will be golden brown on the top.  Allow the cake to cool completely before adding the frosting.

Frosting the Cake

Collage image showing how to Frost the Apple Cake with creamy homemade Cream Cheese Frosting.

Step 15: While the Apple Cake is cooling, make up a batch of our super creamy and delicious The Best Cream Cheese Frosting.  You’ll find all the directions you’ll need right here! 
Steps 16-17: When the cake is completely cooled, frost it with the Cream Cheese Frosting.  

Serving/Storage Instructions

Closeup on a side view of a piece of Apple Cake showing the layers of apples in the cake and the think layer of Cream Cheese Frosting.

Step 18: This Apple Cake must be stored in the refrigerator because of the Cream Cheese Frosting. Cover the pan or store it in an airtight container and it should be good for at least a week.  We usually take the cake out of the refrigerator for about 20-30 minutes before serving it because we think it tastes the best at room temperature. 

Closeup of a piece of Apple Cake sitting on a white plate with a bite on a fork.

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Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Yield 18-20
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Additional Time 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes

The Apple Cake is chock full of apples and cinnamon flavor and topped with our creamy, delicious Cream Cheese Frosting.  This is one of those easy sheet cake recipes that is great for a fancy get-together AND a backyard barbecue.

Ingredients

  • 4 cups sliced Granny Smith Apples (about 4 medium apples)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup Oil
  • 2 cups Granulated Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
  • 2 teaspoons Cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 batch of our The Best Cream Cheese Frosting

Instructions

  1. Wash peel your apples. We use Granny Smith Baking Apples.
  2. Slice your apples into slices, as you would for an apple pie (as opposed to chunks.) Try to get the slices to be as uniform as possible so they will bake evenly in the cake. Sprinkle the apples with a squeeze of lemon to keep them from browning.
  3. Add the flour, cinnamon, and baking into a bowl.
  4. Whisk together until the cinnamon is well combined with the flour.
  5. In a second bowl, add the oil and eggs. Beat them on medium speed with a mixer until the eggs are frothy.
  6. Add the sugar and the vanilla.
  7. Continue to mix until the ingredients are combined.
  8. Add the dry ingredients to the bowl with the cake batter.
  9. Mix with a spoon until just combined.
  10. Add the apples.
  11. Fold in the apples.  The mixture will be sticky and thick.
  12. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.  Spread the cake batter evenly in the pan.
  13. Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 60 minutes.  The cake will be golden brown on the top.  Allow the cake to cool completely before adding the frosting.
  14. While the Apple Cake is cooling, make up a batch of our super creamy and delicious The Best Cream Cheese Frosting.  You’ll find all the directions you’ll need right here!
  15. When the cake is completely cooled, frost it with the Cream Cheese Frosting.  

Did you Make this Recipe? Leave a review below, then snap a picture and tag @twosisterscrafting on Instagram so we can see it!

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Cuisine: American / Category: Cakes