Easy Apple Cake Recipe

This easy recipe for apple cake is a wonderful way to showcase fresh apples. Soft and tender with a sticktoyourfork moist crumb and juicy apples in every bite this cake is delicious plain topped with buttery brown sugar glaze or even a quick dusting of confectioners sugar.
Ingredients
Cake
2 and 12 cups 313g allpurpose flour spooned leveled
2 teaspoons baking powder
34 teaspoon baking soda
12 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
12 teaspoon ground nutmeg
14 teaspoon EACH ground ginger allspice

1 cup 240ml vegetable oil
1 cup 200g granulated sugar
12 cup 100g packed light or dark brown sugar
1 cup 180g unsweetened applesauce
4 large eggs at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
2 Tablespoons 30ml orange juice
3 cups 360g peeled chopped apples 12inch chunks about 23 large apples
Optional Brown Sugar Glaze
14 cup 4 Tbsp 56g unsalted butter
1 cup 200g packed light or dark brown sugar
12 cup 120ml heavy cream
small pinch of salt
12 cup 60g confectioners sugar sifted
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350F 177C and grease a 913inch baking pan.
Make the cake Whisk the flour baking powder baking soda salt cinnamon nutmeg ginger and allspice together in a large bowl. Set aside.
Whisk the oil granulated sugar brown sugar applesauce eggs vanilla extract and orange juice together in a medium bowl. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and whisk until combined. Fold in the chopped apples until combined. It will seem like a lot of apples and thats ok!
Pour and spread batter evenly into the prepared pan. Bake for 4550 minutes. Baking times vary so keep an eye on it. Around the 30minute mark loosely tent with aluminum foil to prevent overbrowning. The cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Remove the cake from the oven and set the pan on a wire rack. Allow to cool for at least 30 minutes before topping or serving.
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