How To Make Apple Cinnamon Cake
Surprise your kids and family with this mouthwatering apple cinnamon cake made with fresh apples tossed with cinnamon sugar baked into a flavorful dessert.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 1cupall-purpose flour
- 1½tspbaking powder
- 1tspkosher salt
- 1⅓cupsgranulated sugardivided use
- 2largeeggslightly beaten
- 8tbspunsalted butter1 stick, melted
- 2tsppure vanilla extract
- 1tspground cinnamon
- ½lemonjuiced
- 4tart applessuch as granny smith
- 1tsbphoney
- cooking spray
- whipped creamor ice cream for serving if desired
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat an 8-inch square pan with cooking spray and line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper.
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In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, 1 cup sugar, and salt. Stir in the eggs, butter, and vanilla. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
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Squeeze lemon juice into a medium bowl. Peel, core, and thinly slice the apples into the bowl. Add the cinnamon and sugar and toss to thoroughly coat each apple slice.
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Arrange the apple slices on top of the batter in overlapping rows, pressing lightly into the batter.
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Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a cake tester or toothpick inserted in the center, comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes.
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Brush the top of the cake with the honey. Cut into squares and serve with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.
Nutrition
- Calories: 256.85kcal
- Fat: 9.92g
- Saturated Fat: 5.22g
- Trans Fat: 0.31g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 3.08g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.84g
- Carbohydrates: 40.06g
- Fiber: 2.10g
- Sugar: 28.94g
- Protein: 2.50g
- Cholesterol: 51.35mg
- Sodium: 217.15mg
- Calcium: 57.02mg
- Potassium: 101.17mg
- Iron: 0.83mg
- Vitamin A: 81.05µg
- Vitamin C: 1.29mg
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