Double Apple Cake
When you’re looking for a cake that’s both simple to make and bursting with the natural sweetness of fresh apples, you found it; a Double Apple Cake. A combination of tender slices of fresh apples and homemade applesauce – a lot of apple goodness in every bite.
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Servings: 1 loaf
Ingredients
- 1 whole apple cut in very thin slices (by hand or mandolin)
- 1/2 cup applesauce (NOTE 1)
- 2 tablespoons sugar
Dry ingredients
- 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Wet ingredients
- 2 whole eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. and line a 9 x 5-inch cake form with parchment paper.
- Make 3 separate mixes:1. Mix all dry ingredients: flour, baking powder, salt and granulated sugar.2. Mix all wet ingredients: eggs, vegetable oil, orange juice and vanilla extract.3. Mix apple slices, applesauce, cinnamon and sugar.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and combine.
- Pour half of the batter in the bottom of the cake form and top that with half of the apple mixture, nicely.
- Pour the rest of the batter in the cake form and then the remainder of the apple mixture.
- Cover with brown sugar. This is an optional step.
- Place the cake in the oven and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick comes out dry.
- Allow the cake to cool a little, before slicing it.
Notes
- This recipe is made with homemade applesauce. A quick and easy recipe can be found here. You can also use store-bought applesauce if you prefer.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 1685kcal | Carbohydrates: 401g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 0.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 1184mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 253g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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