Old Fashioned Apple Cake

Old Fashioned Apple Cake is perfect for fall! This cinnamon apple cake is completely homemade and smells incredible while it's baking! Great way to use fresh apples!

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This recipe was photographed and updated 8/2024.

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Shopping list:

• all purpose flour
• baking powder
• baking soda
• ground cinnamon
• ground nutmeg
• salt
• unsalted butter
• granulated sugar
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• sour cream
• apples

You can never go wrong with a vintage recipe from an old church cookbook! Today's recipe for Old Fashioned Apple Cake is completely homemade, moist and so flavorful! Each bite of this cake bursts with delicious cinnamon and apple flavor.

This simple cake is the perfect size for a smaller fall gathering or party. It's great served as is, or top it with some powdered sugar or our favorite cream cheese frosting. You could even serve it for dessert at Thanksgiving.

Pumpkin spice gets all the hype when fall arrives, but I'm team apple over here! If you love apples too, try Caramel Apple Fluff, Instant Pot Applesauce or Apple Oven Pancake!

Keep scrolling for the full printable recipe 💙

Recipe tips and substitution ideas:

• We used green apples for this recipe, but any apple would work great. Greek yogurt can be used instead of sour cream. 

• Refrigerate leftovers in an airtight container for up to three days.

Our favorite kitchen equipment and supplies used with this recipe:

• Ateco Stainless Steel Cake Tester
• Cuisinart 9-Inch Round Cake Pan
• Pyrex Glass 3-Piece Mixing Bowl Set
• OXO Good Grips 2-Piece Silicone Whisk Set
• Hamilton Beach 6-Speed Electric Hand Mixer
• Wilton Excelle Elite 3-Tier Cooling Rack

Yield 8 servings

Author Hot Eats and Cool Reads

Prep time

20 Min

Cook time

40 Min

Inactive time

10 Min

Total time

1 H & 10 M

Old Fashioned Apple Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 cups peeled, chopped apples

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9 inch round cake pan.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract.
4. Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until just combined. Fold in the chopped apples.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan and spread it evenly. Bake in the preheated oven for 40-45 minutes, or until a cake tester or toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
6. Allow the cake to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
7. Once cooled, dust with powdered sugar or frost with cream cheese frosting, if desired.
8. Slice and serve.

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