Aunt Tilly's Apple Cake is a classic dessert that has been passed down from generation to generation. This delicious cake is made with a combination of fresh apples, warm spices and a buttery streusel topping. The apples provide a sweet and tart flavor, while the spices add a hint of warmth and coziness. The streusel topping gives the cake a delightful crunch and adds an extra layer of flavor. Whether you're serving it for a special occasion or just as a sweet treat, Aunt Tilly's Apple Cake is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it.
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AUNTIE'S APPLE CAKE
Come autumn, Southerners love an apple dessert, no matter which form it takes. You'll see farmers' market apples filling everything from warm and gooey apple cobbler with a scoop of ice cream on top to a towering apple stack cake with sweet, sticky filling. But you really can't beat a classic apple cake-and Auntie's Apple Cake is certainly one for the recipe box. This traditional recipe for easy apple cake has everything you need: fresh apples, a pecan-studded spiced batter, and a heavenly praline-like frosting. Everyone will swoon when served a slice for dessert, but this cake works just as well as a brunch treat (paired with a cup of coffee!) or as a sweet snack with afternoon tea. Like most fresh apple cakes, it actually tastes better after a day or two. For this recipe, any baking apple will do; but we suggest using pink lady, granny smith, or honeycrisp apples. Get a taste of a Southern fall-favorite dessert when serving up Auntie's Apple Cake this season. Ice cream optional!
Provided by Southern Living Editors
Categories Cakes
Time 2h20m
Yield 1 (10-in.) cake
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Prepare the Cake: Preheat oven to 325°F. Coat a 10-inch tube pan with cooking spray; dust with flour. Beat eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla with a hand mixer on medium speed about 1 minute. Stir together baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and 2 1/2 cups of the flour in a separate bowl; gradually add to egg mixture, beating on low speed until blended.
- Stir together apples, pecans, and remaining 1/2 cup flour in a bowl; fold mixture into batter. Spoon batter into prepared tube pan. Bake in preheated oven a until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour, 15 minutes. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan; let cool until just warm, about 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, prepare the Frosting: Cook brown sugar, butter, and evaporated milk in a saucepan over medium, stirring often, until mixture comes to a boil and sugar is dissolved, about 2 minutes. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture reaches soft-ball stage (240˚F), about 3 minutes. Remove from heat; whisk until slightly thickened, abut 1 minute.
- Drizzle Frosting over warm Cake. If desired, garnish with chopped pecans.
AUNT DEE DEE'S APPLE COFFEE CAKE
Layers of apple pie filling make this cake moist and delicious.
Provided by Lisa Martin
Categories Desserts Cakes Coffee Cake Recipes
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13 pan.
- Mix pie filling and cinnamon, set aside.
- Beat flour, white sugar, milk, 1/2 cup softened butter, baking powder, salt and eggs in mixing bowl on low speed for 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Pour half of the batter into prepared pan. Spoon half of the pie filling over the batter. Spread remaining cake batter over pie filling, and top with the remaining half of the pie filling.
- Mix brown sugar and nuts together and sprinkle over top of cake. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons melted butter.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 45 to 55 minutes. Allow cake to cool 20 minutes.
- Combine confectioners sugar, 1 tablespoon butter, 3/4 teaspoon vanilla, 2 to 3 teaspoons hot water. Beat until smooth. Drizzle over cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 209.8 calories, Carbohydrate 34 g, Cholesterol 38.5 mg, Fat 7.2 g, Fiber 0.9 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 3.8 g, Sodium 222.3 mg, Sugar 15.1 g
AUNT LOU'S FRESH APPLE CAKE
My Great-Aunt Lou made a luscious fresh apple cake recipe that became a family tradition. My mom makes it for our annual beach trip to the Outer Banks. -Cristy King, Scott Depot, West Virginia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h5m
Yield 12 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 10-in. fluted tube pan., In a large bowl, beat sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. In another bowl, whisk flour, salt and baking powder; gradually beat into oil mixture. Stir in apples. Transfer batter to prepared pan., Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Run a knife around sides and center tube of pan. Remove cake to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners' sugar.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 445 calories, Fat 20g fat (2g saturated fat), Cholesterol 47mg cholesterol, Sodium 249mg sodium, Carbohydrate 62g carbohydrate (37g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 5g protein.
AUNT TOM'S ITALIAN CREAM CAKE
Steps:
- Make cake layers:
- Preheat oven to 375°F. and lightly butter and flour three 9- by 2-inch round cake pans, knocking out any excess flour.
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together sugar, shortening, and margarine until light and fluffy. Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Into another bowl sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat flour mixture into egg mixture in 2 batches alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, until combined. Beat in vanilla, coconut, and chopped pecans. Beat egg whites in another bowl until they just hold stiff peaks and fold into batter gently but thoroughly.
- Divide batter among pans, smoothing tops, and bake in upper two thirds of oven, switching position of pans in oven halfway through baking, until a tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cake layers in pans on racks 10 minutes and invert onto racks to cool completely.
- Make frosting:
- In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together cream cheese, margarine, and vanilla until smooth. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, beating until creamy.
- Stack cake layers on a cake plate, spreading about 1/2 cup frosting between each layer. Spread remaining frosting on top and side of cake.
EASY APPLE CAKE
After testing many apple cake recipes with fresh apples, this old-fashioned cake is moist, dense and down-home delicious. Even better, it 's quick to fix and, served warm with whipped cream or a dollop of frozen custard, one of my family's very favorite recipes for decades. -Sherry Ashenfelter, Waterville, Ohio
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 20 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat the sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla until well blended. Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and baking soda; gradually beat into sugar mixture until blended. Fold in apples and walnuts., Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 35-45 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Serve with whipped topping.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 278 calories, Fat 16g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 32mg cholesterol, Sodium 169mg sodium, Carbohydrate 31g carbohydrate (19g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
AUNT MARY'S APPLE CAKE
My friend Robin's Aunt Mary, both of whose parents were born in Hungary, was a legendary cook. This is one of her cakes--a very moist and delightful cake.
Provided by Chef Kate
Categories Dessert
Time 1h10m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
- Sprinkle apples with sugar and let stand.
- Mix beaten egg and butter.
- Sift in flour, soda, salt and cinnamon and mix very well.
- Fold into apples and make sure the apples are well and evenly coated.
- Mix in raisins and, if desired, nuts.
- Note: we use raisins which have been soaked in bourbon.
- Note 2: If using regular raisins, make sure you plump them in warm water or rum or the like, then drain before adding.
- Place in a buttered 8" x 8" square baking dish or in a buttered bundt pan and bake for about 50 minutes.
- Cool briefly on rack in pan; turn out of the pan and allow to cool to room temperature on a rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 340.7, Fat 12.4, SaturatedFat 7.5, Cholesterol 53.8, Sodium 460.6, Carbohydrate 55.7, Fiber 2, Sugar 34.5, Protein 3.7
AUNT FAYE'S APPLE CAKE
Every year for our Christmas gift, my namesake Aunt Faye made her apple cake for me, and my two sisters -- It is a special honor to share Aunt Faye's Apple Cake recipe with my Zaar friends.
Provided by KerfuffleUponWincle
Categories Dessert
Time 1h25m
Yield 20 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Apple Cake directions:.
- Mix sugar, oil, and eggs. Blend well.
- Sift flour, salt and soda. Hold out 1/2 cup flour mixture to dredge fruits and nuts.
- Beat dry ingredients into wet ingredients ~ add vanilla.
- Stir in apples, nuts, and coconut dredged in 1/2 cup flour (from above).
- Pour into greased and floured 10 inch tube, or large bundt pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes. Cool and top with glaze.
- Butterscotch Glaze directions:.
- Combine salt, butter, evaporated milk, and brown sugar in saucepan over medium heat.
- Bring to a boil and cook gently (not a hard rolling boil) for 5 minutes.
- Add vanilla; stir, and pour over cooled cake.
- Makes 18-20 servings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 399.4, Fat 21.3, SaturatedFat 6.1, Cholesterol 44.2, Sodium 230.2, Carbohydrate 49.9, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 33.2, Protein 4.3
Tips:
- Choose the right apples. Use a variety that will hold its shape when baked, such as Honeycrisp, Braeburn, or Pink Lady.
- Don't over-mix the batter. Over-mixed batter will result in a tough cake.
- Use fresh baking powder. Old baking powder will not work as well, which can result in a flat cake.
- Bake the cake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Over-baking will dry out the cake.
- Let the cake cool completely before serving. This will allow the flavors to meld and the cake to set.
- Serve the cake with your favorite toppings. Some popular toppings include whipped cream, ice cream, or a dusting of cinnamon.
Conclusion:
This classic apple cake is a delicious and easy-to-make dessert that is perfect for any occasion. With its simple ingredients and straightforward instructions, this recipe is sure to become a favorite. Whether you enjoy it warm from the oven or chilled, this cake is sure to satisfy your sweet craving.
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