Best Apple Cake Recipe - Food.com (2024)

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1. Can you skip the whipped Cream?

   Emma E.

Reviews

1. I don't understand people that give something 5 stars and say it was delicious, then proceed to list all the things they did to the recipe to make it better. As posted, this recipe is not good. I almost didn't make it because it doesn't have any seasoning whatsoever and way too much oil, but decided to trust the reviewers and go for it. Mistake. It has no flavor, is too oily and just plain blah. You'd be better off dipping the slices of apples in the carmel sauce and skipping the cake.

   sherrilljoy

2. Absolutely delicious.. Couldn't have been happier with the way it turned out.. Yes I made a few alterations, instead of using 1 cup of vegetable oil, I used 1 cup of melted butter, and I added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, a quarter of a teaspoon of allspice and a small pinch of ground cloves to the flour and it was perfect. The only drawback that I could find was that the cake is so yummy that it goes too fast. I only made it today and it's nearly all gone.. Thanks for sharing this fabulous recipe.

   bevs5kids

3. As written this recipe is not very good - WAY too oily (like leaves a puddle of oil on a napkin). However, now I see that other reviewers have reviewed it with added spices and half the oil, so I guess that's where the 5-star rating comes from and I'll try again.

   BurgundyS

4. Yummy..... This recipe will make exactly 24 medium sized muffins.....your average cupcake size. -----I made these, put small amounts of the glaze on top of each and sprinkled them with nuts. Be sure to cut the cooking time down a bit and cook at 325 degrees instead of 350 degrees.

   Soleil Luna

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   Easily my new favorite Fall recipe.. and I am definitely more of a pumpkin fan than apple but this cake is amazing! The few alterations I made were adding a teaspoon of cinnamon, substituting the cup of oil for 1/2 cup oil and 1/2 cup applesauce, and adding a little bit of cinnamon and nutmeg to the glaze. And don't forget to poke some holes in the cake before adding glaze so it really seeps in! DELICIOUS.

   i3ritt

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Tweaks

1. I've been looking for a good apple cake recipe forever. With a few easy modifications this one is delicious! Like others I substituted 1/2 the oil for apple sauce, reduced the sugar by 1/4 cup and added cinnamon. I did not use the streusel at all and for us it wasn't necessary. Everyone loved it. This is a keeper!

   TillySyl

2. This is a very good cake. I appreciate the advice of other posters to use apple sauce in place of half the oil, and to reduce the sugar in the cake by half a cup. I did both, and the cake was marvellous. I was spooked, however, by the posters that said they had cooled the sauce too long. I barely cooled it at all and the result was to have it run off the top of the cake instead of soaking in, and pool at the side of the cake pan. I spent a good deal of time spooning it back onto the top of the cake. The idea to poke holes all over the cake with a tooth pick before adding the sauce was a good one. Making double the sauce was also not a good idea. I was making two cakes, one for the group I attended, and one for family. I doubled the sauce thinking it would all go on the first cake, and it was way too much. I then kept the excess sauce on a warm spot on the stove, stirring from time to time, and used it over the second cake, about an hour later. It was just the right amount, and worked much better in not running off the cake. Has anyone tried this as a bundt cake?

   Jeanhome

3. My whole family likes sweets, but this cake was SO sweet, that neither of my little boys could finish even one small piece. That has never happened before when I gave them cake. I followed the recipe exactly (except substituted pecans for walnuts). The flavor of the cake is good, but the sweetness is overwhelming. I'm sad now that I used a whole cup of brown sugar, because I can't buy that at the stores where I live.

   mamka

4. As is this cake was not very good. I did as many others did and added cinnamon, nutmeg, etc. I didn't have apple juice so I added apple sauce plus a little water. I also substituted 1/2 the oil with more apple sauce. It definetely didn't need the extra oil. I really liked the caramel glaze. I actually think it could have been doubled if you cut back on the sugar in the cake itself. I thought it would have been good with frosting on top of the glaze. (Sauce NOT doubled) So with all of the adjustments I would rate it a "4" but as posted definetely a "2". I can't put my finger on it but it still was missing something. Too bad. I really hoped this would be great. Great idea just not quite there for us.<br/><br/>P.S.<br/>I really like my cake to be sweet and the sugar 2 c. plus the sauce was just right sweet wise. (It was less sweet than a store bought cake mix plus frosting) I was really hesistant to sub half the oil with applesauce but it worked really well for me. I would never miss it nor woud I have guessed it was gone.

   Elisa

5. Absolutely delicious.. Couldn't have been happier with the way it turned out.. Yes I made a few alterations, instead of using 1 cup of vegetable oil, I used 1 cup of melted butter, and I added 1 teaspoon of cinnamon, a quarter of a teaspoon of allspice and a small pinch of ground cloves to the flour and it was perfect. The only drawback that I could find was that the cake is so yummy that it goes too fast. I only made it today and it's nearly all gone.. Thanks for sharing this fabulous recipe.

   bevs5kids

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