Easy Apple Cake🍎

Summary

Sometimes the simplest recipes are the most delicious. This recipe for my apple cake is just that! The appeal and charm of this cake are due to the moist, bouncy, and not TOO sweet taste. Sometimes desserts are just TOO sweet and it ruins the appeal.

This cake is made easily with a box of yellow cake mix but also super fresh with two ripe apples, some spices, and my secret ingredient sour cream to make it bouncy and moist. I have a feeling once you make this cake you might even decide it deserves a spot on your Thanksgiving dessert table. Let’s make it!

A bowl with spices for Easy Apple Cake—ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger—sits on a wooden surface. Behind it are Badia brand containers of cinnamon and nutmeg, plus a small jar of ground ginger. The background reveals a kitchen counter.
A metal bowl with cracked eggs, vanilla, and spices awaits mixing for an Easy Apple Cake. Above, a hand pours thick white liquid from a measuring cup. In the background are chopped fruit and a small bowl of brown sugar or spice.
A person holds a box of Duncan Hines Classic Yellow cake mix above a mixing bowl filled with batter—perfect for making an Easy Apple Cake. In the background, chopped apples and kitchen items sit on the counter.
A metal mixing bowl filled with smooth, pale yellow Easy Apple Cake batter being mixed, with some batter dripping from a hand mixer above the bowl. Blurred bowls with other ingredients are in the background on a wooden surface.
A baking dish filled with a creamy, mixed batter for Easy Apple Cake is topped with cinnamon being sprinkled from a small white bowl above it. The chunky batter hints at delicious fruit pieces inside.
A golden-brown Easy Apple Cake in a large white rectangular baking dish, with a slightly uneven surface and visible apple pieces throughout.
A hand with red nail polish holds up a square piece of moist, golden-brown Easy Apple Cake from a baking dish with several pieces missing. Apples and kitchen decor add a cozy touch in the background.

I love to use this dish, I have used this so much over the years and I just love it. It holds so much moisture to ensure your meal or dessert is delicious and juicy!!

A white plate piled with square pieces of Easy Apple Cake sits on a woven mat. In the background, a basket filled with green and red apples adds charm to this cozy kitchen setting.
Close-up of several pieces of golden brown Easy Apple Cake stacked on a white plate. In the background, a basket of green and red apples sits on a kitchen counter.

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🤔 Common Questions

Could I use a different fruit?

Yes, you could substitute apples with pears, peaches, or blueberries.

Do I have to use classic yellow cake mix?

No, You may use a spice cake, white cake, or vanilla. It was so delicious with the classic yellow!

Melissa Jo

Easy Apple Cake

5 from 6 votes
Sometimes the simplest recipes are the most delicious. This recipe for my apple cake is just that! The appeal and charm of this cake are due to the moist, bouncy, and not TOO sweet taste. Sometimes desserts are just TOO sweet and it ruins the appeal. This cake is made easily with a box of yellow cake mix but also super fresh with two ripe apples, some spices, and my secret ingredient sour cream to make it bouncy and moist. I have a feeling once you make this cake you might even decide it deserves a spot on your Thanksgiving dessert table. Let's make it!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 31 minutes
Servings: 15 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 2 apples diced into small pieces (I used 1 granny smith and 1 gala)
  • 15.25 oz box yellow cake mix
  • ½ cup brown sugar
  • 1 & ½ tbsp + 1 tsp cinnamon divided
  • ¼ tsp ground ginger
  • ½ tsp nutmeg
  • 1 lemon juiced
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • ¾ cup vegetable oil
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Method
 

  1. In a bowl add the diced apples.
  2. In a small bowl combine the brown sugar and 1 & ½ tbsp cinnamon.
  3. Set aside 4 tbsp of the cinnamon sugar mixture for the topping and shake the remaining over the apples.
  4. Then shake over the ground ginger, nutmeg, and 1 tsp cinnamon. Mix together that until everything is incorporated.
  5. In a separate large bowl combine the eggs, vegetable oil, vanilla extract, and sour cream.
  6. Whisk or beat with an electric mixer until combined.
  7. Then add in the cake mix and whisk everything together until combined.
  8. Then you can fold the apples into the batter until combined and then pour that into a greased 9×13 baking dish.
  9. Or you can pour the cake batter into a greased 9×13 baking dish.
  10. Then pour the apples over the top of the batter and gently go back and forth with a knife until the apples are incorporated with the batter.
  11. Then just sprinkle over your desired amount of the set aside cinnamon sugar mixture all over the top.
  12. Bake that in the oven at 350°F for 35 minutes.
  13. Let the cake cool before serving.

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5 Comments

  1. 5 stars
    Tried this apple cake for family dinner. It was a hit…turned out moist, great flavor, vanilla ice cream added to the touch. Didn’t have heavy cream…(boo!) But the ice cream filled in.
    Excellent recipe…(I made it)!!!!

  2. 5 stars
    First, I want to say that I love your videos, your content, and your recipes that you share. They are absolutely amazing and of course delicious! I haven’t made all of them but all the ones that I have made have been delicious and well received by my family! The only comment I wanted to make on this particular recipe is that I made it exactly as you wrote and the only change that I made is that I drizzled caramel all over the top of it while it was still hot out the oven. Me personally, I just love caramel with apples and I think it made a nice touch. I’m absolutely sure that the recipe would have been just as delicious as the way you wrote it. 🥰 Thank you again for all your recipes. I think you are a beautiful woman inside and out and I can’t wait to make more!

  3. 5 stars
    I made this today and I my house smells like Autumn. I wanted to make this for the staff lounge at school tomorrow but I don’t think that I can wait to slice into it. Thanks so much for the wonderful, easy recipe ! I MADE it and plan to make so many more of your recipes !

    Keep them coming.