A very moist, perfectly spiced Apple Cake! This is incredibly easy to make - no mixer required. This must be made with fresh apples, not canned. See note 5 for information about different measures in different countries & different oven types. Also, I do not recommend substituting butter for all or part of the oil - it does not come out as moist and you can't taste buttery flavour anyway because of the spice flavourings! FREEZES great!
Recipe by Nagi | RecipeTin Eats on September 30, 2016
2 eggs (, large, at room temperature (55-60g/2oz each))
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups apple ( , peeled, cored and cut into 8mm/ 1/3" cubes (~2 large, 3 small) (Note 3))
1/2 cup flaked raw almonds
Icing sugar . confectioners sugar, for dusting
Categories
Cake
Steps
Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (all oven types).
Grease and line a 21 cm / 9" springform cake pan. (Note 4)
Place flour, baking soda, salt and spices in a large bowl and whisk to combine.
Whisk oil and sugar in a bowl, then whisk in eggs and vanilla.
Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and mix with a wooden spoon until JUST combined. Stir through apple (optional: add 3/4 cup chopped walnuts or other nuts).
Pour into cake pan. Sprinkle over almonds.
Bake for 50 minutes - 1 hr. Check at 50 minutes - it is cooked when a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack to cool. Dust with icing sugar if using, then serve. This cake doesn't need cream or ice cream because it is so moist, but I wouldn't turn it down!
Nutitrion
Serving Size: 113 g
Calories: 403 kcal
Carbohydrates: 49.9 g
Protein: 5.1 g
Fat: 21.2 g
Saturated Fat: 4 g
Cholesterol: 27 mg
Sodium: 238 mg
Sugar: 24.4 g
Unsaturated Fat: 17.2 g
Reviews
Phil on 2026-03-11 (5 stars): I made this yesterday, delicious.
Any thoughts on whether this would work with almond flour instead of plain flour.
What changes would I need to make?
Alana on 2026-03-06 (5 stars): I made this wrong, perhaps mixed it too much. However it still turned out delicious, pretty much a ‘blondie’, but with apple. Will repeat.
Sandra on 2026-03-06 (5 stars): Baked your apple cake today, it is absolutely delicious. I used plain flour & baking powder, I only had 2 apples which were Gala, sprinkled almonds & a little brown sugar on top.
Sandra on 2026-03-06 (5 stars): Baked your apple cake today, it is absolutely delicious. I used plain flour & baking powder, I only had 2 apples which were Gala, sprinkled almonds & a little brown sugar on top.
MA on 2026-02-27 (5 stars): I baked this cake today and the taste was lovely. However, I don't know what I did wrong but the cake fell apart after I removed it from the tin. I allowed it to cool for quite a bit.
Diane Till on 2026-02-16 (5 stars): This cake was sublime. Took it to my book club luncheon and it got rave reviews. Thank you.
Kathy Papantonakis on 2026-02-09 (5 stars): Fantastic, I had so many apples in need to be put in some recipe so I Googled easy apple cake and your recipe came up 1st. I am a fan of everything you make so I just made it and I can say it's now my favorite. Very moist not too sweet and great for a light snack, with coffee of course. 😋😋😋😋
CHRISTINE HORNHARDT on 2026-02-09 (5 stars): The best Apple cake recipe I've made. Keep up the good work.
Aniis on 2026-01-26 (5 stars): This cake came out exactly as it was described, except for the spices (i'll try it next time). Definitely going to be a regular cake to make from now on and a great base for other cakes as well.
Carol on 2026-01-19 (5 stars): Sorry, forgot to rate the stars with my comment.
Brenda on 2026-01-08 (5 stars): Thank you both for sharing this. It's very similar to (or actually is) an apple cake i made about 20 years ago & have been trying to recreate since. I love the slightly crusty top and perfect blend of spices. I took a tiny sample piece after 1o minutes, then another, etc. Now I'm afraid I've eaten a quarter of it and it isn't even fully cooled yet haha but I don't feel bad because it has apples so that makes it healthy :)
Brenda on 2026-01-06 (5 stars): I forgot to give stars
Deborah Murray on 2025-12-09 (4 stars): Love this cake and recipe, it's simple and so delicious!!!
Anna on 2025-12-04 (5 stars): My cake is in the oven. Batter tastes great. I loved that I could measure out my spices and vanilla with a single 3/4 tsp measure and all my sugar, flour and oil with a single cup measure (fewer dishes to wash!)
Deb on 2025-12-02 (5 stars): Hi Tom, wondering how long you cooked then for as muffins? Thank you!
Sheila LeMieux on 2025-11-28 (3 stars): The spices overwhelm the apple. You can’t really even tell the apple is there. This should be relabeled Spice Cake with Apple. That said, the recipe came out beautifully. The cake was moist. But I really missed tasting any apples!
Thelma C. Halawy on 2025-11-08 (5 stars): Hi Nagi, You have been my go too person for recipes for years...sorry I have not acknowledged your wonderful site before... life gets in the way. I really do appreciate all the hard work you do. Me, I am British (Shropshire born) Left during the Thatcher eras, first to Copenhagen, DK then to Beirut Flying with MEA during the best times and worst times... Married a pilot, went to live in Alaska, used to frequent his routes Bangkok, Tokyo... Then went to Malta where he was based for a time... then Jordan... as I was no longer a flight attendant I studied to be a teacher. and that's what I did for many years, before having a wonderful daughter and we left to Florida via Chicago 2000, I owned a British tearoom/restaurant/invitation store....I love food... love cooking but not your run of the mill British cook...Now, I live in Greece and spend my days cooking up meals for my man... daughter is married and I have a 10 year old blind white "Kokoni" Greek dog... smartest man I have ever met...I love him to bits... Enough...Hugs, and <3 ... Thelm
Julie R on 2025-11-02 (5 stars): Love this recipe so easy and great textures and flavours. I used gluten free flour and it’s a bit crumbly. May I ask your suggestions when substituting gluten free flour? Thank you Nagi
Zan on 2025-10-27 (3 stars): This might be the first recipe on this website that didn’t work for me and I’m not sure what I did wrong. As always, I followed the recipe to the dot (in metrics) and the end result was very oily, too sweet and hard. How could I get it so wrong. Luckily my family is just warming the slices for 10sec in the microwave and then eating with natural yogurt.
