Irresistible Apple Cake {with cream cheese frosting)
Moist. Flavourful. Stress-Free. This Irresistible Apple Cake is simple to make, delicious to eat, and perfect for any occasion! It’s a moist, tender, sheet cake that speckled with apple pieces and topped with a luscious layer of cream cheese frosting.
Ingredients
- 2 cup All-purpose Flour
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 1/3 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tsp Cinnamon
- 2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil (such as Canola) light/mild flavour
- 1/2 cup Yogurt
- 3 Eggs large, room temperature
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 3 Apples (medium-large) peeled and grated, sweet/crisp apples
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 1 package (8 oz or 225g) Cream Cheese softened
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter softened
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Instructions
Apple Sheet Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350F. Line 9"x13" baking pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, combine flour, sugars (granulated and brown), salt, cinnamon, baking powder, and baking soda. Whisk to break up clumps of sugar and aerate the dry mixture.
- Add your eggs, yogurt, oil, and vanilla to the dry ingredients (note: I make sure to break the eggs with the tip of my whisk, prior to mixing all the ingredients together, to help with distribution of the egg).
- Prepare your apples: Wash, peel and grate apples and place them onto a plate.
- Grab a small bowl and a large, rectangular piece of cheese cloth (or sturdy paper towel). With your clean hands and a cheese cloth, remove additional juices from your shredded apple (note: how much you squeeze your apple will depend on how much juice/water is in the apple. I recommend squeezing until your apple juices are no longer free flowing into your container). Add your shredded apple to your cake batter.
- Add apple cake batter to your baking pan, smoothing over the top.
- Bake your apple cake for approx. 30-35 minutes. The top should spring back when gently touched and/or a toothpick inserted into the centre comes out clean. Allow your cake to cool.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- In a large bowl with a hand mixer (or bowl of a stand mixer), cream your cream cheese and butter until lump free.
- Add icing sugar and mix until mixture is fluffy. Add vanilla and salt.
- Frost your apple sheet cake with the cream cheese frosting.
- Decorate with swirls of caramel, nuts, or a dusting of cinnamon.
- Cut, serve, and enjoy!
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Notes
Sofia’s Tips:
Have you tried this recipe!? I would love to know what you think! Leave a comment below!
- Having trouble removing your cake from the pan?! you can grease your sheet pan thoroughly with butter or nonstick cooking spray, before lining the bottom with parchment paper.
- This Irresistible Apple Cake can last 1 week in the refrigerator when stored in an air tight container.
- For a gluten-free substitute - use your favourite 1:1 Gluten Free Flour mix
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