Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze is a sugary sweet cake filled with fresh apples, pecans, and topped with buttery brown sugar decadence. This simple cake is little slice of comfort just waiting to be devoured!
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This Fresh Apple Cake is packed full of sugary goodness. Thanks to the wonderful folks at Imperial Sugar for providing me with all the sweets for Apple Week!
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Sweet Hospitality
And speaking of sweet! I have to tell you about some of the wonderful people we have come to know and love through my daughter. You may have heard me talk about her going away to college. She has made her way to Mississippi via a friend that moved here to FL for a few years with her family and then moved back to her hometown. Well, that took my daughter there for spring break and summer visits to see her friend she missed so dearly.
So when time to go to college came around she wanted to be with her bestie and some of the wonderful friends she had made. That led us to visits in Mississippi and meeting Marilese's (Bri's friend) grandparents, who generously opened their home to us!
If you ever get a chance you want to visit (wink wink), because both Wayne and Barbara Carter are the SWEETEST friends, best cooks, and most hospitable people you will ever meet! Wayne had breakfast ready each morning and it was a feast! We also enjoyed long talks, laughs, sight-seeing, and family dinners with them. AND.... Barbara's Fresh Apple Cake ! This is one of the recipes I had to bring home and share with you! There may be more in the future because they can cook!
How to make Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze
Step 1. Preheat your oven to 325 degrees. Spray a 9 X 13 baking dish with cooking spray.
Step 2. In a large bowl or stand mixer, mix oil and sugar until well combined. Add in eggs one at a time. Slowly add in self rising flour until combined and mix in vanilla. Fold in nuts and apples. The batter will be very thick.
TIP for using All Purpose Flour: Mrs. Barbara makes this with self rising flour. But you can use all purpose flour if you do not have self rising. Her original recipe calls for 2 ½ cups all purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 2 teaspoons baking powder.
Step 3. Spread into prepared 9 X 13 dish. Bake for about 40 to 55 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from oven and let cool as you start glaze.
Brown Sugar Glaze
Step 1 for Glaze. In a saucepan, over medium heat, while stirring add butter and brown sugar and cook until it dissolves. Add in powdered sugar and milk and stir until well combined and melted into glaze.
Step 2 for Glaze. Immediately pour glaze over cake and serve warm.
Make sure to share Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze with someone you love! I truly believe recipes are meant to be shared. I am so glad the Carters shared this with me. Not only do I now have lifelong friends, I have cherished memories made around the table!
Other Apple Recipes to Enjoy
- Apple Butter Cheesecake Tart
- Instant Pot Apple Butter
- Bourbon Apple Pecan Bread Pudding
- Apple Pecan Sticky Bun Bites
Fresh Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Glaze
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 ¼ cups cooking oil
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 ½ cups self rising flour
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- 3 apples, peeled & chopped, (I use granny smith apples)
Glaze
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoon milk
- ¾ cup powdered sugar, sifted
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 9 X 13 pan with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl or stand mixer, mix oil and sugar until well combined. Add in eggs one at a time. Slowly add in flour until combined and mix in vanilla. Fold in nuts and apples.
- Bake for about 40 to 55 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool as your start the glaze.
Brown Sugar Glaze
- In a saucepan, over medium heat, while stirring add butter and brown sugar and cook until it dissolves. Add in powdered sugar and milk and stir until well combined and melted into glaze.
- Immediately pour glaze over cake and serve warm.
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Nutrition
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Tina says
I think it turned out good. Thank you so much for sharing. I will be making it again with a few adjustments. For me, I felt there just wasnt enough apple flavor (I used two granny and one honey crisp) and in all was a bit too sweet for me. (But not my BF! He loved it!) I think i will drizzle the glaze rather than pour it on the entire cake next time for sure. I did have the issue of the brown sugar not dissolving and I'm not sure why. I will work on that next round! Also, I cant wait to try it next day though! 🙂
Thank you and I look forward to trying some of your other recipes very soon!
Tina
Nikki Lee says
Thank you, Tina. You can definitely add more apple if you want! It's hard to say what happened with the brown sugar. Brown sugar does take a little more time than white sugar does to dissolve. I look forward to seeing you around and hearing from you!
Lisa says
This is absolutely delicious cut the recipe in 1/2 used a 8x8 pan and it turned out fantastic even better the next day. Thanks for sharing.
Nikki Lee says
Thank you, Lisa! I agree I love it the next day too!
bobcat says
This a very beautiful dish thanks for sharing
Nikki Lee says
You are so welcome and thank you so much!
Mimi Stanczak says
Very easy to make and absolutely delicious!!! I added a teaspoon of cinnamon ....
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you Mimi! I love your addition of cinnamon.
Michaela Kenkel says
I just wanted to let you know that I have made this 3 times and every time I take it somewhere I am handing out your blog recipe!! This really is the perfect apple cake!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you so much! I appreciate you sharing the apple cake love! I love this time of year! I call it baking season.
michle says
I followed your recipe to a T and it was the perfect amount of apples and sauce--- The sweetness of the cake was so good with the apples.... I will be making this for so many potlucks coming up!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you Michele! It's a great one to share - it makes plenty!
jennifer stewart says
just when I thought that apples couldn't get any better, this brown sugar glaze comes along! I am definitely making this again with Granny Smith next time!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
I know I could eat that glaze by itself! It's def good with granny smiths! Enjoy!
Sandra Shaffer says
This is a delicious cake and one of my husband's favorite! The glaze is so delicious. We'll be making this over and over again. Thank you!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you Sandra! I'm with your hubby, one of my favorite fall desserts!
Brandi Burgess says
I am so excited to make this recipe! It looks positively DELICIOUS!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you Brandi! I hope you enjoy a slice this fall!
Julie Menghini says
Your cakes are just amazing, and I'm sure this one will be stellar too. I love apple anything and can't wait to give this one a try!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you Julie! I do enjoy baking! This one is a dear friends recipe and it's just delicious!
Deb Clark says
So delicious, we love the texture of this cake (as did everyone else!) Not much leftover either - what a treat!
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Thank you Deb! I am so happy it was a hit! You'll just have to make another since there weren't many leftovers 😉
Tanya Soblaskey says
I'm not a novice baker, but I'm on my second round of trying to make the glaze. The brown sugar won't dissolve. I've followed the directions both times. The first time I went ahead and added the milk and powdered sugar and it turned into a stiff glob. Second time the I just stirred and cooked the butter and brown together as directed and brown sugar is still gritty. I decided not to waste any more powdered this time and will just look up another type of glaze to use on the cake, but would like to know if anyone else has had this issue, or if you can tell me what the problem might be. My brown sugar is fresh, so I know that's not the problem. Thanks.
Nikki - Soulfully Made says
Tanya, I am unsure of what may be happening. I have made this glaze several times and it turns out. Usually brown sugar will dissolve in butter on the stove top. This one is stumping me. Possibly your heat was too high?
Sonia says
Does this cake need to be refrigerated, or stored covered on the counter top?
[email protected] says
I store it in the refrigerator but it does become quite moist. The person that shared the recipe with me says she stores it on the counter.
Linda Diaz says
Hi Nikki, I see you did not leave my original comment on lIne for others to see my problem with the bottom of the cake having too much liquid LEFT in the dish after baking. Do you leave only the favorable comments?
Anyway, I halved the recipe except for the apples, I found that in a cake pan 8x8, 1/2 to 3/4 cup apples were plenty, (One would have been too much) I also baked it for 45 minutes then it sat for awhile. I then poured the brown sugar glaze over it and it was moist but no liquid in the bottom as before.
It may do better if the temperature was raised to 350. I will try that next time.
Linda D.
[email protected] says
No I do add all comments, but I had an issue with site, so I will go back and see if I can get them added back in. My reply wasn't there either. I am glad that you were able to get this to your liking! We enjoy this cake so much and I would hate for anyone to miss out on the deliciousness shared by such a great friend of mine.
Jan Thomas says
Thank you for sharing at our apple celebration of Celebrate 365 Blog Party!
Bernice P says
This sounds wonderful.. Is there a particular apple you use in the cake? Thank you.
I am rating the cake just based on how wonderful it sounds and will come back to rate again once I have actually made it.
[email protected] says
Thank you Bernice! I will update the recipe to include. I use granny smith apples. I like the tart apple with all the sweetness in the cake!