Brown Sugar Apple Cake
A simple one bowl cake with chunks of fresh apple, brown sugar, and cinnamon, baked until tender.
Equipment
- Eight inch round cake pan
- Mixing bowl
- Whisk
- Toothpick
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 3 medium apples peeled and cut into half inch chunks
- ¼ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp powdered sugar optional, for dusting
Instructions
Cooking
- Heat. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F and grease an eight inch pan.
- Whisk. Whisk the butter, brown sugar, eggs, and vanilla until smooth.
- Stir. Stir in the flour, baking powder, salt, and cinnamon just until combined.
- Fold. Fold in the apples and pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake. Bake about forty five minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
Notes
Substitutions: White sugar replaces brown sugar, and pears work in place of apples.
Tips: Do not overmix and start checking at forty minutes.
Storage: Two days at room temperature, five days in the refrigerator, or three months in the freezer.
Nutrition does not include the optional powdered sugar.