Fresh Apple Cake with Maple Glaze
This fresh apple cake is very moist with tender apples and a sweet maple glaze, and it's all made from scratch! This is the ultimate fall cake, perfect for breakfast, brunch or dessert.
Servings 12 servings
Ingredients
- 3 large granny smith apples/ or pink lady peeled & chopped
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 4 medium eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup sweetened shredded coconut
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup applesauce
- Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 1/2 tbsp pure maple syrup
- 2 tbsp milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven on 325 F.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a large bowl. Stir until well combined.
- In a separate bowl combine the eggs, sugar, applesauce, vanilla, and oil. Mix.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients with the wet.
- Add in the apples, and coconut.
- Fold the ingredients.
- Grease & lightly flour a bundt or tube pan.
- Pour in the cake batter.
- Bake the cake for 1 hour 45 minutes.
- Let cool.
- Combine the ingredients for the glaze, and mix until it's lump free.
- Once the cake is nice and cool, spoon the glaze on top.
- Let the cake sit for 10 minutes.
- Serve & enjoy!