This warm apple cake is packed with apples and is super moist.
It’s not overly sweet and great to serve warm as a dessert with a scoop of ice cream.
Or you can skip the ice cream and have it as an afternoon treat with your tea or coffee.
Makes
16 servings
Prep Time:
30 minutes
Cook Time:
30 minutes
Good For:
dessert
Ingredients
Spiced Crumble
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
Apples
- 2 apples* – about 2 cups
- Zest of 1 lemon
*use apples such as Northern Spy or Ambrosia
Sugar Glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
Dry Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup sunflower oil
- 1 small container plain yogurt – 1/2 cup
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
How to make Lemon Apple Cake
Check out our easy step by step video
Step by Step Instructions
Step 1
Heat the oven to 350 degrees F
Grease and line a 9-inch square cake pan with an overhang on 2 sides to lift the cake once cooked – I like to use a silicone pan for easy release
Step 2 – Spiced Crumble
Prepare the spiced crumble by cutting in the butter with a fork until you have a crumbly mixture and set aside
Step 3 – Apples
Peel, core and chop the apples into 1/2 inch chunks
Mix in the lemon zest
Step 4 – Cake
Mix the dry cake ingredients together in a bowl and fold in the apples
In a separate bowl, mix the wet cake ingredients with a whisk until smooth
Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold in until just blended – don’t over mix
Step 5 – Baking
Pour the batter into your prepared pan and sprinkle with the spiced crumble mixture
Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean
Step 6 – Baking
Allow to cool for 15 minutes in the pan, then very carefully lift the cake from the pan using the parchment overhang and place on a wire rack to finish cooling
NOTE: The large volume of apple used will make it easy to break, so take extra care when lifting
Step 6 – Finishing
Once the cake has cooled completely, mix the glaze ingredients together and stir until smooth. Add more water if needed
Drizzle over the cake
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Lemon Apple Cake
Ingredients
Spiced Crumble
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
Apples
- 2 apples apples
- Zest of 1 lemon
Dry Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Wet Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup sunflower oil
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
Sugar Glaze
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 350 degrees F
- Grease and line a 9-inch square cake pan with an overhang on 2 sides to lift the cake once cooked – I like to use a silicone pan for easy release
Spiced Crumble
- Prepare the spiced crumble by cutting in the butter with a fork until you have a crumbly mixture and set aside
Apples
- Peel, core and chop the apples into 1/2 inch chunks
- Mix in the lemon zest
Cake
- Mix the dry cake ingredients together in a bowl and fold in the apples
- In a separate bowl, mix the wet cake ingredients with a whisk until smooth
- Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and fold in until just blended – don’t over mix
- Pour the batter into your prepared pan and sprinkle with the spiced crumble mixture
- Bake for 35 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean
- Allow to cool for 15 minutes in the pan, then very carefully lift the cake from the pan using the parchment overhang and place on a wire rack to finish cooling
Finishing
- Once the cake has cooled completely, mix the glaze ingredients together and stir until smooth. Add more water if needed
- Drizzle over the cake
Notes
Nutrition Facts per serving
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