Description
This baked apple cake features warm cinnamon, brown butter, and tender apples creating a perfect dessert that tastes like fall year-round.
Ingredients
Scale
- 360 g (3 cups) all-purpose flour
- 10 g (2 tsp) baking powder
- 2 g (1/2 tsp) baking soda
- 6 g (1 tsp) kosher salt
- 4 g (1 tsp) ground cinnamon
- 170 g (3/4 cup) unsalted butter, browned and cooled
- 150 g (3/4 cup) granulated sugar
- 100 g (1/2 cup) light brown sugar, packed
- 2 large eggs
- 10 ml (2 tsp) vanilla extract
- 120 g (1/2 cup) plain yogurt or sour cream
- 5 ml (1 tsp) apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
- 700 g mixed apples (about 3 medium apples)
- 30 g (2 tbsp) melted butter (optional, for topping)
- 25 g (2 tbsp) brown sugar (optional, for topping)
Instructions
- Brown the butter and cool it. Melt 170 g of unsalted butter in a skillet over medium heat until it smells nutty, about 5–6 minutes. Transfer to a bowl and let cool.
- Mix dry ingredients. Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a bowl.
- Whisk wet ingredients. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, brown sugar, yogurt, vanilla, and vinegar until smooth.
- Combine butter and wet mix. Slowly whisk the cooled browned butter into the wet mixture until fully incorporated.
- Fold batter. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and fold until just combined. Fold in diced apples gently.
- Bake with apple crown. Scrape batter into a buttered 9-inch pan, arrange sliced apples on top, brush with melted butter, and sprinkle brown sugar. Bake at 175°C (350°F) for 50-55 minutes.
- Rest and unmold. Cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then invert onto a wire rack. Let cool slightly before slicing.
- Serve warm with ice cream or at room temperature with whipped cream.
Notes
For gluten-free, use a GF blend and add xanthan gum. For vegan, replace eggs with flax eggs and use coconut oil instead of butter.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 360
- Sugar: 30g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 52g
- Fiber: 2.5g
- Protein: 4.5g
- Cholesterol: 60mg