Apple Cinnamon Cake – Delicious Bite After Bite!

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Apple Cinnamon Cake is one of my favorite cakes. It’s easy to make, moist and the apples are swirled with brown sugar, cinnamon mixture. If you are a fan of apples and cinnamon this is the cake for you to try. It’s a delicious apple dessert that you can enjoy any time of year!

It bakes in a 13 x 9-inch pan and is a good size cake. It keeps well in the refrigerator for several days. Enjoy this cake anytime you have apples on hand to use, have gone apple picking or are just craving an apple cake. Looking for something to bake? Try any of our easy cake recipes! 

Apple Cinnamon Cake

Yes, you can make this apple cinnamon cake from scratch (the apple cinnamon cake from scratch recipe is in the recipe card for that) but, today’s recipe is with a boxed mix, it’s a cake mix recipe. We enjoy a good baking hack when we are busy or just are looking for a sweet treat without all the work. Do you? We hope you enjoy this cake box recipe idea. 

What will this cake taste like?

It has all the flavors of a cinnamon roll but, with the addition of apples. Scrumptious! 

What you will need to make this apple cinnamon cake recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Yellow Cake Mix
• 3 Large Eggs
• Vegetable Oil
• Water
• 3 large apples (any type) Note: I prefer a sweeter apple for this such as fuji or macintosh apples. But, you can use green apples too. 
• Granulated sugar
• Brown Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Butter (softened)
• Vanilla Extract 
• All-Purpose Flour
• Non-Stick Baking Spray

How To Make Apple Cinnamon Cake

Apple Cinnamon Cake With Cake Mix

All you have to do is prep the apples, make the cake box mix, make the brown sugar mixture for the apples, and assemble! When cooling make the frosting or icing (or use store-bought). Then frost with cooled.

Directions

1. Gather your ingredients
2. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees
3. Wash, peel and chop 3 regular to large size apples (I used red/yellow apples but, any apples will be fine)
4. Add your chopped apples to a bowl and mix with 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon. Reserve until needed. 
5. Mix your cake mix per the directions on the cake mix box
6. Add your chopped apples (reserve some for the top layer of the cake)
7. Coat your baking dish with a non-stick baking spray
8. Pour the cake batter into the baking dish
   
9. In a separate bowl mix up the brown sugar, softened butter, flour, and cinnamon until it’s creamy and combined (recipe for brown sugar crumble below)
10. Add your reserved chopped apples to the top of the cake (they may sink but, not to worry!)
11. Spoon and drop the brown sugar mixture onto your cake batter
    
12. Swirl in the mixture into the cake with a knife
    
13. Bake the cake for about 35 minutes or until your cake is done (test cake with a toothpick in the center to see if it is done, when it comes clean it is done)
14. Let the cake cool completely before frosting
15. Frost and Serve! 

Brown Sugar Crumble 

• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix together in a bowl. Add to cake mixture after step 9, Step 10 in the instructions. 

How to Make a Butter Cream Icing

Ingredients

1. 1/2 cup of softened butter
2. 1 cup of powdered sugar
3. 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

Frosting Directions

Start with these measurements creaming the butter and sugar together with the vanilla. Adjust if needed until the mixture is creamy and easy to smooth onto your cooled cake. If you like a thick frosting you might want to double the ingredients. Or try this recipe – (How to make Butter Cream Frosting) 

Optionally, you can purchase a pre-made mix for buttercream frosting or premade vanilla buttercream frosting. 

Frost your cake. It’s ready to serve and enjoy! 

Apple Cinnamon Cake Recipe

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Yield: 1- 13 x 9-inch cake

Apple Cinnamon Cake

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Apple Cinnamon Cake - It's easy to make, moist, swirled with a brown sugar-cinnamon mixture. A delicious apple dessert that you can enjoy any time of year!

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 35 minutes

Additional Time 20 minutes

Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 Yellow Cake Mix
• 3 Large Eggs
• Vegetable Oil
• Water
• 3 Large Apples 
• Granulated Sugar (3 tablespoons)
• Brown Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Butter (softened)
• Vanilla Extract 
• All-Purpose Flour
• Non-Stick Baking Spray

Instructions

Apple Cinnamon Cake

1. Gather your ingredients
2. Preheat the oven to 350F degrees
3. Wash, peel and chop 3 regular to large size apples (I used red/yellow apples but, any apples will be fine)
4. Add your chopped apples to a bowl and mix with 3 tablespoons granulated sugar, 1 tsp. cinnamon. Reserve until needed. 
5. Mix your cake mix per the directions on the cake mix box
6. Add your chopped apples (reserve some for the top)
7. Coat your baking dish with a non-stick baking spray
8. Pour the cake batter into the baking dish
9. In a separate bowl mix up the brown sugar, softened butter, flour, and cinnamon until it's creamy and combined (brown sugar crumble recipe below)
10. Add last of the chopped apples to the top of the cake
11. Spoon and drop the softened mixture onto your cake batter
12. Swirl in the mixture into the cake with a knife
13. Bake the cake for about 35 minutes or until your cake is done (test cake with a toothpick in the center to see if it is done, when it comes clean it is done) 
14. Let the cake cool completely completely before frosting
15. Frost your cake when cooled

Brown Sugar Crumble 

1. 1/2 cup softened butter
2. 1/2 cup brown sugar
3. 1 tablespoon flour
4. 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Mix together in a bowl. Add to cake mixture after step 9, Step 10 in the instructions. 

Butter Cream Icing

1. 1/2 cup of softened butter
2. 1 cup of powdered sugar
3. 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract

Frosting Directions

Start with these measurements creaming the butter and sugar together with the vanilla. Adjust if needed until the mixture is creamy and easy to smooth onto your cooled cake. If you like a thick frosting you might want to double the ingredients. Or try this recipe - (How to make Butter Cream Frosting) 

Optionally, you can purchase a pre-made mix for buttercream frosting or premade vanilla buttercream frosting. 

Frost your apple cinnamon cake. It's ready to serve and enjoy! 

Notes

The top of the cake will need to be frosted for it to look pretty. But, you could serve it sprinkled with confectioners sugar vs. icing or frosting.

Below is the Easy Apple Cake Recipe from scratch.

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Nutrition Information

Yield

12

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 240Total Fat 5gSaturated Fat 2gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 49mgSodium 344mgCarbohydrates 44gFiber 1gSugar 19gProtein 4g

Not all nutritional information is 100% accurate.

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