Spicy Apple Cake

This delicious spicy apple cake recipe is made with fresh apples, spices, and sugar. It's a wonderfully perfect treat for the apple harvest season.

• Preparation Time: 25 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Calories: 468 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg
• 2 cups apple - peeled, cored, and chopped
• 1.5 cups all-purpose flour
• 0.5 cup milk
• 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
• 0.5 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 0.5 teaspoon salt
• 0.5 cup shortening
• 0.25 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 0.25 cup white sugar
• 0.25 cup shortening
• 0.25 cup evaporated milk

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square pan.

Step 2

Sift together flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and nutmeg. Set aside.

Step 3

Cream brown sugar, 1/2 cup shortening, and white sugar together in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla. Beat in flour mixture alternately with milk, mixing until just combined. Stir in chopped apples.

Step 4

Spread batter evenly in the prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Let cool.

Step 5

Combine confectioners' sugar, 1/4 cup shortening, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Beat until frosting is light and creamy. Beat in evaporated milk 1 tablespoon at a time until desired spreading consistency is reached. Spread over top of cooled cake.