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Apple Pie Cake

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Agnes Kantaruk/shutterstock
Written By: The Old Farmer’s Almanac Editors The Almanac Editors and Staff
Yield
6 to 8 servings
Category
Cakes and Frostings
Fruit
Course
Desserts
Credit
Florence Griswold Museum Lyme Historical Society, Old Lyme,
Sources
Yankee Magazine Church Suppers and Potluck Dinners Cookbook

Our tester called this “incredibly easy for something so good.” We loved the combination of apple-pie spices, apples, and pecans in the cake. This superb coffee cake makes a great dessert served warm with ice cream.

Ingredients
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg, beaten
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups peeled, cored, and chopped apples
1/2 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9-inch pie plate.

In a large saucepan, melt butter. Remove from the heat and blend in sugar and egg.

In a bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, nutmeg, and cloves. Add butter mixture and beat until smooth. Stir in vanilla, apples, and pecans. Spread into prepared pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a tester inserted near the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

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Comments

<span>Joyce Gibson</span> Mon, 09/11/2023 - 14:49
I am looking for a receipe called Apple Pie Cake that is made in a pie plate. You do not make a crust - the apple pie cake makes its own crust. My mother had a receipe for this and when we found it it was torn and could not be read. It is an old receipe.
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Mon, 09/11/2023 - 15:08

That sounds wonderful, Joyce! We will have to look into the archives!

 <span>Nina Haas</span> Thu, 10/14/2021 - 14:50
Super yummy cake! Shared the cake with friends and it was a hit! I used salted butter and gala apples and followed the recipe as written.
<span>Carol Ann</span> Sun, 10/10/2021 - 23:30
Does it matter if one uses salted or unsalted butter in the recipe? If I use salted butter, do I delete the half teaspoon of salt that is mentioned in the directions? Thx.
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Mon, 10/11/2021 - 10:26

Hi, Carol. You can use either salted or unsalted butter. You do not have to omit the salt if you use salted butter. If it was a higher amount of salt we woud recommend that, but not here. Enjoy!

 <span>Patricia Lashomb</span> Tue, 10/05/2021 - 21:21
Husband is on his 2nd helping, says its fantastic with or without ice cream! I have a deep dish pie plate, i think i could double the recipe.
<span>Betty</span> Wed, 09/29/2021 - 14:56
With all ingredients on hand, it's in the oven now. Lower temp with glass pan, right?
<span>Sherry</span> Tue, 09/28/2021 - 11:01
Thanks for answering my earlier? Sharing, I used Jona Gold apples and gluten free flour. The Apple pie cake was delicious!
<span>Jill Odice</span> Mon, 09/27/2021 - 22:49
Followed the directions and ended up with a mushy cake. It smelled great, but even though I left it in the oven for extra time it just would not cook in the middle. What kind of apples would work best. I used Macintosh
<a title="View user profile." href="/author/editors">The Editors</a> Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:33

Hi, Jill. If you go to our apple chart, you will see which apples to use depending on what you are making--pie, applesauce, etc.