Cinnamon Apple Cream Cake
This Cinnamon Apple Cream Cake, served warm with sweet whipped cream on top, is the perfect cake to share at a fall dinner party!
Friends, we are so enjoying our home here in central Oregon, and a slice of this Cinnamon Apple Cream Cake today.
Cinnamon Apple Cream Cake
It’s smaller, different, wide open, with lots of windows and light, it smells good, feels good, and we’re so happy we made the move.
In the meantime, this Cinnamon Apple Cream Cake is made with my favorite apple, Fuji.
Fuji apples just seem to be consistent, as in you don’t have to hope and wonder when you cut into them, whether they’re going to be good or not.
How to make apple cake
Adapted from Sunset Magazine (watch the video below), this cake is made with tender-sweet apples (unpeeled) and almond extract. I love a cake with almond flavor, and I skipped the dusted powdered sugar on top, instead making a sweet vanilla cream.
Use a spingform pan– butter and flour the pan, or you can simply use parchment paper.
Bake and cool, and then flip the cake over for serving.
Make a regular (vanilla) whipped cream, or easy spiced whipped cream for the topping!
Ingredients for apple cream cake
- Sweet apples (we love Fuji)
- Eggs
- Granulated sugar
- Heavy whipping cream
- Vanilla extract + almond extract
- Flour
- Cinnamon, baking powder, salt
- More heavy whipping cream (for topping)
- Powdered sugar
- Vanilla
- Cinnamon/sugar
Moving to central Oregon
We moved to central Oregon 4 years ago. Everything we had collected and owned for over 25 years of marriage went through our hands, packed into boxes. Then it either came into our new home, or is sitting in a small storage unit. Our plan is to eventually eliminate the storage unit, but for now, with 3 kids in their 20’s, it’s just not doable.
Part of our new existence over in central Oregon is that we feel lighter, in many ways.
We’ll probably never be stuff-less, as long as I enjoy entertaining. There are shelves in the garage with items that I want to keep, that help me with posts and entertaining. They’re organized by glass, decor, seasons, etc. Much I thinned through though, so I like the collection that I currently have.
But let’s talk neighbors.
One thing that I long to do, and I have not been good at (yet), is to be a good neighbor. Just yesterday I got a text from our neighbor back home (the ones that I would bring slices of cake or cookies or appetizers to on a regular basis).
Being a good neighbor
I’m looking forward to being a good neighbor again. You may be thinking “start now,” but quite honestly, we’ve been swamped with many guests this summer, and travels of our own. Now we have a list of people we long to connect with.
So for now, the perfect autumn cake for bringing a slice to your neighbor! Or, bring them the entire cake. :)
More fall desserts:
Pumpkin Spice Flourless Chocolate Cake, Apple Butter Pie Bars, Banana Split Honeycrisp Apple Nachos, Apple Pear Skillet Dessert, Apple Pie Dumplings.
Get the Recipe:
Cinnamon Apple Cream Cake
Ingredients
- 3 sweet apples, sliced and chopped (I used Fuji), unpeeled
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 tsp. almond extract
- 1 cup flour
- 1 tsp. cinnamon
- 1 ½ tsp. baking powder
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tsp. mixture cinnamon/sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F. Butter base and inside of wall of 9-inch springform pan, then lightly flour it. Shake out excess flour and set aside.
- Wash the apples. Thinly slice the apples with the peels on, and then cut into small pieces. Set aside.
- With a stand mixer, mix eggs and sugar on high speed until pale and slightly thickened. Reduce speed to medium and add 3/4 cup cream, vanilla, and almond extract; blend in.
- Add the flour, baking powder, and salt until evenly combined.
- Gently mix in the apples with spatula. Pour mixture into prepared baking pan and arrange apples flat (push down on the mixture with a spatula, spreading it flat).
- Bake the cake for 1 hour. Make sure and check the center with a toothpick to make sure it’s done. (Every oven heats differently.)
- Remove pan to rack to cool for 20 minutes. Then run spatula or butter knife around edge and remove rim of pan. Cool cake for another 10 minutes.
- Whip 1 cup of heavy whipping cream with powdered sugar and vanilla. Spread on top of the slightly cooled cake. Optional to dust with cinnamon and sugar; serve!
LOVE my KitchenAid mixer (and hand-mixer) for this recipe!
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In the first part of the recipe it calls for 3/4 whipping cream. Is that 3/4 cup?
Yes! It’s “cup,” and I fixed it. Thank you!
I’ve missed you! It’s not you, it’s me. (Sounds like a break up line) LOL! That cake looks amazing. I’m sure I could convert it to gluten free easily. And your neighbors don’t know how lucky they are to have you!!! But I’m sure they’ll find out soon enough.
HUGS! Kim
Oh lady. This looks delicious! I love apple cake with the peel left on and will be trying your adaptation pronto.
As for the feeling of lightness, yes to that and everything related. I am in a similar chapter myself, though we have no immediate plans to relocate. Just that craving to collect experiences more than things, I guess. Having kids leave the nest does something to us, doesn’t it?
You new neighbors are about to be so happy to know you and your husband!! True hospitality with lots of style and love. Enjoy the process and the new season. Please keep sharing all those hiking pics and these luscious recipes. I adore them.
Hugs from Oklahoma!