French Apple Cake
When you need a fresh apple recipe, why not try this French Apple Cake? A soft, tender cake filled with soft-cooked apples makes this easy cake taste fancy. And yes, it even looks fancy, BUT it’s so simple to make you’ll make it anytime you want to impress people.
Heck, you can even use this cake as a birthday cake. It’s just nice. It looks pretty, and the best part? You don’t have to make or fool with frosting.
What do I need to make a French Apple Cake?
This is one of those recipes that you don’t need to think a whole lot about before making it. Most everything you need is probably already in the house.
- apples
- all-purpose flour
- salt
- baking powder
- eggs
- milk
- vanilla
- sugar
- butter
- powdered sugar *optional*
- mixing bowls
- 9-inch springform pan
What kind of apples do I need to use?
The best kind of apples for this cake recipe are crisp and tart apples. I used Granny Smith apples. But read my best apples for baking post to see if perhaps there are other apples you can use.
Granny Smith will hold their form better than soft apples. They won’t melt down in the cake and get mushy. Apples that are softer to start with have a tendency to get mushy when baked.
And let’s be honest if you HAVE apples and want to make this cake, then make it. The apples will do what they’re going to do, and you’ll STILL have a cake. Sure, they might get too soft, but you’ll have cake, AND you’ll have used up those apples lingering in the fridge. So I say go for it. And let me know how it goes.
To peel or not to peel apples
I think it depends on the recipe and the apples whether or not you peel apples. I know for my apple crumble we left the peels on and it worked just fine. For this cake, we peeled them. Sometimes apple peels, when cooked, can get a little tough and crispy. So it’s totally up to you, I think you can do either.
Got Leftovers?
This cake is best made and served on the same day. Any leftovers can be covered tightly and stored in the refrigerator for up to 4 days.
French Apple Cake
Equipment
- 1 9-inch springform
Ingredients
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup butter melted
- 4 cups apples peeled, cored, and sliced thinly (4-5 medium granny smith apples)
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar *optional* for sprinkling
Instructions
- oreheat oven to 350º
- combine flour, salt, and baking powder, and set aside
- whisk eggs well and whisk in milk and vanilla
- stir in sugar, and mix well and set aside,
- peel, core, and slice apples
- going back to batter, stir in the flour mixture, and then butter, until mixed smooth
- fold in apple slices until completely coated
- pour batter into a greased 9” spring form pap
- bake in preheated oven for 70 minute
- remove from oven and let rest 10-15 minutes
- loosen edges of the pan, and release springform
- sprinkle with powdered sugar
- serve warm or cold
