Easy Apple Cake
This Easy Apple Cake is mildly sweet, filled with apples, coconut, pecans, and drizzled with a dreamy cream cheese glaze. It’s a perfect dessert for Fall, any holiday, or Sunday brunch when you have a crowd.
Servings: 16
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup orange juice
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 3 medium apples ,shredded (about 3 cups)
- 1 cup sweetened, shredded coconut flakes
- 1 cup finely chopped pecans
For the glaze
- 8 ounce package cream cheese ,softened
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Generously coat a bundt pan with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, eggs, oil, orange juice, flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and vanilla extract; mix until thoroughly combined. Fold in the apples, coconut, and pecans.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for about 75 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean. (All oven temperatures run differently. Start checking at 65 minutes and check every 5 minutes until a tester comes out clean.)
- Allow cake to cool almost completely.
- Make the glaze - in a medium bowl with an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese powdered sugar until smooth. Blend in the milk, and vanilla until combined.
- Loosen the sides of the cake from the pan and carefully turn it out onto a stand, plate, or serving dish. Pour the glaze evenly over the top.
- Slice, serve, and enjoy!
- NOTE: For recipe variations, storing leftovers, and baking in a 9x13 pan instead, please refer to the full article.
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Nutrition
Serving: 16servings | Calories: 418kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 50mg | Sodium: 182mg | Potassium: 155mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 280IU | Vitamin C: 3.5mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1.7mg