Potluck German Apple Cake
My mother made this German apple cake for my brothers and me when we were kids. It's an excellent choice for potlucks any time of year. —Edie DeSpain, Logan, Utah
Ingredients
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 4 cups chopped peeled tart apples
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans
- FROSTING:
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened
- 2 teaspoons butter, softened
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
Reviews
Love this recipe. I used less sugar. The first time l made it as per recipe. I chopped the apple's in food processor. The next time l didn't bother peeling apple's, just washed, quartered , cored and processed. No difference found in structure or taste of this lovely, moist cake. Have just made third cake.
Way too much oil. I cut it back to 1/2 cup and it was plenty. The second time I made this, I used 1/4 cup oil and 1/2 cup apple sauce and it was perfection!
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To Linton from Nov. 2017, did you, by any chance, use beat sugar or turbinado in your subsequent cakes. I’ve found they work differently and can be grainy.
Very easy and amazingly delicious! Only difference in mine was I used the Gala apples I had which aren't a "tart" Apple and I added a dash of vanilla to the frosting. Thats just personal preference, but it really is perfect just as written!
This was my first apple cake. I reduced sugar to 1.5 cups. The frosting was lacking flavor so I added some vanilla and cinnamon. Good, but I will try some other recipes before I make this again.
I used my own cream cheese frosting recipe instead of the one listed above, but that is the only change I made. My preferred apple for baking and eating out of hand is Golden Delicious and it works well in this moist cake. It's a little tedious peeling and chopping the apples, but after the first bite of yummy cake and cream cheese frosting, you'll find it so worthwhile in the end. It just tastes like Fall and makes a nice dessert for Thanksgiving.
This is a very forgiving and easy recipe, besides being crazy delicious. We prefer less sweet desserts so I reduce the sugar to 1 cup and omit the frosting. I add what apples I have: first time it was 4, tonight it was 6. Both cakes are perfect. I have found that just greasing the pan is not sufficient, so I grease and line with parchment paper and that works beautifully. Thank you for this terrific recipe!
Made this on Saturday, for Father's Day, and I must say, this is really, really good. The taste is incredible. Reminds me of what I ate when I lived in Germany. So, here's what I can tell you...I frosted 1/2 of it with cream cheese frosting, not the one with the recipe, another one I have that's much better. Anyway, I frosted 1/2 the cake and I left 1/2 the cake unfrosted. Most of us liked it unfrosted but one person preferred it with the frosting. But it really does not need frosting of any kind, at all. This is a really good cake. I will definitely be making this again. I did follow the recipe as written and I had no problems with it. I did bake the caked for about 45 minutes. I highly recommend you try this cake. You won't regret it.
Moist and really good, sweet and familiar but not as boring as some cakes. We'll make this one again sometime. Didn't use any sort of caramel topping, as we thought it was plenty sweet enough as is.