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Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake | Melanie Makes

Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 418kcal
Author: Melanie Bauer | Melanie Makes
This easy seven ingredient Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake is a humble little cake that wows with it's delicious cinnamon sugar crust.  
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Ingredients

Cinnamon Sugar

  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 cup sugar

Apple Cake

  • 4 Granny Smith apples unpeeled, cored and diced into 1/2" pieces (approximately 4 cups)
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

Cinnamon Sugar

  • In a small bowl, stir together cinnamon and sugar.

Apple Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, add apples, eggs and applesauce. Mix on low speed until combined.
  • Add flour, sugar, salt baking soda and cinnamon to bowl and mix until just combined.
  • Grease tube pan and coat sides and bottom with cinnamon sugar mixture. Reserve extra cinnamon sugar mixture.
  • Bake for 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center of cake removes cleanly.
  • Allow cake to cool five minutes before removing from pan to cool completely.
  • Garnish with reserved cinnamon sugar mixture, as desired.

Nutrition

Calories: 418kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 61mg | Sodium: 385mg | Potassium: 176mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 68g | Vitamin A: 145IU | Vitamin C: 4.5mg | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 2mg