4.9 from 14 votes
Apple and Cinnamon Cake
This Easy Apple and Cinnamon Cake is a really lovely, simple cake that can be made with basic ingredients and is ready in under 45 minutes. I love baking this cake as it fills my kitchen with the lovely aromas of apple and cinnamon. It’s a good cake to make with children too – my kids love helping me make (and eat!) this cake.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Servings:
8
slices
Calories:
357 kcal
Course:
Dessert, Snacks, Cake, Baked Goods
Cuisine:
British
Ingredients
- 175 g butter softened, or margarine
- 175 g dark soft brown sugar plus an extra tablespoon for sprinkling on top (See Note 1)
- 3 egg medium
- 175 g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (or 2 teaspoons if you really like cinnamon!)
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 cooking apple or two small dessert apples, large; bramley apple
Instructions
- Pre-heat your oven to 180C / 160C fan / gas mark 4 / 350F. Grease a 20cm (8inch) cake tin and line the bottom with baking paper.
- Put the butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl and beat until pale and fluffy, using a wooden spoon (or an electric hand whisk).
- Add the eggs one at a time. Thoroughly mix in each egg before adding in the next one.
- Add in the flour and the cinnamon and carefully mix together using a wooden spoon. Stop when all the flour is incorporated – don’t over mix at this stage!
- Add the 2 tablespoons of milk and stir in gently.
- Peel and core your apple. Cut half of the apple into 10 slices. Chop the other half into small pieces (roughly ½cm / ¼inch cubes).
- Put the small pieces of apple into the cake mixture and stir gently to combine.
- Tip the cake batter into your greased and lined tin and gently smooth the top with the back of a wooden spoon. Arrange your apple slices on top and sprinkle a tablespoon of brown sugar as evenly as possible over the top of the cake.
- Bake in your pre-heated oven for 25 minutes. Check if the cake is done by inserting a skewer (or the handle of a teaspoon) into the centre of the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done. If the skewer is covered in cake batter cook for a further 3 minutes and check again.
- When the cake is done, allow it to cool for 10 minutes in the tin, then turn out onto a wire cooling rack. Serve warm or cold, on it's own or with cream, ice cream or custard.
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Notes
- You can use any sugar you like to make this cake. I prefer the richer, slightly smoky flavour of dark soft brown sugar, but you can use light soft brown sugar, demerara sugar or even caster sugar, if that's all you have!
- Suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
Nutrition Information
Calories
357kcal
(18%)
Carbohydrates
41g
(14%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Cholesterol
109mg
(36%)
Sodium
188mg
(8%)
Potassium
108mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
24g
(48%)
Vitamin A
648IU
(13%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
44mg
(4%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 slices
Amount Per Serving
Calories 357
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 357kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 109mg | 36% |
| Sodium | 188mg | 8% |
| Potassium | 108mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 24g | 48% |
| Vitamin A | 648IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 44mg | 4% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.