Description
Easy one-bowl Apple Cinnamon Sheet Cake recipe featuring tender spiced apples baked into a moist, flavorful cake. Perfect for feeding a crowd and made with simple pantry ingredients.
Ingredients
For the Apple Topping:
- 1½ pounds Gala or Honeycrisp apples (about 4-5 medium apples)
- ⅓ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
For the Cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 3 large eggs
- ¾ cup canola oil
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour (for dusting the pan)
For the Simple Icing:
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 tablespoons water
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Instructions
Grease that 9×13 pan like your life depends on it, then dust with flour. I learned this lesson after scraping half a cake off the bottom of my pan.
Peel and slice them thin – about as thick as a quarter. Toss with brown sugar and cinnamon. Let them sit while you do everything else.
Flour, sugar, baking powder, salt. Whisk it around in a big bowl.
Mix the wet stuff.
Eggs, oil, orange juice, vanilla. Another bowl. Make sure everything’s blended.
Dump the wet into the dry. Fold it together but don’t go crazy – lumps are fine. Over-mixing makes tough cake and nobody wants that.
Pour batter into your pan.Spread it around. Layer those sugary apples on top. Stick it in the oven for 30-35 minutes. You’ll know it’s done when it springs back a little when you poke the center.
While it’s still warm, mix powdered sugar with water until it’s drizzle-able. Pour over the whole thing.
Notes
Don’t peek at the cake until at least 25 minutes. I know it’s hard but trust me on this one. Opening the door makes things sink and nobody wants a sad, sunken cake.
Toss those apples in the sugar right when you slice them. Don’t let them sit around getting brown and gross.
If your oven runs hot like mine does, start checking at 28 minutes. Every oven’s different and mine likes to burn things when I’m not looking.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American