Moist and sweet, this easy French Apple cake recipe will be a winner this autumn. Served still warm from the oven with ice cream, or cold with custard, it’s the perfect afternoon treat on a cool blustery day.

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A slice of Easy French apple cake on a blue and white plate

I love Autumn, mainly for the apples. I’m not so much a pumpkin spiced girl, even though I make the spice for my Love.

I’m specifically a cinnamon apple girl.

Which is strange since I don’t eat a ton of apples fresh. Apples can be so varied in texture and sourness that there are only a few that I really like.

Unless you cook them. and sprinkle them with brown sugar. And cinnamon. Then I’m all in!

Apple pie, apple crumble, apple and cinnamon oatmeal, apple fritters, sticky toffee apple cake, and now, this gorgeous French apple cake.

A decorative white and blue pie dish with chopped sliced apples next to it

I first came across this at a friend’s house and practically begged her for the recipe. I have made this quite a few times and always text her to thank her.

One of the benefits of this cake is you can have the apples as you like them. For us, because my husband doesn’t like it when cooked apples go mushy, I keep them sliced so they hold their shape and texture a little more.

But if you prefer smaller pieces of apple, go ahead and chop them up a bit more. That’s the beauty of it, it’s all how you prefer it.

Why You’ll Love This Easy French Apple Cake

It’s warm and inviting
It’s really easy to make with basic pantry ingredients
It’s a great way to use up apples that may not look the best
It’s simple but impressive
There’s no icing, so if that’s not your thing, this is the cake for you
You can cut the apple up small or leave large slices, however you prefer

I love to bake mine in my fancy pie dish, because I think it looks pretty, but you can use what you have. Make it for high tea with the in-laws, or with a mug of coffee on the sofa. It fits any occasion and you’ll make it time and again.

What you’ll need

A bowl/ Stand mixer

A Spatula to scrap out the batter

A cake pan or pie dish – See below for Shop this Post

Ingredients

1/2 cup softened butter

2/3 Cup Granulated Sugar

2 eggs

1 1/4 cup flour

1tbsp Milk

1 tsp Baking Powder

1 tbsp Vanilla

1/2 tsp salt

2 Apples, cored, peeled and chopped/sliced

Method

Preheat the oven to 180c/375f
In the bowl of a stand mixer, or a bowl with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and the sugar until pale and fluffy

Sift the Dry ingredients together in a seperate bowl, then add the eggs, vanilla and milk to the butter and sugar and mix gently.

The wet and dry ingredients for a French apple cake

Add the dry ingredients slowly to the wet ingredients until just combined. Don’t ovemx at this point, it will make the cake denser.
Add the apples and fold gently into the batter.

French apple cake batter in a glass bowl, beside a waiting pie dish

Pour the batter into the prepared cake tin or pie dish and smooth the surface with the spatula.
Sprinkle on a tbsp. of Granulated sugar and place in the oven.

French Apple cake batter in a pie dish with apple scraps next to it

Bake for 40 mins or until a skewer comes away clean.

A cooked French apple cake in a pie dish

Allow to cool for 10 mins before removing from the pan
Serve warm with ice cream, or cold with custard!

This cake will make it onto your baking rota, no problem. And I will pass my thanks on to my friend in advance. 🙂

Until next time friends x

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