Name: Apple Dapple Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 80 min
Ingredients: 3 cup all purpose flour; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1 cup pecans (chopped); 1 cup vegetable oil; 2 cup sugar; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoon vanilla; 3 cups raw apples (peeled and chopped fine); 1 cup packed brown sugar (for sauce); 1/4 cup milk (for sauce); 3/4 cup butter (1 -1/2 sticks (for sauce))

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Mama has been making this old fashioned apple dapple cake for as long as I can remember. It’s always signaled the arrival of apple season for us!

Don’t you just love the taste of brown sugar? I mean, all on its own, I just love brown sugar. Whenever I am baking with it, I can’t help but to get a pinch out for myself. Lucky is the day when I find a few precious lumps within the bag!

The wonderful thing about Mama’s Apple Dapple Cake (and I do mean WONDERFUL) is that the resulting flavor is a perfect blend of fresh apples and buttery brown sugar. With the special brown sugar soaking sauce poured over the cake and allowed to soak in before removing the cake from the pan, it is by far the moistest cake I’ve ever baked. As if the flavor (and smell!) were not enough, the slices are gorgeous, too. Thick slices showcase bits of apple and the slightly granular texture around the edges of the tender crust brought on by the brown sugar. If you’ve ever wanted to win someone over through their stomach, THIS cake is a home run.

Ingredients You’ll need Are:

Apples
Flour
Salt
Baking Soda
Sugar
Vegetable Oil
Vanilla
Eggs
Pecans

For the brown sugar soaking sauce that goes on top of the Apple Dapple Cake you’ll need:

Brown Sugar
Milk
Butter

What Kind of Apples Should I Use?

As pictured, I always use Granny Smith apples due to how the tart flavor combines well with the sweetness of this dish. You can also use Honey Crisp, Braeburn, Jonathan or Jonagold, even Golden Delicious works. Let me know in the comments what apples you use for baking.

How to Make Apple Dapple Cake Step by Step

In your mixing bowl, place oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix until blended.

You can do this by hand or using an electric mixer. Go with your mood.

Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt (I just stir them together in a separate bowl).

Add this to your wet ingredients and mix until blended again.

Like this. It’s a nice thick dough at this point.

Peel and chop apples into little chunks. If you have chickens, they love apple peels.

If you don’t have chickens consider getting some at some point in your life because they’re awesome! (I actually don’t have chickens right now but have in the past)

Add chopped apples and pecans to dough.

Stir those together until they are fully incorporated.

Prepare your pan either by greasing with shortening and flouring, or by using one of those handy, dandy cooking sprays.

Spoon your apple dapple cake batter into your pan. My mother uses a tube pan but whenever I bake this I just use a bundt pan. Either one is fine.

Bake this in the oven at 350 for one hour.

About ten minutes before your cake is done, you need to make this AMAZING sauce to pour over the cake while it is still hot in the pan.

You will need: Dark brown sugar, milk, and butter.

Place milk, butter, and brown sugar in a sauce pot.

Sir this together on the stove eye at medium to medium high heat, bringing to a gentle boil. Once it starts boiling gently, keep stirring and cook for about three minutes. Remove from heat. Remove hot delicious cake from the oven.

Look at that beauty!

While the Apple Dapple cake is still piping hot in the pan, pour the sauce over it and let it all sit until it soaks it up.

OH MERCY!

I mean, LOOK AT THAT CAKE!!!!

The sauce will soak up, just be patient.

Leave the cake in the pan until it has cooled completely.

WOW. LOOK AT THAT CAKE!!!!

Each bite is positively infused with chunks of apple, toasty pecans, and that amazing brown sugar soaking sauce!

This cake is the darling of Fall baking.

I hope you get to make it soon!

Might oughta make two 😉