APPLE SPICE SHEET CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
This delicious Apple Spice Sheet Cake is a family favorite and such a wonderful treat. It’s wonderful for any Fall gathering but we love it year round! Definitely save this wonderful cake, the frosting takes it to another level. It’s perfect for a potluck since it’s a sheet cake. Super easy to make and the fresh apples are so good in it. Spend a day at the orchard with family and friends and come home and make this cake!
Apple Spice Sheet Cake Ingredients Needed:
Apples, (I use red delicious but you could use about any kind for this recipe)
All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Baking soda
Ground cinnamon
Ground nutmeg
Salt
Butter
Eggs
White granulated sugar
Buttermilk
Vanilla extract
Pecans or walnuts, chopped
Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting Ingredients:
Cream cheese
Butter
Brown sugar
Powdered sugar
Vanilla extract
Personally this frosting is what really makes this cake amazing. The brown sugar with the spices in the cake is just so good! I think you could easily make this in a 9X13 cake pan too. I haven’t tried it, but see no reason why it wouldn’t work. I would add about 10 minutes to the baking time, but please check the center to see if it is done. You don’t want to over or under bake it.
“I loved this cake so much. I live alone and sort of was hesitant about baking it because of the size in a sheet pan, a lot of cake for one person…lol.. I made it and really loved it, gave most of it to friends and neighbors who raved about how delicious it was.” – Ricky
“This cake is incredible. The batter is really thick and I thought I did something wrong but it came out great. Frosting is not too sweet.” – Chris
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Apple Spice Sheet Cake with Brown Sugar Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
- 4 cups chopped apples (I use red delicious but you could use about any kind for this recipe. Peel, core and chop pieces a little smaller than a dime.)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 stick butter or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup softened
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup pecans or walnuts chopped
BROWN SUGAR CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:
- 8 ounces cream cheese softened
- 8 tablespoons butter or 1 stick or 1/2 cup softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt in a bowl.
- Cream butter, sugar and eggs with a mixer. Combine with flour, add buttermilk and vanilla and mix. Fold in chopped apples and nuts with a spoon. Spray or line a 10 x 15 jelly roll pan (this is a regular baking sheet with a lip all the way round it)
- I usually just line mine with aluminum foil.Spread cake mixture in pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool and frost
FROSTING INSTRUCTIONS
- Mix all ingredients together with mixer. Spread over cooled cake.
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