This super simple Apple Pie Cake is the perfect dessert this holiday season! Fresh chopped apples, flour sugar, and spices - baked in a pie plate and topped with whipped cream!
I love to have recipes like this on hand for when we have a few stray apples that no one is interested in eating. This usually happens in our family with various fruits and vegetables and I know I can't be the only one!
In this particular case, we had 5 or 6 apples that had been forgotten in the bottom of our counter top fruit basket. The boys are really funny; they go through periods of time where they're on a specific fruit kick. Of course after they were through the "apple phase" that turned into the "mandarin orange" phase. I think that was kicked off at Reuben's birthday party when I set out a huge bowl of them. I think Wesley and my nephew Elliott ate almost the whole bowl themselves! I was actually really happy because there are definitely worse things they could be binge eating, that's for sure.
Anyway, I discovered some apples that had skin that was just starting to wrinkle a bit. As I cut inside, the fruit was perfectly fine! But I knew there was NO WAY the boys would eat them just by looking at the outside. Baked goods are usually where ugly fruit goes in this house, and this Apple Pie Cake is no different! Apple pie is my all-time favorite dessert. Yes, even over chocolate. I know that is very hard to believe! This is a great dessert to make when you have company coming at the last minute, but also good to take to Thanksgiving dinner as well.
Apple Pie Cake
By Kelly Miller
Apple pie ingredients made into a cake recipe and topped with whipped cream.
Ingredients: 1/2 cup butter, softened 1 egg 1 cup sugar 1 teaspoon apple pie spice 1 cup flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 1/2 cups peeled and chopped apples whipped cream Instructions:
Beat butter, egg, and sugar in a large mixing bowl. In a separate bowl, stir together apple pie spice, flour, salt, and baking soda.
Gradually beat flour mixture into the sugar mixture until just moistened.
Gently stir in chopped apples. Spread into a greased pie dish.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 - 35 minutes. Serve warm with whipped cream.
This was one of our new favorite desserts in this house. It is absolutely perfect with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and a drizzle of caramel ice cream topping, too. If you try this Apple Pie Cake, let me know what you think in the comment section below - I'd love to hear from you! Happy Baking!
