Our Family's Traditional Apple Cake: A Fail-Proof Recipe

Here is the recipe from the video... it took a lot of start and stopping but I got it!

Traditional Apple Cake

3 cups tart Apples (2 − 3 large, peeled, cored, chopped into 1/2” chunks)
2 tablespoons Sugar
2 tablespoons Cinnamon
2 cups Flour
2 cups Sugar
4 teaspoons Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon Salt
2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup Vegetable Oil
4 eggs


Pre heat oven to 350° and butter a bunt pan well.

In a large bowl toss apples in sugar, cinnamon, mixing well.

In another medium bowl combine flour, sugar, Baking Powder, salt, vanilla, vegetable oil, eggs; stir together until a batter just forms.

Stir apples into the batter mixture.

Pour apple batter mixture into a buttered bunt pan and bake at 350° for 65 minutes or until top is golden brown. Cake is done when tooth pick test comes out clean.

Let cake cool in the pan to room temperature.

Remove from cake pan and dust generously with powdered sugar or cream cheese frosting.

I can't wait to try this recipe! I love your delivery of the recipe in the video! you guys are great! I have a traditional family recipe that i would love to share with you! But I will write back when I have the actual recipe on hand! lol

This apple cake looks yummy and I decided to make it. Unfortunatelly, for me, it was too sweet and too greasy. I think 2 cups of sugar for 2 cups of flour plus a cup of oil is a little bit too much. I think healthy eating is not only buying fruit and vegetables on your local green market, but it is also a reasonalble sugar and salt intake. Having said that my next apple cake is going to have reduced ampunts of oil and sugar.

does anyone have a printed version of this recipe?.....it looks  great.

This was the first cake I have every baked. I messed up the first attempt by forgetting to grease the pan, but it was still tasty. The second version was a hit at my aunt's birthday party. 
Your family recipe will be apart of my family now as well. 
Thank you for sharing!

I cannot wait to try this.
there is a wonderful recipe that i make called simple apple squares.
i got it from this site: http://simpledailyrecipes.com/simple-apple-squares/

This was my first recipie that I made from you guys, and it was fabulous. We don't have a bundt pan, so i just used a regular glass pan...im pretty sure it is a 9 x 11. I also used the maple glaze on top and it turned out great. My family warms it up, and we add a scoop of vanilla ice cream on top. I put a picture up on my facebook, in my new "cooking" album. Its the third picture, I hope you guys are able to see it. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/album.php?aid=2059007&id=1369580802

I made this for a dessert auction at my school! thanks so much! I'm truly baking htis in the oven right now even! (loved it so much had to make it again!) but what is the music that you guys play?!?!?! its funny and I really like it!

I'm making this tonight as a birthday cake. But i have to say. this is the 4th? time i've made this and your batter is always much more watery then mine, mine is like a bread dough almost. very sticky...

but its always so good so i don't really care:)

hi rebecca & max! I made this for a party and everybody was raving about it!(:my first attempt in trying out this recipe & it turned out really well. (fail-proof indeed) most of my apple chunks floated to the top after it was baked tho. anyway, I really enjoy watching all your shows! makes me so hungry after all the good stuff you cook.

I hate apples but, i want a slice now! ^____^

I made this cake for a friend, and though it was very dense (I had to carry it over, and  it was PRETTY heavy!lol) and a little bit sweet for my taste, it was delicious and a hit! the cake was finished within the next day!

Just made this cake with some oldish apples that were almost beyond saving--it was great! It was a perfect end to a crazy weekend. Thanks so much!

i just finished my apple cake tonight, and whoa!!!  i've never had anything so moist and delicious.  the mix of cake and warm apples is amazing!!  :D  i'm so glad i found this site.  thank you, and thank the great family recipe.

this would definitely be  great around thanksgiving morning with some coffee YUM!

I am going to attempt to make this today!!  
I would love to see an episode on making bread!  that would be sweet!!

I made this cake the other day and it tasted so good! I even gave to my friends to try and they looked it too! One of them even asked me for the recipe and she's making it tomorrow!

I veganized this delish dish with replacing eggs with applesauce and OMG!!! "Fail Proof" is an understatement!

I'm loving these episodes. Great dishes, and even better prices. Keep it up. I love that you keep it simple, im a terrible cook, and these are just perfect for my skill set!

Also, im an aspiring film maker. The style that your show is shot in is inviting and natual feeling. If you dont mind me asking, what Camera is used to film your show?

Thanks!

I love apple pie but really suck at making the crust so I am way excited to try this!  I live in a country with no DIY networks.  I came over from threadbangers and I Love watching your show!

It's decided, i'm going to try out this recipe this weekend, it will be the first one of your recipes since i just discovered your show^^

ive made this 2 days in a row! deeelish!

I've made apple cake twice (so far).  Once using rice flour (as I have kids with gluten issues), and it was still great.  And again with white flour, and it was phenomenal.  Thanks so much for sharing.

I really love the way you two relate to eachother on camera--"gimmee this, gimmee this, gimmee this, you're too delicate" is classic and whatever you're making ends up looking so good I can almost taste it! Can't wait for today's episode.

What song is this?

Hi there! Just finished watching this episode and I must say I LOVE what you guys do here! I'll definitely try out this recipe since I can get all the ingerdients needed in here aka Switzerland^^ Keep up the great work, already awaiting your next vid! 
Love, Lexie

I love to cook and I love your recipes!  Keep up the good work!

putting the recipes in is a good idea indeed .

Extra apples! Make apple butter! it would be a wonderful topping for the cake or just toast cause the cake looks moist enough. Also what you guys should start doing is posting the recipes in  your blog.

You two are awesome! Oh, and of course Humphrey! I am going to try this recipe out for Thanksgiving! THANKS! :)

my dad has an OLD cookbook from his mom, my grandma which i never got to meet :'() and it has this amazing recipe for apple squares and we made them a while back. When i was talking to him, i said that he had kept the cookbook in such good condition and literaly 3 seconds later the cover got ripped off

I've only watched this episode but i already love you guys!!you make good food and its not impossible to make like some of Martha Stewart's stuff or Ming Sia's stuff they are both awesome chefs but difficult to follow sometimes thanks so much for the great ideas because I  love to cook!!!

se ve muy rico y facil de hacer, gracias por compartir.
saludos desde chihuahua, mexico

Made this for my hubby this week for our anniversary, and we both LOVED it!  Thanks so much for sharing, and thanks to the Threadbanger crew for the headsup.

i made this today and everyone loves it!!!
thanks so much for this recipe!
we went apple picking too and i used those apples ♥

I was wanting to do something with apples this weekend.  Apple crisp is getting old and my apple pies end up runny.  This cake is just the thing for me to try!  Glad Threadbanger sent me here.

WOW! I am so excited to try this out! I am so thankful to Threadbanger for giving a shout out to you! What an amazingly delicious show you have! LOVE IT! I have a wonderful recipe for Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies with Cream Cheese filling. Great for fall.. only draw back is they need to be refrigerated untill serving.

What I love about this show is the same thing I love about Barefoot Contessa: it feels cozy and warm, and visually it's so beautifully shot. 
I signed up for NextNewNetworks just for this show.
Found you through threadbanger! Yay!

You really have to pass these things by me before you call them fail-proof. ;) We made this today (me and my 4 year old). It's delicious but I had to chip it out of the pan so it's not so attractive. We're in Denver, so maybe it's a high altitude thing? Or maybe we weren't supposed to use a one piece bundt pan...

Is the recipe on the site somewhere or do I need to write it down from the video?   I really enjoy the show, btw!

So I just thought I'd mention that Aunt Tracy got the recipe from my mother so don't go starting any family squabbles over recipe rights - cause our family never does that!  Seriously, the proper name is french fry cake because I thought she was cutting up potatoes the first time she made this cake.  It's sooo good.   We just went apple picking too.  How about a good smoooooth apple sauce recipe?

You guys are great!  I love spending these intimate little moments with you.

xoxo k

In the fall, I make an apple onion and cheddar pizza. It's so economical, and easy to source locally!

It is quite nice watching people cook in a real kitchen. Thank you so much for sharing the recipe.  I will definitely make it after we finish off the pumpkin bread I just made!

omg... I love you both sooo much!  I can't get enough of your videos.  Please keep it up!  I'm making this cake this weekend and I'll be sure to let you know how it turns out. :)

Is it light, like a sponge cake? or denser? For Rosh Hashanah my Aunt Rose made a honey cake dense enuf to be a door stop, but she made it with a generous amount of whiskey, so it worked out just fine. Aunt Rose also made the best Kichel, really light and sugary, a real old time treat.
You guys always evoke wonderfully delicious food memories. Thanks

Sounds Great, but I'd add some cranberries or raisens.  Thanks for the recipe

Love that Jewish Apple Cake. Someday I'll get my Mom's recipe (Aunt Tracy) and make it on my own!!! Keep the show going, my friends at Brandeis LOVE wcf mondays

I never knew you could freeze apples! Now I know what else you're making for Thanksgiving dessert! Yum.

Great Apple Cake. In Germany we make the cake a little bit different. But your way to make the apple cake is interesting. Total easy! Perfect for me :)

Oh my gawrsh I love apple picking. Getting out of the city during fall is a MUST. Reminds me I need to do just that ... before all the leaves turn to mush ... boo on this fake fall.

My grandmother gave me her recipe for cranberry pudding before she passed away. The pudding is tart and moist but my favorite part is the cream sauce drizzled on top. It's fairly cheap, the only things you have to spend money on are the cranberries and the molasses. It's perfect for Christmas time.