Spiced Apple Cake

Name: Spiced Apple Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 15 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Ingredients: APPLES; 5 apples (cortland, macintosh, or empire); 2 Tbsp lemon juice; 1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice; 2 Tbsp sugar; CAKE; 1 1/2 c flour; 1 1/2 c almond meal; 1 Tbsp baking powder; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 c sugar; 1/2 c truvia; 1 c butter, room temperature; 4 eggs; 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; 1 tsp almond extract; 1/4 c chai tea; 1/4 c whisky, or more chai tea if you prefer not to use whisky; 2 Tbsp sugar; 1/2 tsp cinnemon; 1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice

By Christine M.
@cmontecillo

I took a few notes and combined a few recipes to come up with this. This cake taste more "muffin like" than "cake like" as it is not overly sweet. I make it as a cake in a 9x13 pan, but you could also do it in muffin tins or in bread pans. Goes great with vanilla ice cream, coffee, and/or tea.

Rating:

★★★★★ 4 votes5

Comments:

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Prep:

30 Min

Cook:

1 Hr 15 Min

Ingredients

APPLES
5

apples (cortland, macintosh, or empire)
2 Tbsp

lemon juice
1 Tbsp

pumpkin pie spice
2 Tbsp

sugar
CAKE
1 1/2 c

flour
1 1/2 c

almond meal
1 Tbsp

baking powder
1/2 tsp

salt
1 c

sugar
1/2 c

truvia
1 c

butter, room temperature
4

eggs
1 tsp

pure vanilla extract
1 tsp

almond extract
1/4 c

chai tea
1/4 c

whisky, or more chai tea if you prefer not to use whisky
2 Tbsp

sugar
1/2 tsp

cinnemon
1/2 tsp

pumpkin pie spice
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How to Make Spiced Apple Cake

Step-by-Step

Peel, core, and cut apples into very small cubes. Mix apples in a large bowl with lemon juice, pumpkin pie spice, and sugar. Set aside.
Preheat oven to 350. Mix flour, almond meal, baking powder, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside
Cream together butter, sugar, and truvia.
Add eggs, vanilla extract, almond extract, chai tea, and whisky to butter mixture. Mixture will be lumpy.
Add flour mixture to egg mixture 1/2 cup at a time. Mix until well blended.
Add apples to cake mixture, fold apples in carefully until just mixed.
Pour cake mixture into a well greased 9x13 pan (alternatively, you can use muffin tins or bread pans).
Mix the remaining sugar, pumpkin pie spice, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle mixture over cake.
Bake at 350 for 1 hour to 75 minutes, or until toothpick comes out clean.