There is no hyperbole in the title of this post. Today I feel as if I am giving you an early fall gift! This amazing cake has been in my recipe box for decades! I first had Raw Apple Cake when I was in college and loved it so much I actually asked for the recipe. I think this might be the first recipe I ever asked for! If you make one thing this fall you should make the best apple cake ever!
If early fall were a food it would be this cake. And did I mention this cake is insanely easy to make? A win/win for sure!
This is an encore of a very old post. But it’s spiffed up with a pretty printable recipe!
I made it in a bundt pan for years and years but then started to make it in two large loaf pans. Either way, it works perfectly! Use the largest loaf pan you have. Don’t worry about the size as long as the batter does not come up over 2/3 of the pan.
Raw Apple Cake is dense with a crisp outer layer. It’s filled with apples and walnut flavor! YUM!
It freezes great and makes a memorable hostess gift. Just remember to include a link to this post or your host will be asking for the recipe!
- 3 cups raw apples, cored, and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces (Do not peel apples)
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup walnuts, chopped
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, salt and baking soda.
- In another medium bowl whisk together the oil, eggs and vanilla.
- Add the egg mixture to the dry ingredients and mix by hand. This batter will be VERY VERY stiff… like cookie dough.
- Add the apples and walnut and mix in.
- Generously spay the pans with cooking spray for baking. Put mixture into pans.
- Bake for one hour. Test the center of the cake to make sure it is done. I found this cake sometimes takes longer than an hour to completely cook all the way through.
- Let the cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes. Then turn over onto a wire rack.
- Serve with vanilla ice cream. Can be frozen.
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Hi Yvonne,
May I halve the recipe to make only one cake?
Has anyone?
Lou
We just made this, and it’s mouthwatering. Keep the ice cream frozen is a good idea, especially if eating it warm. Which we loved it that way. Yum! Thank you so much. This will be added to my winter and summer dessert.
Hi Ivory! I’m making this easy recipe today in my new oven! What a delicious way to break it in!
Apple cake sounds great
I will give it a try.
Thanks for sharing.
Yvonne,
I make a cake like this with the only difference being that I use 4 cups chopped apples and I let them set in the sugar along with the nuts for 1 hr prior to mixing. I stir the apple mixture once every 15 minutes for the hour, then just add the flour, eggs, and all the other ingredients to the apples and mix well. I bake it in a tube pan for about 1 hr, 15 min or until a toothpick comes out dry. This is one of my favorite cakes!
Thus was amazing!♡
I’m going to try your Apple cake recipe soon with exception, I will be peeling the apples. I don’t understand why you would leave the peeling as they tend to be tough and chewey, Just my opinion…made lots of Apple cakes, none of the recipes called for unpeeled Apples…..thanks
I can hardly wait to make this dish, tomorrow, and for the holidays. Thanks for sharing.
Oh my goodness Yvonne!-If I didn’t already love you and your blog enough, you had to add this recipe!! I love fall and always anticipate breaking out my fall recipes each year. This one is on the menu at my house this week for sure:)…and like the others have commented, I can’t wait to try an apple recipe that doesn’t need the apples peeled…wahooo!-Thanks a bunch!
What variety of apples would you recommend ? Thx
For this apple cake any apple will do. My favorites are granny smith and McIntosh.
YUM! One of my favorites — I’ve been making this for over 30 years. It’s gone in a flash, too! A good reminder, I may make it this week, as my kids will be here for a quick visit — and what a great thing to send back with them!
My family makes this and it is soooooo good! My daughter had a good idea and sifted powder sugar on it then drizzles carmel sauce artistically on it. It looked great and tasted great too…kinda like a carmel apple.
I made this cake last night. Delicious! Wonderful texture! Even the dog, who generally doesn’t care that much about cake, was determined to have some. And this morning he’s looking for more.
I made this last year and it is wonderful! Make it just as the recipe states and you will love the smell and enjoy the cake! Thanks for reposting and I will make it again!
Yummy! I was just talking to my boss the other day about how much I love apples, and apple anything! I’ve printed your recipe, and am going to make this soon. Perfect for this upcoming Fall season.
Thank you for sharing this recipe I look forward in trying it. I wanted to ask you and your readers if anyone has a white gingerbread recipe? I enjoyed this growing up 45 years ago. It was a family recipe that belonged to a friend of mine. It was kept under great protection and not shared. I so miss this wonderful treat. Have never found the recipe. Any help would be be appreciated.
I’ve never heard of white gingerbread. Wow!
Sounds delicious. What are the dimensions of your loaf pans?
I have 2 apple trees and just harvested them for the first time. This Raw Apple Cake sounds wonderful I have a question. The write up before the recipe says apples and cinnamon but the recipe doesn’t call for any spices including cinnamon. Can that be correct? I want to get it right.
I’ve been making this for decades and I know there is no cinnamon in it. Don’t use any either. Just enjoy the apple taste. Sorry, I had a brain lapse.
I have to try this. I love apple anything!
How long did you bake it when using a bundt pan? Also, what size loaf pans do you use? This sounds delicious!
Try an hour and check it. It is a very dense and moist cake.
Yvonne, this cake is calling my name! Looks sooo delish…if I may ask, what size pans dp you use for this recipe, & are green apples the only/best choice? I wish I could just reach through my screen & grab a slice! lol Thanx for sharing! LOVE your site so very much.
Use a 6 cup loaf pan. Or the biggest one you have. It’s not rocket science.
This recipe sounds delicious & I plan to try it but before I do, you mentioned that it had cinnamon but don’t see it listed in the ingredients. If you could clarify that, I’d appreciate it:) Thanks for sharing!
No cinnamon, my bad!
Please provide info on the number and sizes of pans recommended.
I have been making this cake for almost 50 years. When I make it it announces to family and guests that autumn is just around the corner.
Sounds delicious…have you had many comments saying there was cinnamon in your description of the cake but none listed in the recipe. it happens to all of us. Jere
No Cinnamon. Sorry!
this looks wonderful!! Can’t wait to try it – thank you so much for sharing <3
Generously grease the pans…what size pans. Don’t want to mess this up when I make it
Really just use the biggest loaf pan you have. I use a 6 cup loaf pan
You mention cinnamon, but none is mentioned in the ingredients !
See comments above.
This looks delicious,I think I may have to try it.Thanks Yvonne for the recipe.
Yvonne,
Your recipe is so timely. I just picked a big batch of apples during our trip to the mountains over Labor Day (in Arizona). I have been looking for a great apple cake and look forward to trying this!
I am not sure if she just fixed this or what, but it says 3 cups of flour.
Yes, you can add raisins, you can leave the nuts out and you can use melted butter instead.
I tried it all and it worked! Delicious!
Don’t use butter. It will change the consistency of the recipe. Raisins sounds good but please try the nuts.
Read the recipe and knew I had to go make it right away. Since I read your article before the recipe, I knew to use loaf pans. My husband came into the kitchen about 10 minuets after in went into the oven and Jett asking what smelled so good. This is a real winner.
Cake looks yummy. Pan size is not included in t he recipe.
See above messages
I have tried several prints of various pages for Apple cake recipe. I cut and taped to get rid of colorful “socks “ ad and more. Never did get a whole recipe. Can’t you add a printable recipe for us? Thanks
Hi Mary this is a printable recipe. Hit print and your printer should spit out a very nice recipe for you.
I just printed it out without an issue. If you look to the upper left of the recipe, you will see a “PRINT” button. Press on that and you will only get the actual recipe to print out.
Thank you for sharing! I have to make this soon, yum crunchy outside too!
Love that the apples don’t have to be peeled! Wonder if I could add raisins?
Oh Yvonne…. you had me at don’t peel the apples with this recipe! I will definitely make this, sounds wonderful!
Looks stunning, but I can’t find the size of “the pans”? What size pans?
Hi Yvonne, Sounds delicious! I didn’t see what size pans you used. Sounds like maybe loaf pans but not sure.
Yvonne…..unfortunately….. 🙂 the amount of flour needed in the Raw Apple Cake…was overlooked, I’m afraid. The Cake sounds delicious…and easy enough for me to bake….but, would like to know the about of flour. Just an oversight, I’m sure….you are a Busy Lady 😉
Thank You,
Lynda Tupman
How much flour is needed? Are any other ingredients omitted from the recipe? Thanks.
Cinnamon?
No cinnamon.
No flour in the recipe…
There is no flour in this recipe. Would you please check this omission and let me know. Thanks
Hello, Yvonne. This looks delicious! Do you know if it could be made with a different fat (e.g., melted butter)? I dislike using vegetable oil in baking. Also, could you leave out the walnuts or would you need to substitute something to make it work? Thank you!
No, don’t sub butter for oil. It will really change the texture and taste of the apple cake.