33 amazing apple cakes

With peak apple season upon us, it’s time to enjoy one of our fruity apple cake recipes for morning or afternoon tea.

The recipes in this list showcase the incredible versatility of the humble apple. Not just a lunch box staple, its flavour compliments both sweet and savoury foods. But you’re here for some amazing cake recipes! So choose from recipe like our awesome apple crunch cake with whole poached apples baked inside, to our pure apple cake made from sliced apple, an apple miso upside-down cake, streusel cakes, tea cakes and more.

After something for dessert? Plenty of these cake recipes are indulgent enough to suit, like our dreamy, layered apple carrot cake or the toffee apple cake. Serve them with a dollop of fresh cream, or some ice-cream or custard for an extra indulgence.

Preparing apples

Here are a few Test Kitchen tips to help when you bake these cakes:

Cut apples will gradually go brown, so if you have to peel or cut them ahead of using, you can brush with a little lemon juice to destroy the enzyme that causes darkening.
Wash the apples just before you intend to use them.
High-sugar apple varieties will keep their shape better when cooked.

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Simple apple loaf cake

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Chai-spiced apple crumble cake

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Apple streusel cake

A moist, deliciously dense cake.

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Pure apple cake with golden syrup custard

Made from little more than apples and a touch of spice, the long slow-cooking concentrates the apple taste.

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Moist apple and date cake

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A slice of this a day keeps the doctor away!

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Spiced apple cupcakes

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Spiced apple stack with toffee apples

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Apple sour cream cake

Deliciously moist, this sour cream and apple cake is perfect served straight from the oven with a dollop of ice-cream.

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Spiced apple stack cake

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Retro apple bake

For a nostalgic bake, try our Apple Charlotte recipe. This recipe from the Women’s Weekly archives proves that sometimes, there’s no improving on a classic! In our vintage recipe, the beautiful apple and nutmeg filling is encased in a pastry shell and topped with passionfruit icing. This moist apple and date cake from our baking archives is also a tried-and-tested classic.

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