Apple Fritter Cake

Submitted by Jazz Lover

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photo by Marie Nixon

Ready In:: 1hr 20mins
Ingredients:: 22
Serves:: 12

ingredients

Filling
1 cup sliced apple
¹⁄₃ cup sugar
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cinnamon
1 small pinch freshly grated nutmeg
2 tablespoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons water
¹⁄₂ cup brown sugar
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
Cake
¹⁄₃ cup butter
³⁄₄ cup sugar
¹⁄₂ cup applesauce
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
2 ¹⁄₄ cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup Greek yogurt (you could use plain yogurt as well or sour cream)
Glaze
2 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons milk

directions

For filling: Make your filling by combining apples, sugar, water, cinnamon and cornstarch in a small saucepan. Cook on low heat for 5 to 7 minutes, stirring constantly until the sauce is thickend and the apples are a bit soft. Set aside to cool. In a small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together until well combined and set aside.
For Cake: Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a 9×13 baking dish. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add applesauce and vanilla and mix till combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Sift the dry ingredients together. Add the dry ingredients to the batter in three parts alternating with the yogurt in two parts, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat until just combined.
Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan. Spoon the cooled apple mixture over the batter carefully and spread as evenly as possible. Sprinkle 2/3 of brown sugar cinnamon mixture over apples and cover with the rest of the batter. Sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar cinnamon mixture over the top.
Bake for 45-55 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
For Glaze: While the cake is baking, make the glaze. In a bowl, mix the powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until the glaze is desired consistency. When the cake comes out of the oven, immediately but carefully pour onto hot cake. Try to pour as evenly as possible. You might have to pick up the cake and tilt it to spread the glaze evenly. I even poured some out that pooled at the corners and repoured that over the top. Let the cake sit for awhile for the glaze to set.

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Reviews

It really does taste like my favorite donut, an apple fritter. Super sweet. Some suggestions: 1) Double up on the apple filling. The ingredients as stated (just 1 cup of sliced apples) did not even nearly cover the top of the 9" x 13" pan. When I saw that the filling was so sparse, I stopped and made another batch of the filling before proceeding with the recipe. 2) Check the cake for doneness at 30 minutes. Mine was done at that time. 3) Drizzle the milk in the glaze. You probably won't need all 6 tablespoons of milk. ' 'I really like this cake. I think you'll be happy with it also.

Marie Nixon
For me, this cake was a lot of work. I doubled the filling, and honestly, it could've used even more. I used two regular sized granny smith apples, but I didn't double the sauce ingredients. The cake was done when I checked it at 30 minutes, as a previous review suggested, but I didn't believe it, so I popped it back in for another six minutes. I think that might have been why the cake seems just a bit dry. But the flavor is all there, and warmed, with a dollop of whipped cream, who could ask for more?

Nougat
This cake is a little bit time consuming but absolutely worth it and delicious! I took the advice of the other reviewer and doubled the ingredients for just the filling portion. It absolutely wouldn't have been enough if not doubled. I Will definitely make this again.

lorriparker11