The best Apple Praline Cake is loaded with fresh apples and topped with a sweet praline frosting and pecans. It is an amazing apple cake recipe to enjoy this fall.
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I am sitting here waiting impatiently for fall weather to come to Florida. I realize that I will probably be waiting for some time because it is still 90 degrees here!
Seriously, bring on the cooler days so I can wear sweatshirts and leggings and can sit outside without bugs dive bombing my body every second! Fall is definitely my favorite season of all.
I've decided that all the sweets I "test" in my kitchen must make my blood sweeter than my husband's. We were standing outside yesterday, and I had four bites in a matter of seconds.
He kept trying to say there were no bugs out there, but I had the welts to prove it. I guess that just proves I'm the sweetest, right?
With fall comes my favorite time of year to bake as well. I mean, I love baking all year long, but for some reason fall baking gets me the most excited. Bring on all the apple and pumpkin goodness!!!
This past week I bought a new sweatshirt at the mall and a big box of apples from Sam's Club. I'm set for some cool weather and recipe testing!
I knew that I want to make some sort of apple cake with a caramel nut frosting! This Caramel Apple Bundt Cake was my inspiration. I changed some of the ingredients and used a different pan this time though.
There is so much fall goodness going on in this homemade apple cake. Each day it sat on our counter it seemed to get better. It is a moist and delicious cake, and just perfect for this time of year.
How to make an Apple Praline Cake:
- Mix together the oil and sugars until they look like wet sand. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix again.
- Stir together the dry ingredients and slowly beat them into the sugar mixture.
- Dice your apples and stir into the cake batter. Pro Tip: You can leave the peels on the apples, if you like. This cake tastes fine with or without the peels.
- Spread it in a greased pan and bake. (See the full recipe below)
My favorite part of this apple cake was the frosting. I'm a total frosting kind of girl. Cake, cookies, donuts and cinnamon rolls...they all are better with frosting loaded on top.
How to make Praline Frosting:
- Melt butter, brown sugar, and heavy cream in a saucepan. Bring it to a boil, and boil for one minute.
- Remove the pan from the heat and let it cool for about 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Add the powdered sugar to the butter mixture and beat until creamy.
- Spread the praline frosting on the top of the cake quickly, then sprinkle the nuts on top immediately. Pro Tip: Press the nuts into the frosting, so they stick better. The frosting will get a slight crust on top of it, but it is soft and creamy as you bite into your cake.
Trust me, you will keep slicing off tiny slivers off this frosted apple cake each time you walk by it. Oh, wait. Maybe that's just me and my lack of self-control because I had the same problem with this Snickerdoodle Apple Cake.
I suggest having friends over for coffee and cake, so you do not eat all of it.
More apple cake recipes you may like:
- Apple Snickers Cake
- Chai Spiced Apple Bundt Cake
- Apple Pecan Upside Down Cake
- Maple Apple Walnut Cake
- Apple Cranberry Bundt Cake
Recipe
Apple Praline Cake
The best Apple Praline Cake is loaded with fresh apples and topped with a sweet praline frosting and pecans. It is an amazing cake to enjoy this fall.
Ingredients
For the Apple Cake
- 1 cup oil
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 3 cups finely diced apples
For the Praline Frosting
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup half and half
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup diced pecans
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with nonstick baking spray.
- Beat the oil and sugars until they look like wet sand. Add the eggs and vanilla and beat again.
- Stir together the flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Slowly beat it into the sugar and egg mixture. Stir in the apples by hand.
- Spread the batter in prepared pan. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove and let cool.
- Place the butter, brown sugar, and half & half in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and stir for one minute. Remove from the heat and let cool 5-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Beat together the cooled butter mixture and powdered sugar until creamy.
- Spread over the top of the cooled cake quickly. Sprinkle with the pecan chips and press into the frosting gently. Store in a tightly sealed container on the counter.
Notes
1. You can use peeled or unpeeled apples in this cake.
2. For the frosting, you can also use coffee creamer, if you have that on hand instead.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 362Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 36mgSodium: 192mgCarbohydrates: 48gFiber: 1gSugar: 34gProtein: 3g
*The post for this Apple Praline Cake was first published on August 24, 2015. The photos have been edited, and the post was republished on September 9, 2019.
Heather
Wow this looks amazing! I buy those apple slices all the time! I would love to give this recipe a try! Found this delicious post on BlogLovin. When you have time, come check out my blog. Have a great day!
Jessica @ Sweetest Menu
Will you look at that height?! What a light and fluffy cake and I just love that frosting - I could really go a big slice right about now!
Kelly - Life Made Sweeter
As much as I will be sad to see summer berries go, fall baking is my favorite 🙂 Love this apple cake! The praline frosting looks to die for!
Joan Hayes
This looks like the apple cake of my dreams, holy moly! That cake, so moist, and that icing, totally killing me. Can't wait for this! 🙂
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction
I am so ready for fall baking! This cake looks like so good! Love the frosting!
Johlene@FlavoursandFrosting
I hate mosquitos! I´m alergic to them, where they bite me I swell up and sometimes I even get a big old blister.. it´s awful! However I love this apple praline cake.. to me, those flavours go hand in hand together.
Ashley | The Recipe Rebel
I am so with you -- I just love fall weather! It doesn't hurt that my birthday is in September either 😉 LOVE the praline frosting on this cake!
Victoria Waller
Love your recipes!
Stephanie @ Long Distance Baking
I'm right there with you...bring on fall!! This looks like the perfect dessert to welcome in my favorite season. Especially that frosting!
Erin @ Making Memories
Your cake looks fantastic! It's been smokin' hot here in Oregon this summer. I think we stole your weather =o)
Medha @ Whisk & Shout
Apple season is the best- these apples look so fresh and are showcased beautifully here 🙂
Aimee @ ShugarySweets
Oh my gosh I love this cake so much! It just screams fall baking!!
Jen | Baked by an Introvert
This cake is great for welcoming fall. Although, I'm not quite ready to see summer go.
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
My husband and daughter are like that - I enjoy being outside with them because they get eaten and I don't! 🙂 I love this cake, it's so pretty and perfect for apple season (and all year!)
Beth
The praline frosting sounds like it could be eaten straight off the spoon! 🙂
Melissa
We just started picking apples on our farm and I am so excited. I make a cake very similar to this. This looks so delicious!
Marye
This cake looks absolutely delicious!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice
This cake looks like the perfect treat to ring in fall with, Jocelyn! I love the apple and praline frosting. What a delicious combination!
Catherine
Dear Jocelyn, what a gorgeous cake! This looks so moist and wonderful...I would love a slice of this with coffee. A perfect dish to start off the new season. xo, Catherine
Mir
I'm sad to see summer go. But then, we've had actual summer here, super hot with great pool weather. And I'm a teacher, so summer = happy.
I hear ya about the mosquitoes. They eat me alive, too. Sugar addict and all.
This cake is worth getting bitten up for. So good!