Recipes Desserts Cake Our 10 Best Apple Cake Recipes By Food & Wine Updated on October 20, 2022 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: John Kernick We get it — as soon as you return from apple picking, you'll be tempted to turn your haul into gorgeous apple pies and cinnamon-spiked applesauce. But we'd also like to turn your attention to apple cakes, which are equally delicious and come in several enticing varieties. There's an apple cider cake that's perfect for cider doughnut fans; Lara Atkins' apple cake with toffee crust is wonderfully indulgent, served with caramelized apples, toffee sauce, and vanilla ice cream. Read on for those recipes and more apple cakes we'll be making this season. 01 of 10 Apple-Raisin Crumb Cake © Stephanie Meyer Caramelized apples and pecan-laced streusel make Andrew Zimmern's lightly spiced crumb cake totally irresistible. Get the Recipe 02 of 10 Babette Friedman's Apple Cake Roland Bello Le Coucou chef Daniel Rose stirs apples into the batter of this pound cake-like dessert, then tops it with more of the Calvados-spiked fruit. Get the Recipe 03 of 10 Apple Cake with Toffee Crust © Anna Williams When pastry chef Lara Atkins was little, her mother made this cake for her bridge club; Atkins remembers how she and her brothers would have to wait (and wait and wait) for their slices until all the ladies of the club had served themselves. Atkins now makes the cake for her son, who never has to wait for his piece. Get the Recipe 04 of 10 Maple-Apple Upside-Down Cake © Con Poulos This is one of the best upside-down cakes ever — the maple syrup infuses both the apples and the cake, making the dessert taste like a stack of apple pancakes. Get the Recipe 05 of 10 Apple Cake with Cranberries John Kernick For his moist and buttery upside-down cake, Food & Wine's Justin Chapple layers apples with cranberries and brown sugar, then tops them with a fantastic sour cream batter. Get the Recipe 06 of 10 Spiced Upside-Down Apple Bundt Cake DamGoodSweet co-author and chef David Guas tops his apple bundt cake with a nicely salty streusel of pecans and toasted rolled oats. He bakes the streusel on its own to make it extraordinarily crisp, then pats it over the warm cake right out of the oven. Get the Recipe 07 of 10 Apple Upside-Down Cake © Fredrika Stjärne Tender, brown-sugar fruit bakes into a buttery, vanilla-scented apple upside-down cake, creating a classic dessert that tastes just as delicious for breakfast. Stir a bit of ground cinnamon into the batter if you like. Get the Recipe 08 of 10 Apple and Olive Oil Bundt Cake Christopher Testani At Coyle's Bakeshop in Seattle, chef-owner Rachael Coyle always keeps a bundt cake or two in the case. This autumnal version, an adaptation of an Italian apple cake, is moist and light, fragrant with freshly ground spices and studded with chunks of fruit. In the spring, substitute fresh rhubarb for the apples. Get the Recipe 09 of 10 Apple Cider Cake Abby Hocking / Food & Wine Love apple cider doughnuts? Then this tender, moist cake is for you. Get the Recipe 10 of 10 Apple Crumb Coffee Cakes © Con Poulos Spike Gjerde's apple crumb coffee cakes can be made one day ahead and kept in an airtight container — just remember to warm them up again before you serve. Get the Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit