Food and Recipes Fruits Apple 16 Best Apple Cake Recipes To Make This Fall Grab a cup of coffee and get to baking one of these apple cake recipes. By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna is a Senior Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Updated on August 6, 2024 Close Photo: Greg DuPree Pumpkin isn’t the only fall flavor you can bake with this fall. Apple trees also bear their produce this season — produce that perfectly compliments cinnamon and other spices. We believe the best way to enjoy fresh apples is in dessert form. Whether you prefer an easy apple cake that just requires a little bit of stirring or want to challenge yourself with a time-intensive stack cake, there's sure to be an apple cake recipe on our list that you'll enjoy baking (and your family will love eating). After a couple of bites, you won’t question why autumn is many Southerners’ favorite season. 22 Spiced Fall Desserts To Get You In the Spirit 01 of 16 Buttery Apple-Almond Cake Photographer: Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Emily Neighbors Hall Prop Stylist: Audrey Davis The design on top of this attractive recipe is thanks to honeycrisp apples, which remain firm after baking. Despite its impressive appearance, this recipe is surprisingly easy to make. Get The Recipe 02 of 16 Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Greg DuPree This apple bundt cake is swirled with sweet cream cheese filling and homemade praline frosting. It's superbly moist and full of juicy Gala apples. Garnish the frosting with extra toasted pecans for an extra toasty fall-forward flourish. get the recipe 03 of 16 Apple Fritters Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Shell Royster Okay, so it's not exactly an apple cake, but the batter for these fresh Granny Smith apple fritters fries up into an individual cakey fritter that's full of warm fall flavors. Moist, sweet, and tangy, these fritters feel like a cross between a a fresh apple cake and an apple donut, which is arguably fall's most treasured treat. get the recipe 04 of 16 Apple Bread Micah A. Leal Dotted with tart Granny Smith apples and sweetened with sugar and honey, this sliceable loaf is the perfect fall companion to a hot cup of coffee. get the recipe 05 of 16 Old-Fashioned Apple Dapple Cake Jen Causey, Food Stylist: Chelsea Zimmer Apple Dapple cake is thought to have its roots in Southern baking — a theory made more plausible by the abundance of crunchy pecans in this recipe. Get The Recipe 06 of 16 Apple-Pecan Carrot Cake Recipe Jen Causey; Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf; Prop Stylist: Josh Hoggle This recipe proves that carrot cake can be enjoyed year-round. The impressive cake features a mascarpone frosting and requires just 30 minutes of hands-on time. Get The Recipe 07 of 16 Caramel Apple Dump Cake Morgan Hunt Glaze, Food Stylist: Jennifer Wendorf, Prop Stylist: Julia Bayless True to its name, this dump cake is as easy as dumping all the ingredients together in a 13- x 9-inch baking pan. Get The Recipe 08 of 16 Apple Spice Cake Greg DuPree, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Christine Keely This recipe's standout quality is its texture — ultra-moist and tender with a sprinkling of crunchy pecans. Get The Recipe 09 of 16 Caramel Apple Cake Hector Manuel Sanchez A beautiful cake like this one can serve as both a centerpiece and dessert. As a bonus, it only requires 20 minutes of your hands-on attention. Get The Recipe 10 of 16 Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Photo: Jennifer Davick Enjoy dessert from breakfast to after dinner with this apple coffee cake. Get The Recipe 11 of 16 Fresh Apple Cake Hannah Zimmerman/Southern Living This simple cake recipe has been delighting readers since it was first published in 2001. Get The Recipe 12 of 16 Apple Stack Cake Photo: Victor Protasi; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Torie Cox You'll make use of a whole pound of apples in this stack cake. We recommend letting it cure for two to three days before serving, so be sure to keep that in mind if you're making it for company. Get The Recipe 13 of 16 Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Greg Dupree A cream cheese filling, apple cake batter, and praline frosting are the ideal trio in this decadent Bundt cake recipe. Get The Recipe 14 of 16 Applesauce Cake Caitlin Bensel; Food Stylist: Torie Cox This recipe has applesauce in the cake and reduced apple juice in the frosting, making it perfect for those who just can't get enough apple flavor. Get The Recipe 15 of 16 Apple Pie Cake Photography: Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling: Rishon Hanners You'll never believe that this dessert, which combines the best aspects of cake and pie, starts with a boxed mix. Get The Recipe 16 of 16 Apple Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Frosting Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall As if apple butter pound cake wasn't delicious enough on its own, we added a drizzle of decadent caramel frosting. Get The Recipe Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit