The best Italian Apple Bundt Cake recipe! Made with Fuji apples and olive oil, this amazing apple cake is moist, fruity and easy to make!
Looking to whip up the perfect moist apple cake, even if it's your first time baking? You're in the right place! Apple cake is a classic for a reason-it's juicy, sweet, and smells like comfort. This cake is loaded with fresh apples, making every bite super soft and full of natural flavor.
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Ingredients you'll need
- Flour - Unbleached all-purpose flour works best.
- Baking Powder - Baking powder is used instead of baking soda when a recipe lacks acidic ingredient.
- Salt - I love using sea salt in baking recipes. Makes such a huge difference in taste.
- Sugar - Granulated sugar allows the desserts to be sweet, brown and moist.
- Apples - Fuji apples are a perfect way to add texture, softness and fruitiness to the apple cake
- Whole milk - I recommend using whole milk due to its saturated fat content. It will also add moisture, assist in browning and it's a protein source that will support the structure of our cake!
- Eggs - Eggs is what will bind the ingredients together like a spider web -it's a glue that will hold our batter together. Eggs also add moisture and leavening to the batter.
- Vanilla - Pure vanilla extract definitely adds complexity to any cake, but especially apple cake.
- Olive oil - Extra virgin olive oil is such a great way to add healthy fats to the dessert, I use olive oil even when I make brownies - it's perfect for baking.
- Lemon juice - I used lemon juice from a bottle, but if you have fresh lemons on hand, squeeze the juice from a small lemon.
How to make Italian Apple Cake
Mix wet ingredients
Combine eggs, milk, olive oil, lemon juice, vanilla extract and sugar in a medium sized bowl.
Combine dry ingredients
Add flour, baking soda, salt to a second bowl.
Cut up apples
I cut 3 Fuji apples into good size chunks. I prefer to use Granny Smith, they are fabulous as well. You can definitely get away with using 4 apples as well - don't be concerned (or scared!) if that seems like a lot of apples when mixing with the batter. The batter will expand when baking, making you wish you used MORE apples. Not less!
Bake
Bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 minutes or until the toothpick comes out clean.
Italian Apple Bundt Cake
Equipment
- 1 bundt pan
- 1 cutting board
- 1 large bowl
- 1 knife
- 1 non stick spray canola or olive oil
Ingredients
- 3 apples peeled and sliced
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar (can use ⅔ cup)
- 1 cup whole milk
- ⅔ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice (or fresh lemon juice)
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 teaspoon powdered sugar for decoration
Instructions
Preparation instructions
- Apples: Peel and slice each of the 3 apples and set aside.
- Wet ingredients: In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs and sugar together until the mixture is light in color, for about 2-3 minutes.Next, add the milk, olive oil, lemon juice and vanilla extract to the mixture. Continue mixing until all ingredients are well combined.
- Dry ingredients: Now add the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt to the bowl with the wet ingredients. Mix with a wooden spoon until a smooth, consistent batter is formed.
- Add apples: Gently fold the previously the apple chunks into the batter until well mixed. You should have LOTS of apples mixed in.
Baking instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Spray the bundt pan with the non-stick spray (canola or olive oil spray).
- Pour the batter into sprayed bundt pan.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes or until browned and cooked through.
- Check if done by inserting a fine skewer into the cake. If it comes out clean, the cake is done.
- Cool your bundt cake for 5 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack.
Tips on making this recipe
- Don't stress about peeling all the apples perfectly-rustic is good.
- Mix your ingredients just until combined. No overthinking here.
- The key to a moist cake? Don't skimp on the apples.
- Let the cake cool just a bit before cutting. (It'll hold together better, and your kitchen will smell amazing.)
Variations and substitutions
Toss in some walnuts or swap cinnamon for nutmeg. Serve it with ice cream or a simple dusting of powdered sugar-either way, it's dessert done right.
What kind of pan should I use?
I used bundt cake pan to make this italian apple cake. Alternatively, you can use 9 inch round cake plate or even a bread loaf pan!
This Italian Apple cake is perfect for dessert, afternoon tea and as a breakfast snack!
More International Apple Cake Recipes
- French Apple Cake
- Russian Apple Sheet Cake
- Easy Jewish Apple Cake
- Tarte Tatin with Brandy Caramelized Apples
- Instant Pot Apple Cake (video)
Edie says
What temp do you bake at? Can you chunk instead of slice the apple?
Olya says
350 degrees F (sorry I omitted the temperature!).
Yes - chunky is good! They will maintain their texture through baking.
Ri says
Hi, Olya, did you read the recipe? It is unfinished. There are no instruction whatsoever on baking the cake. And what to do with the lemon juice? Probably pour over the apples.
Olya says
I'm so sorry!!!
I just updated the instruction on lemon juice and baking.
Anna says
Can I use peaches instead? I've done this cake with apples already twice so I wanted to try something different.