This delicious and easy Apple Cake with Browned Butter Frosting is perfect for fall baking!
So I made cake. And then I ate cake. And then I couldn’t stop eating cake.
So I gave the cake away.
Which is now someone else’s problem. And problem it for sure is. This apple cake is absolutely, insanely delicious. And oh yeah, there’s a perfect brown butter frosting that will change your life.
I’m usually not a huge bundt cake girl, because 1) the damn cakes always stick to the pan and 2) there is never enough frosting. But, in recent years I’ve made peace with the fact that it might stick to the pan (enter frosting).
But when I discovered Kentucky Butter Cake I knew I had to come around the bundt side of things. And fast.
The cake batter is super easy. It’s a thick batter, but the apples give it moisture!
Mix the chopped apples into the batter and spread it into your pan, which you need to grease to within an inch of it’s life.
Bake it up and your house will smell like fall.
Give it about 10 minutes to cool in the pan and then pray and surrender your first born child to the “Please-Don’t Let-My-Bundt-Stick-Gods”
Then go ahead and make your frosting. Which is the most delicious browned butter frosting ever in all existence.
Brown your butter and then mix in some powdered sugar…And then milk and vanilla…
Spread that all over your cake…
And eat that thang.Seriously, go make this cake.
Apple Cake with Browned Butter Frosting
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Prep Time: 15 minutes
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Cook Time: 60 minutes
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Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
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Yield: serves 12 1x
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Category: Cake
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Cuisine: Dessert
Description:
serves 12
Ingredients:
Cake
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 3 cups chopped apples, about 3 medium. I used Granny Smith
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2–3 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350*
- Generously grease a fluted bundt pan (12 cup pan)
- In bowl of stand mixer beat together butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- Add in baking soda, salt and cinnamon and beat until incorporated.
- Turn mixer to low and add in flour. Mix until just combined.
- Stir in chopped apples.
- Fill prepared pan with cake batter and bake for 55-65 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then remove cake from pan onto a wire rack to continue cooling.
Frosting
- In a small saucepan melt butter and cook over medium heat until butter is a golden color, stirring consistently.
- As soon as butter is golden, remove from heat and beat in powdered sugar, vanilla and 1 tablespoon of milk using a hand mixer. Add more milk until the consistency you desire is reached. if you prefer more of a glaze than a frosting you will need to add a few more tablespoons of milk than the recipe calls for.
- Frost top of cake.
- Slice and serve.
Notes:
store at room temperature for up to 3 days covered.
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What kind of cupcakes would you but the browned butter frosting on? I am making cupcakes for my Uncle’s 80th and would love to do this frosting but having never tried it and i could use some suggestions! Thank you!
Oh that would be great on literally ANY cake! Vanilla, chocolate, caramel, yellow cake, spiced cake, pumpkin…
My frosting come out really runny. Should I add more powdered sugar? I followed the recipe. I don’t want a glaze. Help
Yes, you can easily thicken it up with more frosting!
I just saw this recipe 3 hours ago and made it. I didn’t wait for the cake to cool and had a warm piece slathered with frosting. HOLY COW, I died and went to heaven. I am making this for Thanksgiving. I am sure your pumpkin version is equally delicious. Thank you!
LOVE hearing this! So glad you liked it!!
If I wanted to make cupcakes, do you know approximate cooking time?
can you please put them in grams?
Holy Cow this cake is awesome. I did a test run on it last night to see if it was something I wanted to take to party on Thursday. It is not hard to make and everyone at work that I shared it with loved it. It is very rich so I cut it into fairly small slices. This will become a go to. The brown butter frosting makes it rather unique.
Love that frosting!!
This is a great recipe. Made it a few months ago exactly as the recipe says- worked beautifully. Getting ready to make another one today.
Made the cake and it is delicious! So is the frosting, but I made mine too thin. I wanted it to look like the picture, but it ran down the sides. But that was okay, I just frosted it all. I will make this again and again. Mine came out of the pan in the 10 minutes as suggested. I sprayed it with non-stick cooking spray really well. Sent 3 pieces to my neighbor who loved it. Took 6 pieces to my son and his family. The cake was inhaled there!
Hi – I want to try this recipe as it sounds gorgeous. I only have a 6 cup size tin though. Please can you tell me how long I would have to cook it for, and what temperature, if I used this tin. Many thanksxxx
★★★★★
Hi- This cake looks amazing!!! Do you think it would still turn out yummy if I were to replace half the butter in the recipe for the cake with applesauce? Have you ever tried that? Thanks!
I haven’t ever tried it, but I am betting it would work!!
So maybe now I have two “go to” desserts! The fudge filled vanilla looks awesome but this one looks out of control! Will be testing these out in the near future and will need testers! I am gluten intolerant and hubby is diabetic but need a good cake for potluck at the church. Thanks so much for the post, will try them out soon and deliver to someone in need of some loving form the oven!
Can I use a regular 9×13 pan? Will bake time vary?
Yes, bake time will absolutely vary. I would start it at 25 minutes and go from there!
I don’t normally leave feedback on recipes, good or bad, but this frosting is one of the best things I’ve ever put in my mouth and I felt like you should know that 🙂 I made this last night for my mom’s birthday and she loved it!
I love this!!! Made my night!!
I am late to the party but just saw this recently. Made it immediately. Added a little extra spices (cardamon, cloves, ginger, nutmeg) and a cup of cinnamon chips. This is one of the best cakes I’ve ever had, and I don’t even like apple cakes!! Thanks for the great recipe!
Thank you for posting such a fabulous recipe. I just took this out of the oven a few minutes ago and I cannot wait to dig in. My 3 year old daughter just got to experience brown butter frosting for the first time and I have to say I think she is in love too.
hahaha! Awesome!!