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APPLE, PECAN CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING – Simple and special dessert for Thanksgiving and holiday season! Easy layer cake is fall treat with chopped apples, pecans and buttercream frosting!
Fall is officially here! It is time for apples, pecans, pumpkins and cooler weather. This cake represents everything I love about this time of year. One of my favorite things about fall is apple desserts and apple recipes!
This Apple Pecan Cake with Buttercream Frosting is my favorite apple cake, I have tried many apple cakes over the years and this is a winner! So moist and dense, with buttercream frosting, delicious cake! Apple Pecan Cake with Buttercream Frosting is full of the flavors of fall and is the perfect way to kick off apple season.
This cake has a few steps, but the steps are pretty easy and it is so worth it. Super sweet, super delicious and super satisfying! Do you have your Thanksgiving dessert? Apple Pecan Cake with Buttercream is everything you imagining and even more! Two layers of apple pecan cake filled with the most luscious buttercream frosting has definitely deserved a spot on your Thanksgiving table.
The buttercream frosting alone is reason enough to drop everything and make this immediately. This buttercream frosting recipe is light, fluffy and tastes great. Perfect consistency and perfect flavor, this is my easy frosting recipe. Everything works really well together and I love how they taste. I want to wish you all Happy Thanksgiving and I hope you have a great day filled with family and good food and this Apple Pecan Cake with Buttercream Frosting. Enjoy!
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Apple, Pecan Cake With Buttercream Frosting Recipe
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APPLE, PECAN CAKE WITH BUTTERCREAM FROSTING - Simple and special dessert for Thanksgiving and holiday season! Easy layer cake is fall treat with chopped apples, pecans and buttercream frosting!
Ingredients
For cake:
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup canola oil
- 2 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- Pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 cups apple, finely chopped
- 1 cup pecans or walnuts, chopped
For buttercream frosting:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 4 ½ to 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Pinch of salt
- 5 tablespoons heavy cream
For garnish:
- Pecans or walnuts, chopped optional
Instructions
To make cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- Grease two 8-inch round baking pans, line with parchment paper or waxed paper, set aside
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and baking soda
- In a large bowl, with an electric mixer beat eggs and oil until combined
- Add sugar, vanilla and sour cream and mix well
- Slowly add flour mixture until combined (batter will be very thick)
- Stir in apples and nuts and mix
- Pour batter into prepared pans
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick in center comes out clean
- Let cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then remove the cakes to wire racks and let cool completely
To make buttercream frosting:
- In a medium bowl, combine butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, salt and heavy cream and beat for 5 to 7 minutes until light and fluffy
- Add more powdered sugar as needed for thicker frosting or add heavy cream a little at a time to thin frosting
To assemble the cake:
- Place one of the cake rounds on a serving platter
- Spread a thin layer of buttercream frosting over the cake
- Set another cake layer on top of the filling and spread buttercream frosting over the entire cake
- Press the chopped pecans or walnuts into the sides of the cake and sprinkle some over the edges
Notes
The Cake is the best the next day
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Christy says
Hello! Does it matter what kind of apples to use? Red ? green? Granny smith?
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Lidia Simic says
Hi Christy, I like to use Royal Gala apples in this recipe but you can use any kind cooking apple like: Cortland, Granny Smith, McIntosh or Golden Delicious.
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Gary Clemons says
If you use granny smith’s apple will the cake taste very tart?
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Lidia Simic says
Hi Gary, I never find it too tart or too moist… just perfect. Good luck with the granny smith’s apple. Come back and tell us how it went.
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lea says
I would 100% recommend this recipe. It is super easy and absolutely delicious! I made it for my friends and everyone loved it. It is very moist with a lovely, fluffy texture and amazing flavor! I would definitely use this recipe again.
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Desiree says
Made this for My Boss’s birthday. It was a hit. Nice and. Moist and flavors of Fall!!! I topped mine with some caramel sundae topping too. It ‘s a keeper!!!!
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Lidia Simic says
Thank you for such a nice comment! I’m glad that you like the recipe! 🙂
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Kris says
Do you peel the apples? Thanks
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Lidia Simic says
Hi Kris, Yes, core and peel them.
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Kellie says
Do you think this can be done in a 9×13?
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Lidia Simic says
Hi Kellie, I have not tried it, but I assume just like all cakes the answer is yes! Just adjust cooking times for a 9×13 pan, about 5 minutes or so. Keep a close eye and check the center for doneness
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Jennifer says
Have you tried to make these as cupcakes?
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Lidia Simic says
A great idea Jennifer, but I didn’t.
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Dana says
Do you need to refrigerate this cake if making it the day before?
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Lidia Simic says
Hi Dana, This cake is better off refrigerated because of the apples. It could probably sit out for several hours and be ok, but if storing overnight or something I’d refrigerate it.
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Vi Krahn says
Would this work in a Bundt pan?
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Yummiest Food says
Hi Vi,
It should be.Reply
