When my mom was going through some of my Nana’s things that we had in the attic. She found an envelope with a few recipes in it in my grandmothers handwriting. How sweet! This apple cake with cinnamon cream cheese frosting is the first of the recipes I created and it came out wonderful. The apple cake is moist and filled with apples while the cinnamon cream cheese frosting has a bit of spice.
Either way you will be transported back to your grandma’s kitchen with this Apple Cake Recipe.
Nana’s Apple Cake
Nana’s Apple Cake
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp nutmeg
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1/4 oil
- 1 20 oz. can apple pie filling
- 2 tsp vanilla
- For frosting-
- 8 oz cream cheese (softened)
- 1/3 c confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp milk
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mix dry ingredients together.
- Add eggs, filling & vanilla and mix thoroughly.
- Bake in a greased bundt pan.
- Let cool completely before taking out of pan.
- For frosting-
- Whip all ingredients until fluffy.
- Spread on cooled cake.
I made a few adjustments to the recipe because originally it was an apple nut cake. My family does not like nuts in their cake. If you are a lover of nuts you can add 1 cup chopped walnuts into the batter before baking.
Here are some of our favorite Italian recipes:
Ricotta Cake
Ricotta Cookies
Italian Bakery Style Cookies
Rosemary Pignoli Cookies
