Apple Fritter Skillet Cake Recipe – Learn Like a Pro : This skillet cake with apple fritters tastes as comforting and warm as it sounds. Similar to apple fritters, this cake has a warm butter sauce, soft apples with a hint of cinnamon, and a sweet glaze on top. It’s moist and spicy! This is a quick and easy recipe that’s ideal to make this fall because everything is prepared and baked in a single skillet.
Apple Fritter Skillet Cake Recipe – Learn Like a Pro
Ingredients
Cinnamon Apples
- 3 cups peeled and diced honey crisp apples* (about 3 medium apples)
- 2 tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/3 cup (65g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Apple Fritter Cake
- 2 1/2 cups (330g) all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1/2 cup (105g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup (120g) unsweetened apple sauce, room temp
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs, room temp
- 1/2 cup (120g) milk
- 1 tbsp light brown sugar, for sprinkling
Icing
- 2 cups (220g) powdered sugar
- 1/4 cup (60ml) milk
Cinnamon Apples
Set oven temperature to 350°F.
After putting an 11-or 12-inch cast iron or oven-safe skillet over medium heat, combine the apples, butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar.
Stir and cook until the apples begin to soften and their juices form a syrup-like consistency, which should take around ten minutes.
Take off from the heat and proceed with the batter.
Apple Fritter Cake
Mix the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg in a medium-sized basin.
Mix the sugar, apple sauce, and butter in a sizable mixing bowl.
After that, mix in the eggs and vanilla.
Whisk in the dry ingredients after it’s smooth. Because the batter will thicken quickly, add the milk halfway through mixing and keep mixing.
It should be a sticky, thick batter.
Returning to the apple skillet, take out 1/2 cup of the apples along with a little of the syrup.
After that, pour the batter into the apple-filled skillet and fold to mix the two. It’s not required to mix it thoroughly. To ensure that the apples and syrup are distributed equally, merely fold just enough.
Place the 1/2 cup of apples that were set aside randomly on top. To concentrate the sugar in the apple parts, sprinkle with the remaining tablespoon of brown sugar.
Or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and has a few moist crumbs, bake for 40 to 45 minutes.
Icing
Prepare the icing while the cake cools.
Mix the milk and sugar until they are well combined. Elmer’s glue consistency is as it should be. To get the proper thickness, whisk in a teaspoon of sugar at a time if it’s too thin.
Cover the warm cake with the icing after about fifteen minutes.
You can now use a spoon to eat it straight away or cut a slice. Have fun!
FAQs
What are the best apples to use?
For this apple fritter cake recipe, I recommend Honeycrisp for the best flavor. They’re firm, sweet, crisp, and taste so delicious in this cake.
But any firm and sweet apple will also do the trick! Apples like Fuji, Jazz, Pink Lady, or Gala can also work here. Either way, make sure to peel and dice the apples into uniform bite-sized pieces.
When is the best time to glaze the cake?
The best time to glaze the apple fritter cake is when it has had about 15-20 minutes to cool. It shouldn’t be piping hot, but it also can’t be completely room temperature. A warm cake takes the glaze the best.
How do you serve apple fritter skillet cake?
This is really up to you! I like to just grab a spoon and dig right in, but this recipe can also be sliced like a regular cake. Either way, I recommend serving it up warm.
