These are the times when it is perfectly, perfectly acceptable to reach for a can of this.
And for this particular cake, apple pie filling adds that element of je ne sais quoi that makes it that much more delicious. I’m seriously not kidding here.
Anyway, this recipe is as simple as tossing that filling into a mixing bowl with some flour, sugar, canola oil, a couple of eggs, a generous amount of cinnamon, and some walnuts and raisins. Stir it all up, pour it into a buttered round pan, and bake it until it is a deep golden brown. (This is one of those cakes that MUST be tested with a toothpick…make sure you poke it right into the center, and it needs to come out pretty clean.)
Once it is cooled, cut yourself a generous slice…
And please don’t skimp on the caramel sauce. Click here for a look at my favorite caramel sauce of all time. I could easily eat it straight out of the jar – just me and my spoon. But it’s also pretty dang good on the apple cake.
This concludes my trip down memory lane, wherein I owned multiple pairs of leg warmers and Laura Ashley dresses and this was my favorite song and I routinely stayed up past midnight and made this cake about a million times. (I still love that song and I still love this cake. No idea where the Laura Ashleys and the leg warmers got to, and I think it’s just about my bedtime!)
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Love one bowl cakes. What is in that can? Just sliced stewed apples – what would it take to replicate it with fresh apples?
H Rachel – here are the can ingredients: APPLES, LIQUID SUGAR (NATURAL SUGAR, WATER), WATER, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICES, ERYTHORBIC ACID (TO PROMOTE COLOR RETENTION), CITRIC ACID. So it looks like apples that have been cooked in sugar, maybe with some cinnamon?
Bang, Bang, Bang on the door… Love Shack! Baby Love Shack!
Oh my gosh … LOVE THIS SONG…an all time fav!
Pretty hard to sit still listening to it. Wasn’t sure when I hit the link what I was going to hear!
Therefore, I will have to make this beautiful cake, listen to Love Shack at a semi-respectable level
and dance with wreck less abandon… you know.. like nobody is watching:-)!
Thanks for the big smile Kate, and Happy Hearts Day to you and your Southern Hubby!!<3
Hurray! Hope you had a lovely happy Valentine’s Day too!
That is a great cake! Thanks for the post! I love quick cake recipes that don’t involve me peeling and cutting apples!!!!
My pleasure (and I feel the same way about the peeling!)
I cqnned apple pie filling in the fall. This will be a perfect way to use it! Looks delicious. Thanks.
Yes, perfect! (And I am impressed – I have never tried canning! One day…)
Hi Kate, Remember you from days past in Saddle River when Ira B and I were always together. Canning is easy and the easiest thing to can is tomatoes because they are easy to peel, process and achieve a good product with little effort.
Hi Sharon – I’m so glad you found me! One day I will try canning – it’s on my culinary bucket list!
I seriously just tried to lick that caramel sauce off my computer screen. So sad it didn’t work. You are invited to my apartment ANY TIME. So long as this cake is in tow.
That caramel sauce should be classified as a controlled substance! Soooooo good.
Looks Yummy! Think I gained a couple pounds just seeing this recipe but will be making this for sure as hubby has quitye the sweet tooth.
Instead of canned apple pie filling; about how many fresh apples would be required ?
I have an apple peeler so doesn’t take long at all to peel and core an apple.
Thank you
ColleenB.
Hi Colleen! The can has 21 ounces of apples in it, which looks to be about two cups. They are definitely cooked, so you would want to saute your peeled and sliced apples in a little water and brown sugar before you put them in the mixture, I think (I’ve never tried this recipe with fresh apples so I’m just guessing here!) I would think 5 or 6 apples would do it?
thank you.
I had made this over the weekend and my hubby Loved it. I had no fresh apples so did end up using canned but did drizzle with Smuckers Marshmallow topping as well as the caramel and DH thought it was wonderful and went back for a second piece….only bigger slice second time around. :}
Recipe is keeper for sure but do think the next time I will use fresh apples
Hurray! Come back after you try the fresh apple version and let us know, ok?
I’ve kept “Love Shack” in my life…. it’s on my house cleaning cd.
PERFECT house cleaning song!! For a nice clean love shack.
Hi, lol, I am still laughing at Joanne licking the computer screen !
We are moving back to the US in about 3-4weeks and I keep dreaming of the foods that I will eat again. Apple pies are up there on the list, now apple cake has been added too.
Besos, Candice
Hurray and let me be among the first to say welcome back!
I used to make big batches of peach pie filling – everything you would put in the mixture when you make pie, thickener and all – put it in one pie-size freezer bags and stack them up in the freezer. I’m not sure how this would work for apples – you might need to add lemon juice so they don’t discolor – but seems like it might work. So, those of you who prefer fresh apples could give that a try in apple season, and you, Kate, still wouldn’t have to can!
I have Comstock Apple Pie Filling on my grocery list. Ahem. I think I will make this in small pans to freeze, since we aren’t real big on sweets here. But a nice warm slice of this will some caramel sauce sounds like heaven.
Oooh, peach cake….I am tempted. Very tempted.
made it! ate it! i say that’s success! thanks again. will wait with bated breath for the peach cake recipe!