Easy Apple Cinnamon Cake

Name: Easy Apple Cinnamon Cake
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 118 milliliters applesauce; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 2 Tbsps butter, very soft (see note); 2 larges eggs; 248 grams 3/4 cup all-purpose flour; 454 grams Cortland, Macintosh, or Gala baking apples (about 4), peeled, cored, sliced into 1/4-inch wedges; 2 Tbsps granulated sugar; 1 teaspoons ground cinnamon; 118 milliliters plain yogurt; 1 teaspoons salt

Need From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes. Head to the store and pick up applesauce, baking powder, ground cinnamon, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Adjust rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch springform pan.

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Oven

Whisk butter, sugar, and salt in a large bowl until creamy.

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Butter

Sugar

Salt

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Whisk

Bowl

Whisk in eggs, one by one, then yogurt and applesauce until combined.

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Applesauce

Yogurt

Egg

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Whisk

Add flour, baking powder, and cinnamon to bowl and stir with whisk until just combined.

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Baking Powder

Cinnamon

All Purpose Flour

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Whisk

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Spread batter into pan and smooth the top.

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Spread

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Fan apples out on top of batter.

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Apple

Brush softened butter on top of apples. In the same unwashed bowl that contained the batter, combine the sugar and cinnamon for the topping and sprinkle over apples.

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Cinnamon

Apple

Butter

Sugar

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Bake until edges are golden, apples have softened and center is just set, 40 to 45 minutes.

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Apple

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