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Apple Cake Recipe

February 20, 2013 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 19 Comments

I love having Wednesdays off work – I always seem to get more done when I am home by myself. I felt like baking and Mr 18 requested an apple cake recipe. I made a family favourite – Apple Yoghurt Cake. This apple recipe is low fat – it does not include butter or oil. It uses a small quantity of yoghurt. The cake is light with a delicate texture. It never lasts long …..

We originally discovered this recipe over at Little Busy Bee nearly 4 years ago, and have been making it ever since.

5.0 from 2 reviews
Apple Cake Recipe
 
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Prep time
25 mins
Cook time
45 mins
Total time
1 hour 10 mins
 
Apple Yoghurt Cake is a low fat recipe that uses yoghurt in place of butter or oils. Decorated with apple pieces and glazed with apricot jam, it is delicious.
Author: Lisa
Recipe type: Cakes
Cuisine: Baking
Serves: 12
Ingredients
  • 3 apples
  • ½ teaspoon lemon zest and 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 4 eggs
  • 175 g (3/4 cup) sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt
  • 75 g (1/3 cup) plain yoghurt
  • 250 g (1 cup) plain (all purpose) flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 tablespoons Apricot jam
Instructions
  1. Grease a round spring form baking pan (10 inch/26 cm ) and pre-heat the oven 175° C (about 350 F) .
  2. Peel and slice the apples into eighths. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
  3. In a large mixing bowl beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla extract, lemon zest and a pinch of salt for about 8 minutes on medium speed until creamy and fluffy. Mix in yoghurt. Mix flour and baking powder and fold into the mixture until just combined. Pour into pan. Add apples pressing them gently into the batter. Bake for approx. 45 minutes or until cooked.
  4. Heat the jam and spread it over the hot cake. Cool.
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If you enjoyed our apple cake recipe, check out these apple recipes:

Apple Crumble Slice
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Filed Under: Cakes, Recipes Tagged With: apple

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Comments

  1. Jill says

    February 20, 2013 at 8:33 pm

    What a tasty looking cake! Glad you enjoyed your day off! 🙂

    Reply
  2. ElbLuft und Liebe says

    February 20, 2013 at 11:50 pm

    Mhhhmm, this cake looks and sounds very tasty!
    Maybe I wil try it at the weekend!
    ANNi

    Reply
  3. Kjerstis Sysysler says

    February 21, 2013 at 2:50 am

    this cake looks sooo goood.

    Reply
  4. thesnailgarden says

    February 22, 2013 at 4:38 am

    Yummy looking cake. I like yoghurt cake, so I must try this version. Thank you for sharing it. Best wishes, Pj x

    Reply
  5. janice15 says

    February 24, 2013 at 8:29 am

    This apple cake looks good…can’t wait to try it out..thank you for sharing the recipe…happy Sunday with love Janice

    Reply
  6. Kelly says

    February 24, 2013 at 5:04 pm

    I tried making it – but I think my eggs were a bit too large – it was really dense

    Reply
  7. sarah says

    March 9, 2013 at 1:57 pm

    I tried it with soja yoghurt. But mite baked it to long. Want even dryer then old bread.
    Mite try again tomorow

    Reply
  8. Anonymous says

    September 25, 2013 at 9:53 am

    I baked this cake right now and so yummy! Thank you for sharing your recipe with us!

    Reply
  9. Marie says

    February 13, 2014 at 10:13 pm

    No butter ???????…..

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      February 13, 2014 at 10:17 pm

      That is correct Marie – it uses yoghurt instead so is a low fat cake. It has a really light texture. We have made it a number of times and it is great when you want some cake without the calories/fat.

      Reply
  10. Hill Anita says

    September 3, 2014 at 11:50 pm

    very delicious cake. I also make more cakes from your Website. I am never disappointed with any of your recipes. I also used the exact the direction as written. Thank you so much .

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      September 7, 2014 at 7:40 am

      Thanks Anita!

      Reply
  11. A.M. says

    February 13, 2015 at 1:10 pm

    This looks delicious. Just a quick question, can I the plain yogurt for Greek yogurt? I have a tub of Greek yogurt sitting in the fridge and I’m looking for ways to finish it lol

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      February 14, 2015 at 6:17 am

      Greek yoghurt should work well in this recipe! Happy baking.

      Reply
  12. Irene Tuffner says

    November 20, 2015 at 4:25 am

    Can I use low-fat sour cream. I’m out of my yoghurt? Just ran out & would like to try this yummy looking cake.

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      November 20, 2015 at 3:23 pm

      Hi Irene – I am sure sour cream would work just as well! Happy baking!

      Reply
  13. Rose says

    October 14, 2016 at 6:11 am

    what should I do if I want to use 2eggs instead of 4 eggs? can i use more yoghurt?
    thk u,

    Reply
    • A Spoonful of Sugar says

      October 17, 2016 at 7:58 am

      I wouldn’t change the eggs and it will affect the cake. Best to find a recipe that uses only 2 eggs.

      Reply
  14. Denise says

    November 11, 2018 at 10:54 pm

    I have made this cake many times and its amaizing, fluffy, tasty, low in fats. The best!
    One time I tried with strawberry jam, I was out of abrico jam.

    Reply

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