Spiced Apple Cake & Baking Tips

This is the first cake recipe I ever tried when I started baking. Spiced Apple Cake is easy to make and super delish! It’s perf to make during the holiday season, or any season, really. As you can see, I’m no cake decorator, but it sure tastes good! I tweaked the recipe by adding a teaspoon each of ground nutmeg, ground ginger, and vanilla extract. I also used plain cream cheese frosting instead of the one included in the recipe. Here’s the recipe for the cake and the recipe for frosting (use 8 oz. of cream cheese instead of just 4, it’ll be more creamy and less cloying).

Here are my fave baking tips.

1. If a baking recipe (like this one) calls for vegetable oil, use unsweetened apple sauce instead. It cuts out a ton of fat without changing the flavor and still makes the cake, or whatever else you bake, moist.
2. Have a diabetic in the family or just want to cut out sugar? Splenda works great as a substitute, BUT use only half the amount the recipe calls for. For example, if the recipe calls for 1 cup of white sugar, use only 1/2 cup of Splenda. If you use the same amount of Splenda, whatever you bake will be so sweet that it will be inedible. Trust me on this one.

If you try this recipe, I’d love to know how it turns out. You can even send me pics!