A very moist and dense cake with apples and cinnamon, traditionally served during Hanukkah. It's a favorite in our household, and best of all, not from a box!
The first time I ever tried baking a cake I tried this. Worked a treat, came out tasty and juicy, everyone was impressed and it dissapeard quickly. The sugar on the top did look like it started to burn a little even after around 50 mins so I took it out thinking it might not be ready yet inside, but it was fine, tasted great. I guess I need to just learn how to spot when it's ready. I am now however amazed at how much sugar goes into cakes! are they all like this?? very tasty and easy to understand instructions. nice one.
Read MoreThe first time I ever tried baking a cake I tried this. Worked a treat, came out tasty and juicy, everyone was impressed and it dissapeard quickly. The sugar on the top did look like it started to burn a little even after around 50 mins so I took it out thinking it might not be ready yet inside, but it was fine, tasted great. I guess I need to just learn how to spot when it's ready. I am now however amazed at how much sugar goes into cakes! are they all like this?? very tasty and easy to understand instructions. nice one.
I do have to say this cake is very moist and very dense in a very delicious way. The cream cheese adds a bit of tang and a rich, almost creme like texture to the cake that is most noted throughout the center. My favorite part was the crusty top and sides. Nice change of pace from the traditional Jewish Apple Cakes I am familiar with.
Very good flavor! The cream cheese really adds to this. Wonderful as is, but may add a few nuts to the topping next time.
Oh my goodness this was the most delicious cake I've ever made! My husband and I made this one night and I couldn't be any more impressed with this recipe. My hubby is hard to please so for him to fawn over this was fantastic! Update- I've been making this cake for years now and everyone that's tasted it, falls in love. My husband had the bright idea to add pears and its been a great addition!
This cake is absolutely divine! I made this today and my mom and my grandma love it! It's my first time baking a cake and I wasn't really sure what I was doing but it turned out great anyways! I did anticipate that it was gonna be too sweet for my mom's liking so lessened the sugar by a quarter cup. Thank you for this recipe!
This is one of the best, easiest cakes I've ever baked!!! Very moist and very flavorful. I would highly recommend it! I did do half white and half brown sugar in the cake because I like the richness brown sugar adds. Other than that, followed the recipe as written. A+
Wonderful flavor and texture. I doubled the recipe and baked it in a 9 x 13 inch cake pan. Turned out great!
This cake was gone in less than 24 hrs. The recipe is perfect as is. Thanks for sharing.
This cake is delicious! I made this cake for my mother in law's birthday and everybody raved about it. I wanted something that wouldn't be too sweet and this cake was perfect! The cream cheese really makes this cake stand out. I will be giving out the recipe at Thanksgiving. Thank you so much for sharing!
This is a great and moist cake and really easy to make. It was a little on the sweet side for me so I reduced sugar that went into the cake and didn't use all the sugar and cinnamon topping. Keep in mind that All
Soon as i started reading the recipe i remember it being it made in my family for ages, except at the time there' wasn't cream cheese, it used to be done with ricotta cheese...so i did it like my aunts and gramma did, with 3 apples instead of 2...it came out wonderful!!!!!!!!! house smelling of cinnamom and sugar, great emomeries to a great cake !!!!!!!!
I am not a huge sweet eater, but this is by far the best cake I have ever eaten. It is light, not too sweet, and delicious. It also turns out very pretty. It would be perfect for almost any occasion. You could serve it with a brunch, luncheon, or dinner. I am also terrible about posting my results from recipes, but I absolutely had to post on this. You can feel very confident if you choose to make this for the first time and serve it to guests!! A+
This was great. I made it as written, but I only baked it for 50 min. I put a circle of parchment paper in the bottom of the springform pan (and buttered it) so I could slip it onto a cake stand, and that worked well.
Like the other reviewers i had to take one star away due to excessive sweetness. However, this is a very moist and delicious cake. I used my jumbo muffin pan in lieu of a cake pan (too lazy to look for it), and made sure that I kept I eye on the baking time and adjusted accordingly. Very nice way of using up my apples!
Excellent cake. The only thing I would suggest is decreasing the sugar. We found it a tad too sweet...but the flavour is otherwise outstanding.
I. Love. This. Cake! The only change I made was the pan I used. I don't own a spring form pan, but an 8x8 pan was perfect, didn't even adjust the cooking time. Thank you for a delicious apple cake! It's even yummy with morning coffee!
Added a crumble topping for extra crunch, tasted perfect like spongy apple crumble. Best served warm! I will definitely keep this recipe to make again over Christmas ??
Okay, this was great. I followed the recipe. It was moist and so flavorful. I don't think I have ever tried a recipe here and liked it so much. This is a keeper and I will add it to my favorites.
Made it for a dinner party and everyone loved it! So delicious and easy to make
I love this dense, moist, flavorful apple cake. It is almost a cheesecake. I have made it twice and plan to make it again, soon!
I made this for my husband's birthday and we loved it. It has great flavor and texture. It's moist and flavorful and is so easy to make. Definitely recommend!
I followed this recipe exactly and though it was good it wasn't as moist as I would have thought it wld be. I'm still searching for the perfect, moist apple cake. I might make it again but probably not.
Absolutely loved this. It's simple, straight forward and delicious. I will be making it as a gift cake for Christmas, hope that that is ok. OH - and absolutely spot on about how long it takes to cook. Follow that and the clean toothpick test.
I made no changes. Made it exactly as is and my husband and guests loved it! Will definitely make it again.
Maybe the best cake I have ever made! So moist and fantastic flavor. Thank you so much for sharing!
Yummmmmy!! So tasty and moist. I gave my neighbor some and she said it was "to die for". I want to make it again soon but too scared I will devour it in one day!!
Fabulous! Made in a 9" springform pan and cut the baking time by 7 min.
Incredible! Ive never had such rave reviews. Definitely my favourite recipe ever. So moist and cinnamonlicious! You must try this! Easy too. I made two and they were gone before I could blink. Everyone wants the recipe.
Made this to celebrate our first Hanukka. The whole family and extended family LOVED it! All the kids, including the adults wanted seconds! So glad I tried out this recipe. A keeper for sure!
Would have given 5 stars but it was too sweet 1st time I made. This time around I used between 3/4 cups sugar
OMG, OMG, OMG!!!! Love this cake. Easy to make and so delish that we are thinking we'll be eating it for breakfast, lunch and dinner - daily! I did cut the sugar a bit and in my oven, 50 minutes was just perfect. Recently had to dispose of my ancient springform pan, so I used a parchment paper-lined cake pan. Mmmmmmmmmm.
At this point in my life, I've done a lot of cooking and baking. This is maybe in the top 5 things that I have EVER made in my kitchen. Recipe is perfect as is.
I did not have a springform pan, so I used a glass flat pan (Pyrex). Good, but missing something. Next time, I'll double the cinnamon-sugar mixture and mix some in throughout the cake and on top. Might also add nuts. Still, glad to have the recipe and glad I found it since I had cream cheese to use up. Thanks.
