Easy French apple cake
This delicious and easy to make French apple cake recipe is made with only four simple ingredients: apples, sugar, flour and eggs. No baking powder is needed.
I’ve mentioned before that I prefer desserts that are easy and simple to make. Whenever I have friends over for dinner, I usually get caught up in making several different courses and tend to run out of time for dessert. I’ve learned to delegate dessert to Nicolas, who likes to keep it simple. He loves making this apple cake and considers it an example of a delicious dessert can be simple to make.
Jump to RecipeLast summer we were lucky enough to spend some time in the south of France. We stayed with Nico’s aunt Lilou, who happens to be an amazing cook and spoiled us with some of the best meals ever. One of her desserts was this apple cake, it was so good, I had to ask her to share the recipe. Nico was in charge of taking notes for Lilou’s recipes and he also prepares this cake most of the time when we make it at home.
This delicious apple cake is one of the easiest cakes you will ever make. I was actually somewhat scared the first time I saw Nico make it. I was sure he had missed some ingredients, how can you make a cake without baking powder or butter or milk? But, it worked and the cake turned out just like Lilou’s.
This apple cake can be served warm or cold; it can be served as is or accompanied by ice-cream. You can also serve it for dessert or have a slice with cup of afternoon coffee. This cake can also be made with a variety of other fruits: strawberries, blueberries, pears, pineapple, peach, etc – the only adjustment is that based on the amount of moisture in the fruit, you might need to bake it for slightly longer (or less).
Easy French apple cake
Ingredients
- 6 ounces of sugar (regular) 6 oz of sugar = 170 grams of sugar = ~3/4 cup
- 6 ounces of flour (all purpose) 6 oz of flour = 170 grams of flour = ~1 1/3 cups
- 3 large eggs
- 3 large apples peeled and cut in small chunks
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 400F degrees.
- Mix the eggs with the sugar using an electric mixer for about 2 minutes.
- Use a flat wooden spoon to slowly stir in the flour until the batter is smooth.
- Mix in the apple chunks, pour the cake batter into a buttered and floured cake mold – we used a round 9 inch cake pan.
- Bake for 5 minutes at 400F, then lower to 360F (or 350F is your oven doesn’t have a 360F option) degrees and bake for the approximately 30 minutes or until it turns golden. To test if the cake is done insert a toothpick into the middle, if it comes out clean, then the cake is done.
I am such a terrible cook and baker that your recipe intrigued me. I tried it today subbing pancake mix for flour and using 3 types of sweetener (truvia, cane sugar, and brown sugar). Amazingly not even that and overbaking ruined this cake! I would NOT recommend my changes to the reciple though, lol. I am going to y this again when I have all the proper ingredients. Thanks!
it’s a delicious cake and also a healthy cake! me and friends love it very much !! : ) thanks for your share. (from Taiwan)
I made this and it was absolutely delicious! Thanks for the recipe. I’ll try with strawberries next time.
Do you suggest a certain brand of apples?
Any type of apple should be fine, I usually prefer Pink Lady or Gala variety.
This looks delightful and I have pinned it to try later!
Must dissapoint you but its a traditional russian apple cake called Charlotte :)
The Charlotte cake I know is very different than this one (made with ladyfingers). Is there a different Russian version?
Yes. It’s exactly this recipe for a russian Charlotte cake :))
simple and delicious!
I can recomend you to beat eggs with sugar for 7-8 mintues, then gently fold into flour mixture and apples. Kind of a sponge method, gives increadibly fluffy texture :)
This recipe looks delicious, but one question, I don’t have a scale. How many cups are 6ounces of flour and sugar equal to?
6 oz sugar is about 3/4 cup and 6 oz flour is about 1 1/3 cups.
I made this recipe last night and couldn’t take a picture to share with everyone because it got devoured within minutes! It was that good! I’m having the last piece this morning as my breakfast! Thanks Laylita :)
Laylita, I made this apple cake today and it was DELICIOUS! Thanks a lot for all your wonderful recipes. Please, don’t stop sharing them with us!
Does Aunt Lilou have more recipes to share? This cake was absolutely wonderful and so simple!