Food and Recipes Fruits Apple The Best Apple Cake Recipes To Make This Fall By Jenna Sims Jenna Sims Jenna is a Digital Editor for Southern Living and joined the team in 2014. She writes, produces, and assigns content with a focus on email growth and commerce content. She covers a range of topics in the lifestyle space from holiday gift guides to new product launches to tips for cooking with your air fryer. Southern Living's editorial guidelines Published on October 19, 2021 Share Tweet Pin Email Trending Videos Photo: Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall As soon as the first leaf hits the ground each fall, the best way to enjoy fresh apples is in dessert form. We guarantee that our best apple cake recipes will serve up plenty of fall flavor in every slice. Whether you prefer an easy apple cake that just requires a little bit of stirring or would prefer to take on a more time-intensive stack cake, there's sure to be an apple cake recipe on our list that you'll enjoy baking (and your family will love eating). You may even want to bookmark several of these apple cake recipes to try this fall. The hardest decision you'll have to make will be which cake to bake first. 01 of 13 Auntie's Apple Cake Photographer: Jennifer Causey Food Stylist: Ana Kelly Prop Stylist: Kay Clarke Recipe: Auntie's Apple Cake This tube pan recipe is a traditional, no-fuss apple cake that you'll want to add to your recipe box to make for years to come. 02 of 13 Apple Stack Cake Photo: Victor Protasi; Prop Styling: Cindy Barr; Food Styling: Torie Cox Recipe: Apple Stack Cake You'll make use of a whole pound of apples in this stack cake. We recommend that this cake cure for two to three days before serving, so be sure to keep that in mind if you're making it for company. 03 of 13 Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake Greg Dupree Recipe: Apple-Cream Cheese Bundt Cake A cream cheese filling, apple cake batter, and praline frosting are the ideal trio in this decadent Bundt cake recipe. 04 of 13 Fresh Apple Cake Hannah Zimmerman/Southern Living Recipe: Fresh Apple Cake First published in 2001, this simple cake recipe has been delighting readers ever since. 05 of 13 Caramel Apple Cake Hector Manuel Sanchez Recipe: Caramel Apple Cake A beautiful cake like this one can serve as both a centerpiece and dessert. 06 of 13 Apple Pie Cake Photography: Caitlin Bensel, Food Styling: Rishon Hanners Recipe: Apple Pie Cake You'll never believe that this dessert, which combines the best aspects of both a cake and a pie, starts with a boxed mix. 07 of 13 Apple Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Frosting Antonis Achilleos; Prop Styling: Mary Clayton Carl Jones; Food Styling: Emily Nabors Hall Recipe: Apple Butter Pound Cake with Caramel Frosting Pound cake is made even more delicious with a decadent caramel frosting. 08 of 13 Amanda Mack's Apple-Almond Spice Cake with Brown Butter Frosting Gabriela Herman Recipe: Amanda Mack's Apple-Almond Spice Cake with Brown Butter Frosting From one of our 2021 Cooks of the Year, this loaf cake includes all of fall's favorite spices including cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, allspice, and cardamom. 09 of 13 Apple Spice Cake Victor Protasio, Food Stylist: Emily Nabors Hall, Prop Stylist: Kathleen Varner Recipe: Apple Spice Cake A one-pan apple cake provides plenty of fall flavor with no stacking or icing required. 10 of 13 Apple-Pecan Carrot Cake Recipe Hector Sanchez Recipe: Apple-Pecan Carrot Cake Recipe This recipe proves that carrot cake can be enjoyed year-round. The impressive cake features a mascarpone frosting and requires just 30 minutes of hands-on time. 11 of 13 Applesauce Cake Micah Leal Recipe: Applesauce Cake A pantry staple helps this cake have plenty of flavor and moistness. 12 of 13 Mini Apple Cider Pound Cakes Recipe: Mini Apple Cider Pound Cakes Choose from a streusel topping, bourbon glaze, lemon-sugar glaze, or a combination of the three to top these miniature pound cakes. 13 of 13 Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Photo: Jennifer Davick Recipe: Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Enjoy dessert from breakfast to after dinner with this apple coffee cake. Was this page helpful? Thanks for your feedback! Tell us why! Other Submit