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    French Apple Cake Recipe

    Jun 19, 2025 by Helene Dsouza

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    Helene Dsouza
    Easy french apple cake with fresh apples. A treat for your senses. Best served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    12 slices
    RECIPE
    French Apple Cake Recipe

    Our French Apple Cake is an authentic easy and moist French family recipe from my grandmother's side, who hailed from Normandy.

    If you like homemade apple cake recipes with fresh apples, check out the German apple cake too!

    Moist french apple cake with Calvados. Prepare the cake in less then 10 minutes, easy and quick. www.masalaherb.com #recipe
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    • 🍏 Why this French apple cake?
    • πŸ“• What is Calvados?
    • πŸ₯£ How to make it?
    • πŸ“– Recipe
    • πŸ’¬ Comments

    🍏 Why this French apple cake?

    Can you remember the last time when you had a bit of a cake and it transported you to another time and space?

    A succulent, scrumptious, tempting, delicious, mouthwatering, and absolutely necessary piece of goodness, namely this French apple cake with Calvados.

    You will understand what I mean after 5 minutes of baking time, when the cake aroma is wrapping you around the finger, clouding your senses turning you into an utter french apple cake food slave.

    And trust me you will be willingly letting yourself go for this all-time favorite cake.

    The moist apple cake recipe is, of course, a family recipe and has been frequently made in my house.

    French Apple Cake

    My husband loves it, everybody loves it.

    I call it the best apple cake recipe in the world!

    In fact, it's one of those cakes which you can make for any celebration or occasion.

    Imagine presenting this cake to your friends for afternoon coffee/tea time or sell it at your kids' school function!

    Otherwise, of course, I tend to just bake the french apple cake recipe for fun, in the middle of the week and sometimes (I solemnly confess!), in the middle of the night.

    French Apple Cake

    πŸ“• What is Calvados?

    Calvados is a French apple brandy, commonly available in France and partially in Europe.

    You might be able to get calvados in specialized stores or hypermarkets anywhere else in the world.

    The true French Normandy apple cake recipe here needs some calvados on top of the cake before being baked.

    Moist french apple cake with Calvados. Prepare the cake in less then 10 minutes, easy and quick. www.masalaherb.com #recipe

    How to substitute Calvados?

    If you don't have any Calvados at hand you can also substitute with apple brandy or you can also use apple juice [nonalcohol version].

    Otherwise just skip it.

    French Apple Cake

    πŸ₯£ How to make it?

    To prepare this apple cake is rather easy.

    Just follow these easy steps.

    For the full recipe with ingredients and detailed directions see recipe card further below.

    Step 1

    Prepare batter with the flour and other ingredients.

    Cut your apples small and add the apples to the batter.

    prepare batter and add sliced apples to it

    Step 2

    Butter your mold, fill in the apple batter.

    I like to use quality silicon molds .

    butter mold and pour apple batter in

    Step 3

    Sprinkle sugar and calvados over the cake.

    Bake the cake golden.

    sprinkle brown sugar and calvados over the batter and bake
    Moist french apple cake with Calvados. Prepare the cake in less then 10 minutes, easy and quick. www.masalaherb.com #recipe

    More French Cake Recipes

    • Yogurt Cake
    • Mirabelle Tart
    • Apple Tart

    Dear Reader, do you have a cake recipe from your grandmother, which you treasure?

    French Apple Cake

    πŸ“– Recipe

    French Apple Cake Recipe

    French Apple Cake Recipe

    Easy french apple cake with fresh apples. A treat for your senses. Best served with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.
    4.42 from 31 votes
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: French
    Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 40 minutes minutes
    Servings: 12 slices
    Calories: 169kcal
    Recipe by: Helene Dsouza

    Ingredients

    For the cake batter:

    • 3.5 ounces All-purpose Flour sieved
    • 3.5 ounces Sugar
    • 1 stick Butter melted
    • 3 Eggs
    • 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder not baking soda!!
    • pinch Salt
    • 1.1 pound Apples ~4 Apples

    and...

    • Butter soft, to grease the mold
    • 2 Tablespoons Calvados or apple brandy or apple juice
    • 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
    US - Metric

    Instructions

    • Preheat the oven to 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius.
    • In a bowl, add and combine to a smooth batter the all-purpose sieved flour, sugar, butter, eggs, baking powder and salt.
      3.5 ounces All-purpose Flour, 3.5 ounces Sugar, 1 stick Butter, 3 Eggs, 1 Teaspoon Baking Powder, pinch Salt
      Moist french apple cake with Calvados. Prepare the cake in less then 10 minutes, easy and quick. www.masalaherb.com #recipe
    • Peel and discard the core of the apples. Cut them into smaller pieces and mix them into the cake batter.
      1.1 pound Apples
    • Butter your mold well, pour the batter into the prepared mold and spread evenly. Pour 2 Tablespoons of Calvados over the cake batter and finish by sprinkling the brown sugar over the cake.
      Butter, 2 Tablespoons Calvados, 2 Tablespoons Brown Sugar
      Moist french apple cake with Calvados. Prepare the cake in less then 10 minutes, easy and quick. www.masalaherb.com #recipe
    • Bake for about 30 minutes at 350 Fahrenheit/ 180 Celsius until golden brown on top. Test with a knife, if the cake is baked, by poking into the center. If it's gooey keep for 5 more minutes to bake. The knife should come back clean.
    • Best served and enjoyed with a scoop of Vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

    Notes

    • You can substitute calvados with apple brandy or apple juice. Or skip it (but you will miss some flavors)

    Equipment

    • 9 inch round baking mold, can be silicon can be a pan.

    Nutrition

    Nutrition Facts
    French Apple Cake Recipe
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 169 Calories from Fat 72
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 8g12%
    Saturated Fat 5g25%
    Cholesterol 61mg20%
    Sodium 84mg4%
    Potassium 98mg3%
    Carbohydrates 20g7%
    Fiber 1g4%
    Sugar 14g16%
    Protein 2g4%
    Vitamin A 315IU6%
    Vitamin C 1.9mg2%
    Calcium 27mg3%
    Iron 0.5mg3%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    I am Helene, and I created Masala Herb in 2011. Here you will learn to cook with spices and herbs. I share from scratch, international food recipes and my mission is to teach you to cook flavorful food at home. Read More…

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