Apple Cinnamon Loaf Cakes
Bring the warmth of homemade holiday baking to your kitchen with these soft and tender Apple Cinnamon Loaf Cakes. Filled with fresh chopped apples, cozy cinnamon, and apple pie spice, then finished with a sweet cinnamon-sugar swirl, these easy dessert breads are the perfect edible gift for Christmas. Simple ingredients, no mixer required, and bakery-style flavor in every slice — a delicious homemade treat for neighbors, teachers, and holiday gatherings.
Apple Cinnamon Loaf Cakes
These soft and tender Apple Cinnamon Loaf Cakes are made with fresh chopped apples, warm cinnamon and apple pie spice, and a buttery batter, then finished with a cinnamon-sugar swirl on top.
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 tbsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp apple pie spice
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 cups whole milk
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- ⅔ cup melted butter
- 2 apples peeled, cored and finely chopped
For the cinnamon sugar topping:
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ tsp apple pie spice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ & line two 9×5" loaf pans with butter or parchment paper. In a large bowl, combine dry ingredients of sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, apple pie spice + cinnamon. Whisk until combined, set aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, add milk, eggs, tsp vanilla and melted butter, beat with a hand mixer or whisk until combined.
- Gently add the dry mixture to the wet ingredients and stir until there are no dry flour steaks in the batter. Add chopped apples and fold to combine.
- Transfer batter to loaf pans and combine all topping ingredients of sugar, cinnamon and apple spice to a bowl and sprinkle on top of the batter. Swirl into loaf using a knife.
- Bake 35-40 mins or until toothpick inserted comes out free of batter.
