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Warm Brown Butter Cinnamon Skillet Apple Cake

Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Servings 8
A warm and cozy skillet apple cake made with browned butter and fresh apples. Best enjoyed fresh out of the oven with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream!

Ingredients

For the Apples

  • 2 cups apples, peeled and diced (2 medium), honeycrisp, jonagold, or granny smith
  • 2 tbsp brown sugar
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 additional small apple, thinly sliced

For the Cake

  • ½ cup butter, one stick
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ½ cup warm milk
  • 2 tbsp greek yogurt or sour cream

Optional

  • Powdered sugar (confectioners sugar), for dusting

Instructions

Prepare the Apples

  • For this recipe, you will need approximately three apples. Peel and dice two of them into small ½" cubes. Leave the skin on the other apple and carefully slice it into thin strips.
  • Place 2 cups of the cubed apples into a small bowl and toss with the brown sugar and cinnamon until they are evenly coated. Set this aside while you prepare the cake batter.

Prepare the Cake Batter

  • Brown the butter:
  • While the butter is cooling, preheat the oven to 350°F and liberally grease an 8" or 9" cast iron skillet. Feel free to line it with some parchment paper as well.
  • In a medium sized bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. In a separate, larger bowl, whisk together the eggs, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Next, add the milk and yogurt to the egg mixture and continue whisking until smooth.
  • While continuing to whisk, drizzle in the browned butter until it's combined. Then add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients and gently stir the batter until it is just combined and you see no more streaks of white. Be careful as to not over-mix the batter.

Assemble the Cake

  • Take half of the diced apples and lay them in a single layer at the bottom of the skillet. Then pour half of the cake batter on top, followed by the remaining half of the diced apples. Before adding the remaining batter, use a spoon to gently swirl the apples and batter together a few times.
  • Pour the remaining batter on top, and once again take your spoon and gently swirl the batter with the apples a few times. Arrange the sliced apples in any pattern you would like on top of the cake. You may not need to use all of the slices so eat the rest while you wait for the cake :)
  • Place the skillet into the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes, or until golden brown. The cake will be done when a toothpick comes out clean and it springs back even a bit when you gently touch the top.
  • Let the cake cool for 10 minutes before digging in!
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