This Fireball Glazed Fresh Apple Cake is a moist spice cake filled with shredded fresh apples all topped with a Fireball Whiskey Glaze that just screams fall baking.
Pinterest is both a blessing and a curse.
For quite a few reasons.
I mean it’s a curse because I spend way too much time on there.
But a blessing because I can find so much good stuff on there!
For food bloggers it is a blessing because it brings traffic.
But a curse because we have had to try and style our food in a way that will get someone to click through.
Only problem is that quite often the ugliest desserts taste the best.
Bread pudding is one of my all-time favorite desserts yet it’s not that pretty.
Regular puddings don’t look that great…now you have to layer it in mason jars to get a click through. 🙂
Nowadays you need a layer cake perfectly frosted with drips of fudge and French macaroons piled on top of it.
Which I’m sure it looks tasty but at the end of the day I much prefer simple and tasty to elaborate and Pinterest fail. 😀
It seems to me that apple desserts turn out ugly.
I think it’s because they are for the most part brown…and well brown food is hard to photograph.
While I wouldn’t call this Fireball Glazed Fresh Apple Cake ugly it does look rather boring.
It’s brown.
With brown glaze.
Even my whipped cream is brown.
Brown, on brown, on brown action (don’t Google that I fear there is a movie with that title somewhere…and it’s not safe for work).
As boring or plain as this cake looks, I must say that it turned out soooo good.
It’s moist (I know people hate that word but it’s the only way to describe food sometimes).
It has a nice kick with the Fireball Glaze.
If you are BTW not wanting Fireball you can just sub more heavy cream for the booze.
I’m not sure the cake with get the slightly hardened crust with the extra cream but I’m sure it will be tasty.
This cake calls for a 10-x-10-inch pan.
I use this size pan a lot.
I just like that size for some reason.
You can use a 9-x-13-inch pan but you will need to reduce the baking time by about 5-10 minutes.
If you want to make the Fireball whipped cream to go with it I just whipped up a cup of cream with 2 TBSP of brown sugar and 2 TBSP of Fireball.
Don’t forget to get a copy of my cookbook.
Want More Fireball Recipes?
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Rich Fireball Caramel Pecan Topped Chocolate Cinnamon Flourless Cake
Fireball Apple Cider Jell-O Shots
Yummy Fireball Glazed Cinnamon Sugar Babka
Want More Apple Recipes?
Cider Glazed Apple Fritter Muffins
Brown Sugar Apple Cinnamon Babka
Fireball Glazed Fresh Apple Cake
Ingredients
- For the Apple Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- ½ tsp. freshly ground nutmeg
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon 3 Pink Lady Apples, peeled and shredded
- For the Fireball Glaze:
- 4oz. unsalted butter
- 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract
- ¼ cup Fireball Whiskey
- ¼ cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 325 ° F.
- Beat the oil, sugar and eggs with electric mixer until the mixture becomes light and fluffy, and pale yellow in color.
- Add in vanilla extract and beat another 30 seconds.
- Add the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg to the bowl.
- With the mixer on low, mix until the ingredients just come together.
- Add the shredded apples and continue mixing until the ingredients are fully incorporated.
- Pour batter into 10-x-10-inch baking pan. If you don’t have one use a 9-x-13-inch pan but your baking time will be decreased.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 40-45 or until golden brown and a wooden skewer inserted comes out clean.
- Let cool on a wire rack.
- Wait until cool to glaze.
- For the glaze:
- In a medium saucepan bring the butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, heavy cream, and Fireball to a rolling boil.
- Poke holes in the cake using a wooden skewer. Not as many holes as say a poke cake but enough that it will soak into the cake.
- Once boiling, pour over the cooled cake.
- Let the cake cool again completely, the glaze will get a little crust to it…you want that.
- I served mine with a Fireball infused whipped cream.
Jen says
Need. Want. Must have.
Peabody says
That’s the spirit.
Liz S. says
This dessert doesn’t look ugly to me – all I see is autumn deliciousness 😀
Peabody says
Thanks Liz!
stephanie says
I will take simple and delicious over “Pinterest worthy” any day! I’ll pin this one and put FIREBALL WHISKY in all caps…that should do the trick.
Tiffany Porter says
Thanks! I am ALWAYS on the lookout for a tasty, moist apple dessert:)
Emily says
That looks really yummy and that I would be capable of making it. I might ooh and ahh over those fancy desserts on Pinterest, but I’m not going to go to the trouble to make 90% of them.
Peabody says
Yes, super easy to make.
annie says
What? This cake is so pretty. I do agree with you about pinterest and apple recipes. I recently made an apple thing and it looked like a playground sandbox.
Thanks for putting whiskey in this. Whiskey-on-Monday is a thing, right?
Peabody says
@Annie- yes, I feel in general the apple recipes don’t get the love they deserve.
Turner says
Mmmmmm a slice of autumn! Gimme!!
Miranda says
I think the cake is pretty! And dang, it sounds awesome!
Martha Turek says
Just one question…can this made the day before ? Taking it to a late afternoon meeting.
Peabody says
I would make the day before but glaze the day of.
Martha Turek says
I ended-up making it today…it was a hit !!!
Morven says
I agree that this cake is not particularly photo worthy but it is delicious! Made this for my co-workers and it got rave reviews. It’s a keeper.
dee chad says
This is spectacular! Baking it in the 10×10 at a low temp created this pillowy sponge with crusty sides–heaven! Then adding fireball glaze and whipped cream sent it right over the top. YUM.
Missy says
Can you make this cake in a bundt pan?
Peabody says
I’m not sure how that would turn out. The baking time would be way longer.