Fried Apple Cakes
I’m ready to put two more blankets on my bed.
I’m ready to invest in some fuzzy slippers.
I’m ready to sport tight turtlenecks from now until March.
I’m ready for turkey chili, broccoli soup and warm apples.
Autumn. It’s almost here. Heck yea.
These Fried Apple Cakes work along the same lines as Potato Pancakes.
Apples are peeled and shredded and mixed with eggs, sugar and spices. They’re then fried up like pancakes and topped with sour cream and maple syrup.
Satisfying, delicious, and they smell like heaven. Heaven smells like warm apples… I’m sure of it.
Fried Apple Cakes
makes 8 hearty cakes
3 cups shredded apples from peeled apples, I used Fuji Apples, but feel free to mix em up.
juice of half a lemon
2 large eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
pinch of salt
2 Tablespoons brown sugar
2 Tablespoons unsalted butter and a dash of oil for cooking pancakes
Peel three medium apples. Grate the apples and drizzle the juice of half a lemon over the shredded apple. Place shredded apples in a colander over a bowl and leave for 10 minutes while you assemble the rest of the ingredients.
Beat the eggs and add the flour , sugar and spices. Whisk until no lumps remain. Press some of the excess juices out of the resting apples and add to the egg and flour mixture.
Over medium heat, melt half of the butter in a heavy bottom skillet and add just a dash of oil. This will help the butter not burn. Dollop large tablespoonfuls of apple batter into the hot butter and fry like pancakes, flipping once. Serve with maple syrup and sour cream.
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Bless you, Joy. I’m SO EFFIN CRABBY RIGHT NOW, and I think these will make an excellent snack. Going to do it now. xxx
These look insane! I’ve already blown my family’s minds with your oatmeal cookie pancakes; this will be round two of delicious, delicious brain destroyage.
Wow- I might try making these sometime. They’re not actually that bad for you! Maybe I’ll try Smart Balance instead of the butter. I’m OCD.
These look perfect – just the thing to do with the zillion pounds of apples I got excited and bought this week-end because it felt like Fall. I love Fall. And on the subject, I really like the Fall version of your masthead. Super adorable :-)
I made pretty little apple pancakes this week too! And wrote all about ‘em… we must be on the same wave length (and it must be fall). I went for Granny Smith apples, but love Fujis too!
Yummers. I’ve been collecting apple recipes as it’s nearly apple season at the local orchard!! This definitely makes the list.
oh joy. these just made my day. thank you. i’m going to make these tonight and snuggle with my cats while watching bachelor pad :)
Hey Joy!
Happy Autumn to you! Thanks for another great recipe…especially an APPLE one! In September,I go all out cooking and baking with the little beauties and I can NEVER have too many of those recipes:D Also, love your blogging and love the pattern of the plate you served those yummy-looking Fried Apple Cakes on! Thanks for sharing your recipes and thoughts with us!!
Are you sure you won’t come to Rochester and marry me? I’ll give up men and you give up California, men, and everything else, and I, or at least my tummy, will be deliriously happy! Did I mention I am a massage therapist? Doesn’t that sound like a fair trade? You cook, and in exchange, you will be the most relaxed baker ever!
No?
Okay. How about I just pine for you, while making my own, and anxiously await the next recipe?
Oh yum! These look soooo good. I am heading out tomorrow to the local farm stand to buy apples.
I am happy to see your “baking block” has lifted. Just keep thinking Fall, turtlenecks, and sweaters and you should be just fine.
I will attempt to soothe the savage breast of my significant other after her long day of overtime with the appley goodness presented here.
Joy, you do not just ease grumbling bellies, but grumbling hearts.
That’s real sweet of you to say!
Made these tonight for dinner with syrup and bacon. They were delicious. We have a question though. When are these most likely to be eaten? For dinner with pork chops? As a side dish? Breakfast as you would pancakes and maybe sausage? Or any of the above!
These look and sound awesome!
Hey Joy! These looked so good I had to try them myself tonight. Success! They will now be a part of my “fancy brunch/breakfast” menu when I have guests over. They really are yummy.
Ps…I’m a new reader of your blog here, and I just love your recipes and all of your thoughts about baking. I’m a true fan!
Amy
Apples are ready here too in Eastern Canada and I am jumping with foodie joy. These sound so perfect!!! Thank you!
Joy, these look very similar to apple doughnuts. Not apple fritters, doughnuts. Saveur published a recipe on these tasty little numbers about a year ago. Core and peel apple, slice into doughnut shapes, dredge in beer batter (sweetened), and deep fry. So light. So moist. They’re astounding. I’m sure your Fried apple cakes are as well, I’ll do the comparison this weekend!
Congratulations on making the top 50 food blogs!
Rita
Gluten Free
What a wonderful way to use apples! I have some in the fridge and I’ve been trying to figure out what to do with them. Great recipe!
Great idea! And by the way, fall also brings great flavors and colors.
Ooooooh….those look awesome!!!! I can’t wait to make ‘em!! :)
Joy,you won my heart in the second you wrote apple.Seriously!
I think you’re so right,and i believe heaven smeels like warm apples!
Just as us down here in the Southern Hemisphere prepare ourselves for spring! I’m thinking flip-flops, floral dresses, asparagus and peony flowers! Luckily apples supercede hemispheres and seasons. These are on my menu this weekend, absolute bliss. Again!
These look delicious. What a great idea. I’m a huge fan of potato pancakes and, infact, all pancakes. I actually found your site while doing a websearch for carrot cake panacakes. However, its not Fall its still summer. I’m bummed that all you bloggers are rushing our lives away. Lets enjoy Summer while we still can! Geeze.
Oh my! Nothing like warm apple smells to bring in the fall. These sound simply divine!! So now that we have a great recipe for fried apple cakes, all we need is a hayride to complete the warm fuzzy feeling. :)
I literally skipped today. Yes, I skipped like a schoolgirl because, autumn is in the air. My friends scuffed as they tried to hang on to the last licks of summer but alas, the leaves are a-changing and I am so glad you are with me in the lovin’ of Autumn. And fried apple pancakes cakes sound perfectly lovely especially for my annual apple picking trip coming up (in NY, honeycrisp are the best but Cortland and Gala are in abundance as well). I cannot wait to bring in my favorite season with some of Joy’s Best :)
Joy~
Happy Autumn! :)
Love your cool blog.
My middle name is Joy :)
Made these tonight for my dinner – delish! I changed the recipe to suit my diet (wheat flour, brown sugar substitute, egg substitute), added a scoop of ground flax seeds, and didn’t peel the apples. FYI – it was awesome this way, too – the only thing I lacked was the sour cream cuz I was out. Thank goodness there are some left over for my breakfast!! :)
Love ‘em!! But my next batch, I think I’m going to add a few bacon crumbs. What’daya think?
Joy -
Should have mentioned in my 1st reply – IT’S ALL YOUR FAULT!! You really have turned me into a total BACON-aholic!!
These were really yummy–like apple pie in a pancake! I used whole wheat flour and kept the skins on the apples and they still tasted like a dessert.
If I could marry a food item it would be sour cream; bless you for adding it to breakfast in this most delicious way.
cooked apples and maple syrup? life doesn’t get any better than this
Joy,
I just made this for breakfast for my family this morning. I made a carmel sauce to go over them, the only thing as there were ants in the brown sugar that I was too lazy to pick out. When sombody asked me about the sauce I said it as my Ants (sic) carmel sauce….
Your site has officially become my “food porn” site since I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I can’t eat any of these wonderful items until my pregnancy is over, but I can certainly watch. Thank you for sharing the love!
So I tried this one out and it was sort of a fail but i won’t give up! they tasted ok but were burnt and not really cake-y. we’ll try for next time.
Hey Joy, I made these little yumtastic treats a few days ago and they were completely too thick, like cookie dough thick. Any tips? Thanks!
I went apple picking and was worrying about what to do with 1/2 bushel of apples.. I made a single serving of this and fell in love; now I know where the rest of the apples are going. Thanks!
Oh yummmy!! These look like such an awesome way to start a day!
sounds oh so delicious. I’ve got the apples and now thanks
to you the recipe. I’ll have to try it out this weekend.
Thanks
I made these tonight. They cooked up perfect, although I’m not sure if the consistency was right? The inside of the ‘cakes’ was NOT cakey; it was mushy like the apple batter. It was still delicious (tasted exactly like apple pie) so I’m still not sure if I did them correctly or not. =P I didn’t substitute ingredients, if that helps. Anyone else?
Just divine! First recipe I have tried from this website. I accidentally added the juice from the apples to the batter (I found that a little unclear in the recipe), which made it very runny. However, I just added more flour. I also had trouble because I was running low on oil and was nervous that they would be too dry. This was not the case at all! They were very moist and flavorful. Topped with a little bit of sour cream and some grade B maple syrup made for quite the treat. Thanks Joy!
Oh, I also left the skins on the apples because I skipped over the part of the recipe that said to peel them. I was very happy with the results, as I mentioned. Delicious brinner for my friends and I!
While my daughter was in her class yesterday she decided to send me this recipe and asked me to make this for her for breakfast. These were amazing, we used creme fraiche and syrup, so good! Thanks. PS – my daughters in college, would like her to get an education, quit posting so much good food :). Just kidding! We love you!
I just made these for breakfast this morning, and they were really good! I added a 1/4 tsp of lemon zest to bump up the tangy factor. I didn’t have any sour cream, so I used Vanilla Bean yogurt along with the maple syrup…what a treat! This is going into my breakfast rotation. Thanks Joy!
A day off from work….it’s raining outside…absolutely nothing to do…the best medicine? APPLE PANCAKES! Yeah baby! I used multi-grain flour though…
This was beyond delicious! Damn it…I’m craving it now :( another 8 hours till I can get back to the comfort of my kitchen :(