Recipe Apple Pecan Cake

I love making this Apple Pecan Cake on cloudy days. It’s so comforting and the house smells so good when it comes out of the oven! The recipe is a combination of an apple pie and a cinnamon cake, and the pecan nuts give some extra crunch to it.
I love it how it has more ‘crust’ as a regular apple pie. And this crust has the structure of cake, so it’s soft and filling. The first time I made this apple pecan cake was for my Boyfriends Birthday. Normally all sweet recipes on my blog are sugar-free, but when we’ve got something to celebrate we don’t mind eating a bit unhealthy. So tis recipe fits in my Sugar Sunday category, in which I share recipes that do include sugar.
On this page I’m sharing the recipe for this apple pecan cake.

Ingredients (serves 8):
125 grams margarine
150 grams coconut sugar
2 eggs
125 ml sour cream
175 grams self-rising flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon

For the filling:
2 apples, peeled and cubed
3 tablespoons flour
3 tablespoons coconut sugar
3 tablespoons pecans, chopped
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons maple syrup

Preheat the oven to 180C.
Mix the margarine, coconut sugar and cinnamon until creamy. Mix in the eggs one by one. Stir in the sour cream and the flour. Combine and scoop the dough into a greased cake pan. Use the back of a spoon to push the dough up to the sides of the cake pan, creating a bowl shape.

Mix the flour, coconut sugar, pecans and cinnamon for the filling. Add the apple cubes and stir well. Divide the apple mixture over the cake.
Bake the apple pecan cake for 50-55 minutes.