Reviewed: Oct. 23, 2009

Very tasty for a cake that starts with a mix, and easy to make. To avoid the problem of slices falling apart, I made mine in a 9x13 pan. All ingredients are the same (although I chopped the apples, and mixed them with the sugar/cinnamon/ nut mixture), just spread about 2/3 of the batter in the greased pan, top with the apples (pressing down), then drop spoonfuls of the remaining batter all over the apples and spread as best you can. Bake till the knife comes out clean, and you WILL need to cover it with foil to keep it from burning.

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

YUMMY IN YOUR TUMMY! YES I'M SHOUTING! This was soooo good & easy! More time peeling & cutting than making the recipe. I finely chopped 1 of the apples & stirred it into the batter. I did use someones suggestion and stirred sugar and nuts into the fruit just before assembling batter and apples. If you sugar too soon; the fruit will weep and make a lot of liquid. This was moist and dense. I wanted to serve it as a dessert so I made whip cream and served it with some sliced apples as presentation. My coffee crew just loved it & I will be printing several recipes requests this afternoon!

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Home Town: Western, New York, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

i just took this cake out of the oven and it is delicious! i followed the recipe pretty much "as written" with only a few changes because of the country in which i live: since one can't get sour cream here, i substituted low-fat, plain yogurt that i had drained a little beforehand...probably doing that cut out A LOT of fat grams too! also, since i didn't have a bundt pan, i baked it in a 9x13. since italians like their cakes a little on the "dry side", i baked it for about 1.5 hours at 350 and it didn't burn. (my oven is tiny and LAME!) like another reviewer suggested, i finely chopped the apples and i did use all 6 (of various sizes) with no problems. other than those few changes i thought it was a GREAT recipe! ***the one thing i would recommend is to have all your ingredients ready BEFORE you start mixing the batter. i waited too long (chopping the apples) and had a lot of difficulty spreading the batter in the pan. the pudding makes it very thick.***

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marco in italia

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2009

This was a very simple recipe and it is so delicious!

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Living In: Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2009

There was only one thing I suggest, only use three larger apples rather than six apples. I used three and I just want to say WOW!!!! Also, you dont want to just slice them, you want to chop them in to small cube like pieces. it spreads the flavor out more. This cake was fabulous. I read some of the other reviews and some people said it was mushy, but I think that is because they used six apples. I baked it for 60 minutes, no more no less and it was perfect. Some people said it wasnt like coffee cake, but mine turned out tasting just like one. I highly reccomend this cake. It was easy and deeeelish!

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Emzyjeanie

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Home Town: Brookfield, Vermont, USA

Living In: Ashland, Ohio, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 4, 2009

This was more like a bread pudding . . . perhaps I should have baked it longer, but the way I served it, it was more the consistency of a bread pudding. I agree that it's an apple cake, more than a coffee cake. The taste was pretty good, but not my preference.

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Goodcalves

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Home Town: Normal, Illinois, USA

Living In: Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2009

This recipe was very easy and it was a huge hit at a breakfast party I brought it to. I did not change a thing to the recipe and it was great! I will definitely make it again.

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Reviewed: Sep. 21, 2009

I even burnt this cake and it was STILL DELISH! It was the easiest thing I could ever make. EVERYONE loved it! I just made it this past Saturday and it took minutes. The hardest part was cutting the apples into thin slices. I increased the amount of cinnamon and walnuts. I think it needed a bit more. I cooked it less than 60 minutes... only because my oven is garbage and it started to burn it!! (it's electric and very old) I HIGHLY recommend this recipe! It's a yummy harvest recipe!!! Great for Thanksgiving and Fall!!

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Reviewed: Sep. 7, 2009

This cake was very moist! Loved the flavor! I only used 2 granny smith apples and baked it for only 40 mins. I omitted the walnuts (because I did not have any) and used a lemon cake mix instead. I also used a vanilla and chocolate chip instant pudding mix (since that was all I had left). I would love to make this again with a different pudding mix and see how that would taste.

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Reviewed: Aug. 31, 2009

I read other reviews and decided to use less apples. I like to use measurements as some apples are bigger or smaller especially if you've picked them yourself!!! I used 2 cups of apples and for myself, I found that to be the right amount. Otherwise I followed the recipe. I thought the cake was delicious.

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Laurie

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Home Town: Duluth, Minnesota, USA

Living In: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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Reviewed: Aug. 23, 2009

I made this exactly as the recipe read and it was absolutely wonderful. It was moist and perfect with coffee.

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Reviewed: Jul. 1, 2009

My co-workers LOVED this! I replaced the nuts with oatmeal (we have a nut allergy) and used canned apples (not pie filling) to save some time. It was fantastic, even made a few of the guys swear, and one kissed my hand!

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Living In: Sanford, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: May 19, 2009

This recipe is the best coffee cake recipe i have ever had!! It is extremely easy to make. I changed a couple things though. I used extra brown sugar and cinnamon and coated the apples in it before adding it to the bundt pan/mix. I also dripped honey onto the cake when it came out of the oven along with a glaze made up of confectioners sugar, vanilla and water. This coffee cake was incredible and i will definitely make again and again!

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Reviewed: Apr. 24, 2009

My family loves this cake... it is easy & delicious. I doubled the walnut mixture, could've even tripled it. I use an 8X12 pan, not bundt.

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Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2009

Great recipe, everyone enjoyed it. Only change I made was to ude 4 apples unstead of 6, would have been to much for us. I placed apple slices around top of cake, had a beautiful pressentation, served with hot vanilla custard.

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Reviewed: Mar. 28, 2009

This cake TASTED delicious, but was an absolute mess to get out of the pan. I think I used too many apples. I know several people have commented that they used 6 apples with no problem, but is that 6 huge apples or 6 teeny-weeney apples? An actual cup measurement of the quantity would improve this recipe a bit. Thanks though - the surviving chunks of cake tasted awesome. I will try again (just with fewer apples!) :)

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PlantQueenie

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Home Town: Napa, California, USA

Living In: Piscataway, New Jersey, USA

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Reviewed: Mar. 17, 2009

I easily could have used four or five apples, and the apples I used weren't big. I used Pink Ladies, they are delicious. Substituted pecans. Nice cake, easy, but tedious. Should have used mandolin slicer for apples.

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Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2008

Really delicious! My only "warning" is that it took much longer to bake than what the recipe said(1/2 hr. longer) Perhaps i need to check my oven temp, although i haven't had problems with other dishes, so hmmmmm....

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Reviewed: Nov. 11, 2008

Absolutely amazing! Adding to my regular rotation! I made twice...first time followed recipe exactly substituting butter cake mix for yellow. Second time I ommitted walnuts and mixed apples with cin/sugar before layering all in the center. Reason for 4 stars is that both times the cakes were structurally a mess. 2nd time was much better. Made sure not to overmix batter as pudding starts to set which leaves space in the cake as apples start to cook down, Overall amazingly simple and out of this world flavor. Will continue to play with until I get the structure just right!

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