24 Apple Cakes To Help You Celebrate This Fall

Each bite of this dessert melds the flavors of a spiced apple pie filling and a buttery pie crust with a creamy cinnamon-y cheesecake with a graham cracker crust. Now you can enjoy two iconic desserts—apple pie and cheesecake—all in one!

Get the Apple Pie Cheesecake recipe.

When baking this apple dessert, it’s best to use robust apples like Pink Ladies, Braeburns, or Honeycrisps. They should be sweet, tart, and sturdy to guarantee the perfect bite.

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Rich and dense with a cinnamon sugar coating that gets all over our fingers, this cake is warmly spiced and so much easier than frying up a dozen apple cider donuts.

Get the Apple Cider Donut Pound Cake recipe.

This traditional French dessert starts with a simple rum cake batter that’s then filled with chunks of apple, ensuring every bite will be extra flavorful and moist. It’s got an almost custard-like texture and a sugary, crunchy top you’ll love.

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This classic cake gets its name from its simplicity—just "dump" everything in a baking dish and go. A typical apple dump cake would include apple pie filling, but we've made ours from fresh apples instead (it's a great way to use up an apple orchard bounty!).

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One of the best things about this cheesecake? (Besides that caramel drizzle of course!) Since it's covered in toppings, you can skip the water bath. It might still crack, but no one will care when they're biting into that crunchy oat topping. 😍

Get the Apple Crisp Cheesecake recipe.

Apples work wonders in this easy coffee cake. They add extra sweetness as well as making the cake moist and tender. We love it with Granny Smith and Honeycrisp apples, but your favorite baking apple will do the trick.

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The only thing that makes an icebox cake more tempting? When it has cinnamon-spiced apples and a cheesecake filling, of course!

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In our minds, fall isn't fall 'til we've had at least a dozen apple cider cake donuts. This super-sized version comes together in no time, and there's no deep-frying involved. That's a win in our book!

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Though pound cakes are the perfect year-round dessert, we especially like them during fall. We dressed ours up to match the season with crisp apples and a buttery crumb topping that you'll want to put over everything.

Get the Apple Crisp Pound Cake recipe.

This gorgeous apple cake is so much easier than it looks. The secret is, after you peel and quarter the apples, you cut them hasselback potato-style. That way, you don't have to worry about stacking the slices, and they stay together perfectly while baking!

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Just when you thought Bundt cake couldn't get better, this one has an apple hidden inside. Bake, slice (surprise!), and serve for the most autumnal breakfast or dessert ever.

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Love cheesecake? Us too! Avoid the water bath and potential cracking by making these easy cheesecake bars instead. Bonus: Cutting these into bars take these from after-dinner dessert straight into afternoon snack territory. Woo hoo!

Get the Caramel Apple Cheesecake Bars recipe.

Spiraling the apples on top will guarantee this is the most elegant-looking fall dessert in the room, but don't worry—this cake looks much more difficult to make than it actually is. Hot tip: Drizzle a little caramel on the slices or serve with freshly whipped cream.

Get the Cinnamon Apple Cake recipe.

This tender apple cake is jam-packed with fruit, which is why we think it's perfectly appropriate to eat a slice for breakfast. 😉 The custard sauce isn't totally necessary, but it is traditional and completely delicious.

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Want even MORE cinnamon-spice flavor for these dessert bars? Use a spice cake mix instead of a yellow cake mix.

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This is the perfect 2-in-1 dessert—cheesecake + apple Bundt cake (making this good for a decadent breakfast or dessert). Our best tip for success? Don't skip greasing and flouring your Bundt pan.

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This gorgeous spice cake topped with a layer of caramel and caramel apples SCREAMS fall.

Get the Caramel Apple Cake recipe.

It may seem tempting to pull this pound cake out early, but because there are so many delicious apples in the batter, it really takes while for all that excess moisture to cook out. After a shorter cook time? Reduce the amount of apples by half.

Get the Caramel Apple Pound Cake recipe.

This poke cake is the ultimate in ease, since you can use store-bought cake mix, caramel sauce, and cream cheese frosting if you like. Want to make it more gourmet? Make it all from scratch instead.

Get the Caramel Apple Poke Cake recipe.