Name: Apple and cinnamon slab cake recipe
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 16
Ingredients: 100g butter; 1/3 cup vegetable oil; 3 eggs; 3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar; 562.50 ml Essentials Self-Raising Flour; 2 tsp cinnamon; 400g canned pie apples, roughly chopped; 200g sour cream; 1 cup icing sugar, sieved; Cinnamon sugar, to decorate

by Tiffany Page Last updated on 10/31/2025

Need to bring-a-plate? This easy apple and cinnamon slab cake is the perfect solution and will have everyone asking for the recipe.

- Tiffany Page

Ingredients

100g butter
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
3/4 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
2 1/4 cups Woolworths Essentials Self-Raising Flour
2 tsp cinnamon
400g canned pie apples, roughly chopped

Frosting

200g sour cream
1 cup icing sugar, sieved
Cinnamon sugar, to decorate

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease a 27cm x 17cm brownie pan and line the sides with baking paper.
Step 2

Beat butter, oil, eggs and sugar until thick and creamy. Sift in flour and cinnamon and mix until combined. Fold through apple.
Step 3

Spoon into prepared cake tin and smooth top. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until an inserted skewer comes out clean. Cool in the tin.
Step 4

For frosting, beat sour cream and icing sugar in a bowl. Spread over cooled cake and sprinkle over cinnamon sugar.