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Apple cake: 3 creator recipes compared

Most use flour, baking powder and cinnamon. Some add cinnamon toast crunch cereal or vanilla sugar.

Start with Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair’s versionSee all 3 side by side

Times are estimated preparation and cooking; chilling or resting is extra. Updated 2 November 2026.

Invisible Apple Cake by Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair, a frame from the Instagram video

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We put the most-saved version first: Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair’s. A French‑inspired cake that layers ultra‑thin apple slices in a light, custard‑like batter, giving a delicate, almost translucent dessert. Warm spices and generous apple flavor make it aromatic and fresh, perfect with a dusting of powdered sugar or a drizzle of caramel.

Invisible Apple Cake from Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair’s Instagram video

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Invisible Apple Cake

Recipe from Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair, from their Instagram videoWritten down by ReelsMeals from the caption and voiceover.

  • 1 hr 35 min
  • Serves 8
  • 13 ingredients
  • Oven

The only one of the 3 with nutmeg, ginger, cloves and vanilla extract.

Ingredients

  • 1 cupall purpose flour
  • 1 tspbaking powder
  • 1/2 tspcinnamon
  • 1/4 tspnutmeg
  • 1/4 tspginger
  • a pinchcloves
  • 1/4 tspsalt
  • 2 tbspbutter
  • 1/2 cupwhole milk
  • 1 tspvanilla extract
  • 3 largeeggs
  • 2/3 cupgranulated sugar
  • 2 lbapples

How it goes

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Grease a standard 9×5‑inch loaf pan and line it with parchment paper.

  2. Using a mandoline or a sharp knife, slice the apples into uniform 1/8‑inch rounds.

  3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and salt; set aside.

  4. In a small bowl, combine the melted butter, room‑temperature milk, and vanilla extract; stir until smooth.

  5. In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs and granulated sugar on medium speed for about 90 seconds, until the mixture is pale and slightly thickened.

  6. Add half of the dry‑ingredient mixture to the egg mixture and mix on low speed just until incorporated.

Then 6 more steps in the full recipe.

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All 3, side by side.

From each creator’s recipe as we saved it. Time is the estimated preparation and cooking time; chilling is extra where they say so. Ingredient counts include everything on the list.

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3 apple cake recipes compared by estimated time, servings, ingredients, method and what only that version uses. Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair’s, the one to make first, is highlighted.
VersionTime (est.)ServesIngredientsMethodOnly this one uses
Invisible Apple CakeLexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair · make this one first1 hr 35 min813Ovennutmeg, ginger, cloves and vanilla extract
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Apple Dump CakeA L I S I A W A L K E R1 hr 3 min84Ovencinnamon toast crunch cereal, apple pie filling and vanilla cake mix
Apple Cinnamon CakeDerya55 min1212Ovenvanilla sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar

What they share.

  • All 3use butter.
  • 2 of 3use flour. A L I S I A W A L K E R’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use baking powder. A L I S I A W A L K E R’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use cinnamon. A L I S I A W A L K E R’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use milk. A L I S I A W A L K E R’s version leaves it out.
  • 2 of 3use eggs. A L I S I A W A L K E R’s version leaves it out.

Counted from each version’s ingredient list. Salt, pepper, oil and water are left out, and names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken.

Where they differ.

  • Something only one of them uses

    Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair is the only one to use nutmeg, ginger, cloves and vanilla extract. A L I S I A W A L K E R is the only one to use cinnamon toast crunch cereal, apple pie filling and vanilla cake mix. Derya is the only one to use vanilla sugar, brown sugar and powdered sugar.

  • What they serve it with

    Derya serves it with cinnamon butter and sugar glaze.

  • Time and list length

    Derya takes the least time (55 min); Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair the most (1 hr 35 min). A L I S I A W A L K E R uses the shortest ingredient list (4); Lexi Harrison & Beth Sinclair the longest (13).

All 3, with their videos.

Each one opens as a full recipe with the creator credited and the original video linked.

How this comparison works.

Every recipe here comes from a creator’s own video. ReelsMeals writes it down from the caption and the voiceover, and publishes it with the creator named and the original linked. When three or more versions of a dish from at least two creators are saved, the dish gets a page like this one. Reposts and the same video saved twice count once.

Times and servings come from the saved recipe cards and may be estimated. Ingredient names are matched loosely, so chicken thighs and chicken legs both count as chicken. We don’t rank them by taste: the version shown first is the one ReelsMeals cooks have saved most. Last updated 2 November 2026.

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