31 apple walnut cake recipes

Apple pie with a twist: cinnamon Red Hots melt into the filling with walnuts and a crumbled pie crust topping. Bubbling, spicy-sweet, and utterly irresistible.

Apple pie flipped upside down so the brown sugar and walnuts melt into a sticky praline-style topping over a flaky double crust. Inverted onto a platter for the reveal.

Quick apple spice hand pie with applesauce, pumpkin pie spice, brown sugar, walnuts, and raisins wrapped in pie crust or puff pastry. Ready in 25 minutes with minimal prep.

Traditional Sicilian fruit-filled pastries stuffed with figs, dates, chocolate chips, nuts, and warm spices, glazed with a lemon icing. A holiday cookie tray showstopper.

Chewy oatmeal cookies loaded with fresh diced apples, raisins, walnuts, and honey, spiced with cinnamon for a wholesome treat that stays moist for days.

Apple sauce and butter make these cookies super buttery and moist, whole wheat flour and oats add extra goodness. Chocolate chips add some surprising bites.

Fruit and nut muffins with whole wheat flour, applesauce, raisins, dates, and walnuts. A lower-fat big-batch recipe using egg whites and skim milk for lighter baking.

Fudgy brownies made with applesauce instead of butter, egg whites only, and just 2 tablespoons of oil. Intensely chocolatey from a half cup of cocoa powder. No icing needed.

These sugar free brownies use apple juice concentrate and mashed banana for natural sweetness. Made with whole wheat flour, cocoa, and crunchy walnuts, they're a guilt-free chocolatey treat you can stash in the freezer.

Egg-free bran muffins loaded with chopped apples, dried apricots, and walnuts, made with apple juice and all-bran cereal. Brushed with cinnamon sugar while hot.

Whole wheat sweet potato biscuits with honey, apple juice, and walnuts. Dairy-free vegetarian biscuits with a tender crumb and nutty crunch.

Whole wheat oatmeal cookies with molasses, honey, raisins, and walnuts. Sweetened three ways with brown sugar, molasses, and honey for a chewy, spiced high-fiber cookie.

Moist banana bread with wheat germ, oats, and walnuts, sweetened with apple juice concentrate instead of refined sugar. A wholesome low-calorie loaf perfect for using overripe bananas from your counter.

Dense apricot bars sweetened with maple syrup and loaded with dried apricots, walnuts, and cashews. No eggs, no butter, finished with powdered sugar icing and optional chocolate drizzle.

Vegan carrot pudding with ginger, cinnamon, walnuts, and raisins topped with a fruit compote and cashew cream. A dairy-free, egg-free baked dessert sweetened with maple syrup.