{"id":3424,"date":"2026-04-10T20:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2026-04-10T20:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T20:28:36","slug":"homemade-apple-cinnamon-swirl-loaf-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/homemade-apple-cinnamon-swirl-loaf-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Homemade Apple Cinnamon Swirl Loaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0Homemade Apple Cinnamon Swirl Loaf<\/h2>\n<h3>\u00a0Ingredients<\/h3>\n<p><strong>For the cinnamon swirl:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/3 cup light brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon ground cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the loaf:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2\/3 cup white sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup butter, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 eggs<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups all-purpose flour<\/li>\n<li>1 3\/4 teaspoons baking powder<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup milk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>For the apple layer:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\u20132 apples, peeled and chopped (any sweet variety)<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon white sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon cinnamon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\u00a0Instructions<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Preheat oven<\/strong><br \/>\nSet your oven to <strong>180\u00b0C (350\u00b0F)<\/strong> and grease a loaf pan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make cinnamon swirl mix<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a small bowl, combine brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prepare apple mixture<\/strong><br \/>\nToss chopped apples with sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Make the batter<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Cream together butter and white sugar until light and fluffy.<\/li>\n<li>Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.<\/li>\n<li>Stir in vanilla extract.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Combine dry ingredients<\/strong><br \/>\nIn another bowl, mix flour and baking powder.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mix batter<\/strong><br \/>\nGradually add dry ingredients to the wet mixture, alternating with milk. Mix until smooth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Layer the loaf<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Pour half the batter into the pan<\/li>\n<li>Add half the apples<\/li>\n<li>Sprinkle half the cinnamon sugar<\/li>\n<li>Repeat layers (batter \u2192 apples \u2192 cinnamon sugar)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Swirl it<\/strong><br \/>\nUse a knife to gently swirl the layers for that beautiful cinnamon effect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bake<\/strong><br \/>\nBake for <strong>50\u201360 minutes<\/strong>, or until a toothpick comes out clean.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cool &amp; serve<\/strong><br \/>\nLet it cool in the pan for 10\u201315 minutes, then transfer to a rack. Slice and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>\u00a0Tips<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Add a drizzle of glaze (powdered sugar + milk) for extra sweetness<\/li>\n<li>Best served slightly warm<\/li>\n<li>Store covered for up to 3 days<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Homemade Apple Cinnamon Swirl Loaf \u00a0Ingredients For the cinnamon swirl: 1\/3 cup light brown sugar 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon For&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recipe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3426,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3424\/revisions\/3426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recipes.ukbiddingdirectory.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}