• Preheat your oven to 350F. Spray and dust your 9 inch cake pan with flour.
  
• Peel and dice your apples and set aside.

  In a bowl measure your dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt, apple pie spice) whisk to combine and set aside.
  
• Using a mixer, cream together your butter and sugars. Add in your egg and vanilla extract. Mix until combined.
  
• Divide your flour mixture into thirds and the milk into half. You will want to alternate folding in your flour and milk into the butter and sugar mixture, ending with flour. See blog notes for more explanation if needed.
  
• It will be thick when you're done.
  
• Carefully fold in the diced apples, try not to over mix the batter.
  
• Pour into your prepared cake pan, spread around to be even.
  
• Bake at 350F for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Let it cool on a rack.
  

Peanut Butter Frosting

• Once the cake is cool, make your frosting. Using a stand mixer with a whisk attachment, combine your crunchy peanut butter, powdered sugar and ½ cup of milk. Keep adding milk a tbsp at a time until the frosting is smooth and the perfect consistency, it may take the full 1 cup of milk.