Whipping up an apple cake is the perfect opportunity to use those spice mixes that are in your cupboard that you don't usually use! We use our DIY Chai Spices in this apple cake and it is amazing. Because it is a chai mix, it does have a spicer flavor because of the ginger. However, if you have a baking spice mix like pumpkin spice in your cupboard, use it! As long as it has a combination of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, ginger, cardamom, or nutmeg you're golden.