apple crumble cake

This is the BEST cinnamon apple crumb cake recipe! Ultra moist and loaded with warm cinnamon, sweet apples, and a buttery crumb topping. It&#39;s perfect for fall baking and apple picking season!

Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake

all-purpose flour

brown sugar (packed)

unsalted butter

cinnamon

red Gala apples

canola oil

dark brown sugar

eggs, room temperature

tsp vanilla extract

tsp baking soda

salt

sugar

heavy cream

vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste

Preheat the oven to 325 F/ 165 C. Line a square 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper and set it aside.

In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, light brown sugar, cinnamon, and diced butter with a pastry cutter or fork until combined and crumbs form. Set it aside.

Use the large holes of a cheese grater to grate two red apples into a medium bowl.

Squeeze out all of the juice from the apples into the bowl and measure out 1 packed cup (188 grams) of grated apples. Then measure out 1/2 cup + 2 tbsp (130 grams) of the juice from the bowl. Discard any extra juice. Set aside until ready to use.

In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the oil and dark brown sugar.

Whisk in the eggs, vanilla, grated apples, and apple juice until combined.

Whisk in the flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt until just combined.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan.

Spread the crumb mixture evenly over the top of the batter.

Bake for 40-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out mostly clean with a few moist crumbs on it.

Cool the pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes or until the pan is warm but touchable.

Remove the cake from the pan and allow it to continue cooling on the rack.

To make the glaze, whisk together the powdered sugar, cream, and vanilla extract until smooth. If you want it thinner add more cream. If you want it thicker, add more powdered sugar.

Drizzle the glaze over the cake then cut into 9-16 slices and enjoy!

Warm Apple Crumb Cake is brimming with sweet apples and a crunchy double cinnamon streusel topping.  Perfect for welcoming guests or an overnight breakfast to look forward to, this cake is soft, perfectly spiced, and drizzled with caramel sauce.

Apple Crumb Cake

All-Purpose Flour

White Sugar

Brown Sugar

tsp Baking Soda

tsp Baking Powder

Salt

tsp Ground Cinnamon

Butter (softened)

Milk

Eggs

tsp Vanilla Extract

Granny Smith Apples (peeled, cored, and thinly sliced or diced)

All Purpose Flour

Cinnamon

Butter

Caramel Sauce (Optional)

For the streusel, stir together 1.5 cup All Purpose Flour, 1/4 cup White Sugar, 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar, 1 tsp Ground Cinnamon, and 1 tsp Baking Powder. Using a pastry blender or your hands, mix in 6 Tbsp Butter until the streusel is crumbly and well mixed.

For the crumb topping

Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 9x9 pan or a 9-inch springform pan.

In a large bowl for an electric or stand mixer, 1 cup All-Purpose Flour, 1/2 cup Brown Sugar, 1/4 cup White Sugar, 1/2 tsp Baking Soda, 1 tsp Baking Powder, 1/4 tsp Salt, and 1 tsp Cinnamon. Mix at medium speed until combined.

To the flour mixture, add butter 1 tablespoon at a time, not adding the next tablespoon until the previous has been well mixed. Once all butter has been added, mixture will resemble coarse sandy crumbs.

In a separate bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup Milk, 2 Eggs and 1 tsp Vanilla Extract until mostly smooth. Turn mixer speed to low and slowly add the wet mixture into batter. Stir to combine, scraping the sides and bottom as needed.

For the Cake

Spread 1/2 the batter into prepared pan. Layer 1/2 of 2 Granny Smith Apples (diced) over the top and sprinkle with a few handfuls of the topping mix. Dollop the rest of the batter and spread it out. The batter may not completely cover the apples and that is fine.

Spread the rest of the apples evenly over the top. Sprinkle the remaining crumb topping. You want a mixture of larger chunks and finer crumbs for the best texture of crumb topping.

Bake 45-55 minutes or until the streusel topping is browned and the center is firm. After cooling, drizzle with CaramelCaramel Sauce if desired.

Assembly and Baking

I love this recipe. I added toasted pecans on top of the caramel sauce, and, it was a major hit!!!! Thank you .

Apples, caramel &amp; cinnamon- all my favorite fall flavors baked into a cake we can eat for breakfast! Heaven is real.

I'm a sucker for anything Streusel. Delish!

I made this for my book club last week and not a crumb was left. Reminded me so much of something my grandma used to make. Thanks for the share!

This is good but my husband felt was lacking flavor. Next time I may substitute the water with apple juice, more cinnamon and some nutmeg.

This was a real hit! I have a nut aversion, so instead of mixing the pecans in the batter, I  sprinkled them on top at the end (leaving a corner free of nuts). Instead of sprinkling the brown sugar etc. on top of the apples in the pan, I rolled the apples in the butter mixture in a bowl (including the vanilla). I later rolled the nuts in the same bowl, so that they were coated with this tasty delight, before sprinkling the nuts on top. Worked well! Kept an eye on things during baking, because the nuts brown from the butter so it's a fine line between browning and burning.

This coffee cake recipe seems really delicious, I'll definitely try it for weekend snack. I'll be adding lion's mane mushroom powder for the protein and health boost.

I made this last night for a dinner party dessert and added ice cream. It was amazing and everyone asked for the recipe! Thanks for making me the party hero!

Love the apple cinnamon flavor! The streusel topping is the best too!

There is nothing as comforting as a home-baked apple cake. This easy, super moist recipe is packed with fresh apples, cosy spices and a crunchy crumble topping. It is irresistibly good!

Easy Moist Apple Cake

medium/large apples (any red baking apple (Royal Gala, Honey Crisp, etc.))

brown sugar

white granulated sugar

all purpose flour

(omit

unsalted butter (melted)

cornstarch (also known as cornflour in some countries)

tsp baking powder

¼ tsp baking soda

powdered ginger

¼ tsp ground cloves

nutmeg

eggs (room temperature)

unflavoured vegetable oil (I use canola oil)

Greek yoghurt (room temperature)

vanilla essence/extract

Preheat oven to 160 °C (320°F) with the fan on (see note 1 if you don&#39;t have a fan function) and grease or line a 9 inch springform cake tin (I use my homemade cake release to grease my tin).

Peel all the apples. Halve and remove the core of two of the apples and slice them in thin slices (about 2-3mm in thickness).

With the remaining apple, grate it using the largest holes on your grater (see note 2), and set it aside to use in the cake batter later on in the recipe. You should end up with 120g of the shredded apple, give or take a few grams.

In a bowl combine soft brown sugar and cinnamon. Mix well and then add in the sliced apples. Mix well so that all the apples are coated in the sugar/cinnamon mixture. Set aside for later.

Sliced Apple Topping

In a bowl combine soft brown sugar, white granulated sugar, flour, salt and cinnamon. Mix until well combined.

Next add in the melted butter and mix until well combined. I like to use my fingers towards the end to ensure everything is mixed well. The crumble should resemble thick/coarse crumbs (see note 3 if it doesn&#39;t). Set aside for now.

Crumble (Streusel Topping)

Sift together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, cloves and nutmeg. Whisk until well combined and set aside.

In a large bowl combine soft brown sugar, eggs, vegetable oil, Greek yoghurt and vanilla. Whisk until smooth and no lumps remain.

Add the grated apple from earlier (along with any liquid that&#39;s come out of the apple) and using a spatula, fold it into the wet mixture until well combined.

Finish off by adding the presifted dry ingredients into the wet mixture, and fold until just combined. Do not overmix, so only fold until you can&#39;t see any more streaks of flour running through the batter.

Cake Batter

Pour the cake batter into the springform cake tin. Evenly spread the batter out and drop the cake tin lightly on the counter once to remove any large air bubbles.

On top of the cake batter, evenly spread out the sliced apples, discarding any liquid at the bottom of the bowl that has come out of the apples (see note 4).

Finish off by evenly spreading the crumble on top of the apples. It may seem like a lot of crumble, but be sure to use it all up!

Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. There should be no wet batter on the toothpick, but moisture/cinnamon from the apples is okay :)

Let it cool in the cake tin for 10 minutes, before removing the sides of the springform cake tin. Let it cool for a further 20 minutes before transferring to a serving platter/cake stand. No need to let it completely cool, you can serve it warm (which is how I like mine!).

Assembly

I made this cake for the first time yesterday and brought it to my in-law’s for dessert today and they loved it.  I’ll definitely be making this cake on repeat throughout the Autumn season. Thank you so much for this recipe!

Masha'Allah such a lovely cake!! Made it yesterday.. perfect for the cold fall weather. Jazak'Allahu-khair for sharing. Never realized ginger and cloves add such a nice overall flavour.
If it helps others, I used regular full fat yoghurt and a 10" pan..both worked out nicely.

Woww I just tried this apple crumble cake yesterday and I’m in love, the steps were easy to follow, it requires quite a bit of time to make, but so worth it, it really satisfies that apple pie/ crumble craving and such a nice dessert to have on those warm days, thanks so much MK for sharing such a fabulous recipe, I’m excited to try more of your recipes!!!

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