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Apple Crumb Cake

The most delicious Apple Crumb Cake! It has a delicious moist spice cake topped with cinnamon sugar apples, lots of crumble and a maple glaze, that will send you straight to dessert paradise.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 40 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 16 slices
Calories 363 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
 
 

CINNAMON APPLES

  • 2 red gala apple diced
  • 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon

CRUMBLE

  • 170 g all-purpose flour
  • 125 g granulated sugar
  • 50 g dark brown sugar
  • 120 g butter room temperature

SPICE CAKE

  • 180 g all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ½ teaspoon ground allspice
  • ¼ teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 200 g granulated sugar
  • 85 g butter room temperature
  • 3 eggs room temperature
  • 65 g vegetable oil e.g. canola oil
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 150 g sour cream room temperature

MAPLE GLAZE

  • 60 g powdered sugar
  • 2 teaspoon maple syrup
  • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

CINNAMON APPLES

  • Dice the apples into small cubes and toss them in granulated sugar and cinnamon. Overtime the sugar will drag out some of the liquid in the apples, avoid adding that to the cake when placing the apples. Set it aside
    2 red gala apple, 1 tablespoon granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon

CRUMBLE

  • Add flour, brown sugar and butter to another bowl. Mix it together by hand or with an electric hand mixer, until it forms a crumble structure. Set it aside.
    170 g all-purpose flour, 125 g granulated sugar, 50 g dark brown sugar, 120 g butter

SPICE CAKE

  • Preheat the oven at 175ºC/350ºF conventional oven and prepare a 20x20 cm /8 x 8 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
  • Sift together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and salt and set it aside.
    180 g all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ½ teaspoon ground allspice, ¼ teaspoon baking powder, ¼ teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt
  • Add granulated sugar and butter to a large bowl and using a stand mixer, with a paddle attachment, or a hand mixer, mix it together on high speed for 3 minutes.
    200 g granulated sugar, 85 g butter
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl and add the eggs one at a time into the mixture and on medium speed mix it in until combined.
    3 eggs
  • Continue by adding ½ of the flour mixture and on low speed. Then add the sour cream, oil and vanilla extract and mix it in. Then add the other half of the flour mixture and give it a final mix until just combined. Scape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula to make sure all the ingredients have been incorporated.
    65 g vegetable oil, 2 teaspoon vanilla extract, 150 g sour cream
  • Pour the cake batter into the prepared baking pan. Then gently divide the cinnamon sugar apples first on top of the cake, followed by the crumble.
  • Bake it for 1 hour and 10-20 minutes.
  • Let the cake cool on a cooling rack. After 15 minutes, gently remove the cake from the cake tin and let it cool down completely.

MAPLE GLAZE

  • Stir together all of the ingredients until smooth. Add extra maple or powdered sugar if needed. Drizzle it over the cake and it’s ready to be served.
    60 g powdered sugar, 2 teaspoon maple syrup, ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

Nutrition

Calories: 363kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 4gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 64mgSodium: 198mgPotassium: 82mgFiber: 1gSugar: 31gVitamin A: 436IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 30mgIron: 1mg
Keyword apple, apple crumble, crumb cake
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