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A piece of apple crumb cake with brown sugar and cinnamon streusel topping on a small round plate with a silver dessert fork, fresh apples are lying around.

Apple crumb cake

This delicious apple crumb cake recipe will be the easiest dessert in your arsenal for the fall season. Made with sweet and sour apples, vanilla, cinnamon, and brown sugar, this apple cake tastes great and you can make it in under one hour!
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Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 50 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 10 servings
Calories: 308kcal
Author: Anna

Equipment

  • 8" (20cm) springform pan

Ingredients

For the cake

  • 160 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 large eggs
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 40 g brown sugar
  • 40 g white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 20 ml vegetable oil such as canola oil
  • 60 g unsalted butter melted
  • 2 large apples peeled and cored. Half cubed, half thinly sliced.

For the streusel

  • 120 g all-purpose flour
  • 35 g brown sugar
  • 35 g white granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 70 g unsalted butter cold and cubed

Instructions

For the streusel

  • In a bowl, combine the all-purpose flour, brown sugar, white sugar, cinnamon, and salt.
  • Then, add the cold butter and cut it into the flour using a pastry cutter, or fork, or work all the ingredients using your hand until crumbly in texture. Refrigerate until needed.

For the cake

  • Preheat the oven to 355F (180C) and prepare an 8" (20cm) springform pan by lining the bottom of it with parchment paper and greasing the sides with butter or oil.
  • In a bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Set aside.
  • Into the bowl of a stand mixer (or you can use a large mixing bowl and a hand mixer), add the eggs, salt, brown sugar, white sugar, and vanilla. Whip on medium-high for 8-10 minutes or until thickened, tripled in size, and pale color.
  • Meanwhile, melt the butter and mix it with oil.
  • When the egg mixture is done whipping, lower the speed of the mixer to medium and slowly pour in the butter mixture. Then, scrape the bottom and the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and whip for 10 seconds to combine.
  • Add the dry ingredients to the wet ones and fold in with the spatula just until no dry ingredients are left.
  • Add the cubed apples and fold them in. Pour the mixture into the prepared springform pan.
  • Arrange apple slices on top of the batter in an even layer. Then, take the streusel topping and generously cover the slices.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
  • Remove from the oven and let it cool down in the form for 20 minutes. Then, run the blunt knife against the wall of the pan to release the cake. Let cool down to room temperature or until just a little bit warm before serving.

Notes

Store on a plate covered with plastic wrap at room temperature for 3-4 days.
You can freeze this cake for up to 2 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight and let it sit at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Apple crumb cake
Serving Size
 
1 serving
Amount per Serving
Calories
308
% Daily Value*
Fat
 
14
g
22
%
Saturated Fat
 
7
g
44
%
Trans Fat
 
0.4
g
Polyunsaturated Fat
 
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat
 
4
g
Cholesterol
 
65
mg
22
%
Sodium
 
236
mg
10
%
Potassium
 
106
mg
3
%
Carbohydrates
 
43
g
14
%
Fiber
 
2
g
8
%
Sugar
 
20
g
22
%
Protein
 
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
 
404
IU
8
%
Vitamin C
 
2
mg
2
%
Calcium
 
48
mg
5
%
Iron
 
2
mg
11
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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