Apple Crumble Cake with Caramel

Apple Crumble Cake with Caramel

A cross between an apple crumble and a deliciously spiced cake—this recipe is the best of both worlds. The generous drizzle of caramel sauce takes it to a whole other level.

I love apple crumble and it's actually one of the first desserts I started making when I was younger. I would make it so often for dinner parties and everybody loved it. That validation fueled me.

So now I decided to make a cake version of the recipe—and boyyyy it did not dissapoint.

Perfect for apple season, or when you just have too many apples and want to make something delicious and easy with them. It's soft, lightly spiced with cinnamon and nutmeg. The apple layer adds moisture and together with the crumble, it gives a great textural balance between the soft cake and the crunchy and slightly saucy apples. The caramel sauce brings it all together into a perfect harmony.

Ingredients for this Apple Crumble Cake

• Brown sugar
• Butter
• Neutral oil
• Eggs
• Plain yogurt - full fat
• All-purpose flour
• Baking powder
• Salt
• Ground cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger
• Milk
• Rolled oats
• Apples
• Caramel sauce

A few tips for this cake

• Make the apple mixture halfway through making your batter- This is because if you prepare the apples before starting on the cake batter, the apples will release too much moisture causing the cake to either have too much moisture or the spices on the apples kind of get diluted. If you do it after making the cake batter, the batter sits for too long and the baking powder starts reacting—which means it won't be as effective once it goes into the oven. Won't have as much rise.

• Use a spatula to mix the batter once you add the flour & don't over mix - This helps prevent developing the gluten in the batter, which would result in a dense and gummy cake. Not good

Substitutions

• Yogurt - Sour cream, greek yogurt
• Brown sugar - White granulated sugar - It won't be the exact same in terms of flavour because the molasses in the brown sugar helps add richness and some extra moisture.

Apple Crumble Cake

Nabeah Wahab

A cross between an apple crumble and a deliciously spiced cake—this recipe is the best of both worlds. The generous drizzle of caramel sauce takes it to a whole other level.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 35 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 35 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 10 slices

Ingredients

  

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Cake

• ¾ cup - brown sugar (150g)
• ¼ cuo - butter (56g)
• ¼ cup - oil (50g)
• 2 - eggs
• ⅓ cup - yogurt (85g)
• 1¼ cup - flour (172g)
• 1¼ teaspoon - baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon - salt
• ½ teaspoon - cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon - nutmeg
• 1 tablespoon - milk

Crumble

• ½ cup - flour (69g)
• ⅓ cup - rolled oats
• 4 tablespoon - brown sugar (50g)
• ⅛ teaspoon - salt
• ¼ teaspoon - cinnamon
• 4 tablespoon - melted butter (56g)

Apple Topping

• 2 - apple, sliced and then cut into half
• ¼ cup - brown sugar (50g)
• ½ teaspoon - cinnamon
• ⅛ teaspoon - nutmeg
• ⅛ teaspoon - ground ginger
• pinch - salt
• - caramel sauce to drizzle on top

Instructions

 

• Preheat the oven to 350℉ and line an 8" round pan with parchment paper.
• Combine all the crumble ingredients except for the butter. Mix in the melted butter until well combined—it should clump together if pressed. Set aside.
• In a large bowl beat together the sugar, butter and oil until light and pale.
• Crack in both eggs and whisk until combined. Beat in the yogurt.
• Set this mixture aside and peel and slice the apples. Cut the slices in half. Toss with lemon juice.
• Now toss the apples with brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, ground ginger and nutmeg. Set aside.
• Add the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt and ground ginger to the wet ingredients and gently mix to combine using a spatula. Make sure not to over mix the batter.
• Pour and spread the batter into the prepared pan. Evenly cover with the apples and then the crumble. Bake at 350 for about 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean or with a few crumbs. Let the cake cool in the pan for about 15 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.
• Drizzle with caramel sauce right before serving and enjoy!

Keyword Apple, Cake, Caramel, Crumble

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