Apple Crumble Cake
If you're as in love with fall as I am, this easy apple cake is the perfect dessert with chopped apples, soft buttery cake, and crunchy crumble topping. Pour over the apple cider glaze and you have the perfect coffee cake for your autumn mornings.
Servings: 24 slices
Calories: 233kcal
Ingredients
Apple Cake Batter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon aluminum-free baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup 8 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- 1 cup sour cream
- 3 large eggs beaten
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 baking apples peeled and diced into ¼ inch pieces
Brown Sugar Swirl
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ cup 8 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted,
Crumble Streusel Topping
- ¼ cup 4 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup light brown sugar
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
Apple Cider Vanilla Glaze
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- ¼ cup apple cider
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9x13 inch baking dish with butter or baking spray.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and both sugars in a large bowl.
- Stir in melted butter, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla until smooth. Fold apples in, then pour into prepared pan.
- In a medium bowl, stir together all the brown sugar swirl ingredients together well. Pour over batter, then swirl into it using a knife or spoon.
- In another medium bowl, put all the crumble topping ingredients and use a fork to blend ingredients until you have large crumbles. Sprinkle over the cake batter evenly and generously.
- Put pan in oven and bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely before removing from pan.
- In a small bowl, combine all glaze ingredients using a whisk.
- Wait until the apple crumb cake is completely cool to glaze and eat.
Notes
Storage and Freezing Instructions
This apple crumble cake stays in your fridge wrapped in plastic wrap for up to 4 days...if it doesn't get devoured first. It's a great make-ahead dessert for fall parties and Thanksgiving. Just bring to room temperature for a couple of hours and serve! This cake is also very easy to freeze. After baking, let the cake cool to room temperature and wrap it tightly with a few layers of plastic wrap. Freeze the cake for up to 3 months. Make the glaze the day of or day before.Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 233kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 45mg | Sodium: 114mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 26g