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Quick & Dirty Apple Cake

  • Author: Cooking Up Romance
  • Prep Time: 25
  • Cook Time: 35
  • Total Time: 60

Description

A super easy, super quick apple cake to get you in the mood for fall. From the 10/3/16 Periscope broadcast.


Ingredients

For the cake

  • 225 grams of apple, peeled, cored and chopped into 1/2 inch pieces*
  • 225 grams all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 115 grams unsalted butter plus more for greasing the pan
  • 115 grams light brown sugar
  • 1 large egg
  • 6-8 tablespoons of milk (I used 7)

For the crumb topping

  • 50 grams all-purpose flour
  • 50 grams unsalted butter
  • 25 grams light brown sugar
  • 20 grams white sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Instructions

For the cake

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
  2. 2. Grease and line a 20 cm or 9 in square baking pan with butter and line with parchment.
  3. 3. Peel, core and chop the apple.
  4. 4. Whisk together flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt and light brown sugar.
  5. 5. Add the unsalted butter and egg. Combine with hands or a stand mixer if you have one.
  6. 6. Add the milk and apples. Combine with a wooden spoon. Pour into prepared pan and smooth out the top.
  7. 7. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the top of the cake and bake for 30-40 minutes or until a skewer or toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean**.

For the crumb topping

  1. 1. Combine the flour, light brown sugar, white sugar, salt, cinnamon and unsalted butter with your hands or a pastry blender.
  2. 2. Sprinkle over the top of the cake.

Notes

  • *Any baking apple will work. I used one Granny Smith and one Gala apple.
  • **My cake took 35 minutes to bake.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 12