If you have a few apples lying around the kitchen, which nobody really wants to eat them as they are – you simple have to try this apple crumble cake. It’s such an easy to make apple cake, quick, fragrant and so delicious. Serve it a little warm with some vanilla ice cream on the side – and it’s the perfect dessert!
Apple Crumble Cake
For the cake:
- 150 grams (3/4 cup) soft butter
- 150 grams (3/4 cup) sugar
- 50 ml. (3 tbsp.) maple syrup
- Pinch of salt
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 200 ml. (1 cup) sour cream
- 60 ml. (1/4 cup) milk
- 30 grams (3 tbsp.) whole oats
- 210 (1 1/2 cups) grams all-purpose flour
- 10 grams (2 tsp.) baking powder
- 5-6 granny smith apples (peeled and diced)
For the crumble:
- 100 grams (3/4 cup) all-purpose flour
- 100 grams (1/2 cup) cold butter (cut into cubes)
- 70 grams (1/3 cup) light brown sugar
- 25 grams (1/4 cup) whole oats
- Icing sugar for decoration
- Preheat oven to 170c degrees and grease the pan.
- In a bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment, put butter, sugar, maple, salt and vanilla and blend at high speed until the mixture is creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, while mixing between additions until blended.
- Add sour cream, milk and oatmeal and mix until incorporated.
- Add flour and baking powder and mix just until the mixture smooth and thick.
- Add diced apples and stir until evenly dispersed in the batter.
- Pour the mixture in the pan and level the top.
- Crumble: in a medium a bowl put flour, butter, sugar and oatmeal and mix with your hands until the mixture is crumbly.
- Sprinkle the crumbs evenly over the cake.
- Bake for about 45-60 minutes or until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs.
- Cool completely at room temperature.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.
- Serve the cake at room temperature.
- Keep the cake in a closed container in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days.
- You can use pears instead of apples.
- You can use shredded coconut or chopped nuts instead of whole oats.