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Who’s up for a soft buttery cake today?
Cool, because I may just have the best cinnamon apple crumb cake in all the land. All you need to decide is whether to eat it for breakfast, lunch or dinner? Because really, when is cake not the most perfect thing ever? Truth… it’s always perfect, any time of day! But especially this cake, it’s loaded with apples, is crazy buttery, and topped with the most cinnamony crumb topping ever.
I’m not sure if you guys know this or not, but it’s officially fall cookbook season, and well… there are just so many great new cookbooks being released!
SIDE NOTE: thinking about doing a Holiday Gift Guide for cookbooks, what do you think?
I’m really excited to share this recipe with you today because it comes from Meike Peters new cookbook, Eat in My Kitchen.
Ever since embarking on this journey of writing a cookbook, I’ve realized just how much work goes into writing a book. You guys, it’s no joke!! I am currently working through all the edits, and while I am so excited to be getting closer to sharing the book with you all, it’s also crazy scary…and well, my eyes are slightly tired. Basically I am just praying that when the book is released you guys will all love it to pieces!
It’s so awesome that I have the opportunity to help others celebrate their cookbook release by sharing a recipe from their book with you guys! It’s fun for me, and such a great way to let you all in on the books I am loving!
SO. Today we are talking about Eat in My Kitchen. Oh man, this book is just packed to the brim with recipes I love, so many great ones and so many that I know you will all love. But when I stumbled on this most perfect cinnamon fruit crumble cake, I knew that this was the recipe I needed to make and share with you all.
Let me just start off by saying that this cake is all kinds of incredible, AND that Meike made it really adaptable to all of the seasons by suggesting three types of fruit you can use – plums, rhubarb or apples.
Seeing as I am obsessed with all things fall, and all things honeycrisp apples, I went with apples as my fruit… so, so, so good!
What I love most about this cake is that while some fruit cakes can be on the dry side, this cake is anything but. It’s moist, buttery and almost even doughy in the center if you cook it for just under and hour…which I did…and it was perfection.
This cake is somewhat broken up into three layers. The base cake layer, the apple layer and then the crumble layer. All three layers are delicious, but together they truly make for the most perfect cake, and all of that cinnamon sugar crumble atop of those crisp apples… beyond amazing!
This is the perfect cake to serve warm, dusted lightly with powdered sugar.
And yes, I do think this cake is acceptable, not only for dessert, but also as a very special (i.e. something to look forward to) breakfast or mid-day snack. <–hey, apples qualify for both breakfast and a snack ?
Bottom line: apple crumb cake recipe like this is great anytime, and since Tuesdays are usually in need of a little pick me up, you should totally be making this cake after work…
Cinnamon Apple Crumble Cake.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla bean, seeds removed (or 1 vanilla)
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 4-5 baking apples, halved, cored and sliced
Crumble
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup + 2 teaspoons granulated sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla bean, seeds removed (or 1 vanilla)
- 2 1/8 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/2 cup + 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degree F. Butter a 10-inch springform pan.
- To make the cake: in a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla seeds for a few minutes or until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, incorporating each egg in before adding the next. Beat for 2 to 3 minutes or until creamy.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Add this to the butter-sugar mixture and mix with an electric mixer for 1 minute or until well combined. Scrape the batter into the butter springform pan and arrange the apples on top, pushing the apples slices gently into the batter.
- For the crumble, whisk together the flour, 2/3 cup sugar, vanilla seeds, and 2 teaspoons cinnamon in a large bowl. Add the melted butter and mix until crumbles form. Sprinkle the crumble over the fruit. Then in a small bowl, whisk together 2 teaspoons sugar and 1/8 teaspoon cinnamon, sprinkle over top of the crumble.
- Transfer to the oven and bake for 50-60 minutes or until golden on top. If you insert a skewer in the center, it should come out almost clean. Let the cake cool for at least 15 minutes before taking it out of the pan.
Notes
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Aiaiaiiii this one looks right up my alley!!! Gotta try it soon!
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Perfect! Thanks Ruth!
I don’t have a 10″ springform pan. It looks like you used a tart pan instead? I’ll use that! Looks delicious !
Let me know if it’s easy to get this cake out of a tart pan! I want this for breakfast! Thx!
Hi! I recommend using a 9×13 inch baking dish. That will work great! Let me know if you have questions. Thank you! 🙂
Hey Debi! I actually used a spring form pan and recommend that you used something with higher sides. How about a 9×13 inch baking dish? it will make a square cake, but that will be great! A tart pan doe snot have high enough walls. Let me know if you have questions. Thanks!
Hi! If I bake this in a 9 by 13 inch pan, how long do I bake it for and would it be best to bake it in a glass baking dish instead of cast iron?
Looking forward to trying this cake!!!
Hey Abby! I am not sure on the baking time since I have never baked this in a 9×13 inch pan, but I would think the baking times would be similar. I would use a glass dish. Hope you love the cake!
This cake is soo gorgeous and I just love that it’s loaded with apples!
Thank you Andrea!
You know I’m loving this one Tieghan! All girls from Jersey love their crumb cake! All those apples and all that crumb = perfection!
Perfect! I hope you love it when you try it!
Wow! So yea I need to make this soon – I have some fresh picked apples waiting for an invite to this cake!
Awesome! I hope you love it Kathy!
Yes, a cookbook gift guide is a great idea — and more than that I’m looking fwd to your cookbook!
Thank you Bethany!
Well, you know, every time I come to “your place”, I’m amazed to see your tempo, ideas, quality of dishes and photos you set going that often ! Bravo !
Thank you so much!
Dear god. The crumb on that cake is so serious! I love it!
Can’t wait for your cookbook to come out! i’ll be first in line!
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YAY! So happy to hear that Jessica, thanks so much!
Can’t wait for the fragrances of this recipe to fill my house later on today! Thanks for sharing this recipe, Tieghan. I’m sure other bloggers will be doing the same with recipes from your book once it’s released! I look forward to holding it in my hands.
Thank you so much Jean! I hope you enjoy this one!
The cake looks wonderful.
The idea of a cookbook list for gift giving sounds interesting.
When might we see you listed on Amazon??
Thanks so much Nancy! The book should be listed around the start of June!
This looks incredible, I love apple and cinnamon as an autumnal combination.
Lisa ~ Not Quite Enough
Yay thank you so much Lisa!
Loving all the apple recipes!!! I made your cider yesterday…holy moly. We couldn’t stop drinking it!! I’ll have to give this a try. xoxo
That is so awesome to hear! So happy you loved the apple cider Rebecca, I hope you love this as well!?
This looks amazing! Particularly loving that photo of the apple slices prepressed into the uncooked dough – nomnomnom! Very excited for your cookbook!
Rebecca
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YAY! Thanks so much Rebecca!
Beautiful!!! Love the classic combo of apples and cinnamon, it just screams Fall and new season all over it!!! And I absolutely can’t wait for your cookbook to come out! Plus, I agree with Rhian, the idea of Christmas gift guide for cookbooks sounds ace! x
Awesome! I will definitely look into that! ? Thanks so much Anna!
Another great recipe! Also I’d love for you to do a holiday gift guide for cookbooks, especially because I’m currently working on an article for The Independent (UK national newspaper) about Best Christmas Cookbooks and i’d love to have some inspiration! Also good luck with your cookbook, I’m sure it’ll feel amazing and so rewarding when you see it on the shelves of a book store one day 😀
That is a great idea Rhian, I’ll look into it! ? Anyway thank you for the good luck, I am super excited and cannot wait for it to be out!