Apple Crumb Cake
Author: Maya Kitchenette
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- 50 g salted butter, cold
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ tsp cinnamon powder
- 1.5 cups apples (peeled and cut into cubes)
- 80 g butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- In a bowl, give the flour and cinnamon powder a good mix.
- Rub in the butter using your fingertips.
- Once it looks like coarse breadcrumbs, mix in the brown sugar.
- Press a piece of plastic against the surface and refrigerate.
- Preheat oven to 170C.
- Arrange cupcake liners in a muffin pan or you can also bake in a greased 8x8-inch cake pan.
- Sift the 2 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar with a mixer until light, for about 2 minutes.
- Add the eggs one by one, beating for about 1 minute after each addition. Add in vanilla extract.
- Reduce the mixer speed to low and add the flour mix and the buttermilk alternately.
- Remember to start with the flour mix and end with the flour mix too.
- Fold in the apples gently.
- Pour spoonfuls of the batter in the muffin cups or baking pan.
- Take the crumb mix, break it up with a fork.
- Scatter the crumbs on top of the cake. It is okay it the crumbs are irregular and has large bits.
- Bake the little cakes for 20-25 minutes and a whole cake would take about 50-60 minutes.
- The crumbs should be golden and a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Transfer the cake to a rack and let it cool.
You can substitute apples with blueberries or cranberries too.
Serving size: 16 Calories: 204 Fat: 8g Saturated fat: 4g Unsaturated fat: 2g Trans fat: 0g Carbohydrates: 31g Sugar: 17g Sodium: 82mg Fiber: 1g Protein: 3g Cholesterol: 41mg
Recipe by Maya Kitchenette at https://mayakitchenette.com/apple-crumb-cake/
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