Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble

Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble makes for a great accompaniment to your morning coffee or afternoon tea.

I woke to the sound of pouring rain. Some days this is not a welcomed noise, however, on this day, it was. It was the kind of morning where apple cake with pecan crumble made sense.

I had tossed and turned the night before pondering the fact that I’ve yet to share an apple recipe this fall. (Do things like that keep you up at night, too? I’d love to know!)

Anyway, we’ve been apple picking, I have sacks and crispers full of Empires and Galas to prove it, but they’ve done nothing more than serve as my my mid-morning snack. Not that a crispy cold apple can’t be the star of the 11am hour, I was craving more.

I needed brown sugar and cinnamon to come together in the name of apple cake. I needed to squeeze a cold lemon in my hand and dribble its juice over a big bowl of diced apples. I needed to watch soft butter and white sugar swirl. I needed to mix and stir and pour and wait…

Wait for the moment I could slice into my cinnamon apple cake and know that all is right. That the aroma of coffee co-mingling with cinnamon will be enough to start the day on a stunning note.

Cinnamon apple cake with pecan crumble is to a cup of coffee what a warm and fuzzy sweater is to a chilly fall morning. They complement. They balance. They fit.

Apple cake at daybreak is:

• gratifying
• fragrant
• buttery
• mouth-watering
• pleasing

Nothing but good, here…

So whether you’re enjoying a square of this delectable cake in solitude joined only by a cup of your favorite steaming beverage, or sharing a piece with a special person over stimulating conversation, Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble will set the tone right!

Buon Appetito!

Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble

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• Author: Ciao Chow Bambina
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins
• Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
• Yield: 12 1x
• Category: Dessert

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Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble makes for a great accompaniment to your morning coffee or afternoon tea.

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Ingredients

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• Apple Cake
• 1/2 cup softened butter
• 3 large baking apples, peeled, cored & diced
• Juice of 1 lemon
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs, beaten
• 1 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour
• Pecan Crumble
• 1/3 cup chopped pecans
• 1/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
• 2 1/ Tbsp. softened butter

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Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 F.
2. With soft butter, lightly grease an 11×7-inch bar pan
3. In a medium bowl, mix lemon juice with diced apples. Set aside.
4. In a large bowl, beat the butter with sugar until light.
5. Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until smooth.
6. Add the cinnamon and flour and mix until the ingredients are just blended.
7. Add the apples and stir into the batter.
8. Spread the batter into your prepared pan and use a rubber spatula to smooth the top.
9. Mix together the pecan crumble ingredients with your fingers until the mixture is crumbly.
10. Evenly spread the crumble onto the batter and bake for 45 – 50 minutes or until golden brown.
11. Cool to room temperature before serving.

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