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!
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Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 50 mins
- Total Time: 1 hour 5 mins
- Yield: 12 1x
- Category: Dessert
Description
Cinnamon Apple Cake with Pecan Crumble makes for a great accompaniment to your morning coffee or afternoon tea.
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- With soft butter, lightly grease an 11×7-inch bar pan
- In a medium bowl, mix lemon juice with diced apples. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter with sugar until light.
- Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until smooth.
- Add the cinnamon and flour and mix until the ingredients are just blended.
- Add the apples and stir into the batter.
- Spread the batter into your prepared pan and use a rubber spatula to smooth the top.
- Mix together the pecan crumble ingredients with your fingers until the mixture is crumbly.
- Evenly spread the crumble onto the batter and bake for 45 – 50 minutes or until golden brown.
- Cool to room temperature before serving.
{Recipe adapted from Emeril Lagasse.}
CIAO!
Bet your kitchen smelled delicious Annie! Perfect cake for a rainy day at home!
Oh yes, it did!! Thanks, Mary Ann!
This is PERFECT for a rainy morning with a cup of coffee. I could go for a huge slice right now :). Have a great weekend, Annie!
We must have rainy day treats, right?! Thank you, friend!
That looks heavenly! Just looking at it transports me to a cozy, rainy day! I wish I could grab through the screen and grab it!
Thank you, Kelly! Perfect rainy day food! 🙂
Where is a side picture of the cut cake or cake slice????
Ohhh, it didn’t make the cut… 😉 Get it – didn’t make ‘the cut’! hahah! I hope you can picture it. 🙂
Snow day here in Ithaca, NY. Didn’t have apples so I used pears. No crumble although pears and pecans would have been great. Even pared down, this cake is great. Thank you. And have a happy Thanksgiving.
So happy you made it, my friend! And even happier that you enjoyed it! Happy Thanksgiving, Robin.
I love the first photo with the newspaper headline! Keeping good thoughts…. but I digress! This is my kinda breakfast and with a cup of espresso (I got 2 new bags of beans yesterday) I would be set. Now send San Diego some of that rain and I’d be set Annie. 🙂
Baked apples and a pecan crumble topping, hold me back. Looks delicious!
Why thank you! Yep! That headline caught my attention, too! Of course I had to share it! Ohhh – espresso is where it’s at! Nothing like a new bag of beans…or two! 😉 Thanks for your kind words, my friend! Have a beautiful weekend!
Hahahahah yes I too wake up in the middle of the night worrying what I have or HAVE NOT posted and panic. It’s what us food bloggers do I suppose 🙂
This looks lovely and most importantly so simple!!!
Hahahahahaha! I figured I couldn’t be alone in this!! Thanks dear! Simple is where it’s at! 🙂
Isn’t it just perfect when you wake up to rain, and if forces you to stay inside and be cozy with baked goods and coffee!?!
It really is perfect! Anything that helps set the stage for cozy is the best!
what I wouldn’t give for a big hunk of this cake right now!! so good, especially with a hot cup of tea and cool, morning rain. this apple recipe was well worth the wait!
Some things just go together, right? I was sad when the cake was finished…but the apples in the garage are reminding me that it’s okay…we can make more! Thanks, friend!
Three of my favorite Fall things, Annie! Apples, Rain and Cake…. I love everything about this. That pecan crumble adds so much to the already mouthwatering cake…. you just had to take it over the top! Love this my dear! xo
Apples, Rain and Cake…That’s what I should have titled the post! I love that! Oh you know…we can never have enough pecan crumble in life! I’m so glad we agree! Thank you, my sweet friend! XO
You’ve made a winner! I have a ton of apples to still use up so I am definitely going to make this cake!
Awesome! Thank you, Kathy! Enjoy!!
Just saved the recipe to try later because it sounds divine and just the right size, but as I was reading it over I noticed it doesn’t tell you to put in the flour and cinnamon- you might want to add that to the recipe so someone doesn’t forget to put that in! Like me… 🙂
Yikes! Well, that wouldn’t make for a delicious cake now would it?! Thank you so much for catching that, my friend! I’ve made the correction! Have a great day, Corinne! 🙂
Apple desserts are my favorite in Autumn! A square of your cinnamon apple cake with pecan crumble would make me happy in the morning, as my breakfast with a cup of hot coffee, and then another piece in the afternoon as my snack. It looks amazing!
I like the way you think, Nicoletta! One on the morning and one in the afternoon! Yesss!!! Thanks, dear!
Yes perfect cake for a rainy day with the newspaper and slippers!
Don’t you just love mornings like that?! Thank you, my friend!! 🙂
This cinnamon apple cake is calling my name! This is a beaut and perfect for a midmorning snack with coffee! And that crumble with pecans.. perfection!! Enjoy your weekend! Take care.
Nothing better with a hot cup a joe! Thanks, friend! Have a great weekend! 🙂
You ain’t kidding! Nothing but good going on here 😉 I would eat this cake anytime of day and enjoy it immensely. Yummy in my tummy! 🙂
Hey…I don’t mess around! 😉 Nothing but good!! Thanks, friend! 🙂
Annie, this cake is gorgeous. I think it’s meant to be the star of my week-end breakfasts! Thank you so much for the scrumptious post.
Thank you, Diane!! I think you’ll love it! 🙂
I couldn’t agree more Annie! Perfect cake for a rainy day. Or any day really!Love that topping!
I agree! This cake makes any day better! 🙂 Thanks, dear!
It’s funny ’cause I’m sitting here reading this and now typing as I eat a lil’ honey crisp apple. While it is lovely, I am swooning over your delicious cake!! And that pecan crumble!! You know it’s been raining here all week, so I think it is meant to be that I make this cake 😉 Pinning! P.S. Love that little title on the paper article 🙂 Have a wonderful weekend! XOXO
Oh yum! I love honey crisp apples! Yep – this was meant to be! Rainy days need the aromas of cinnamon and brown sugar wafting about! Thanks for pinning, my dear! XOXO (I love that title, too! 😉 )
What a gorgeous cake, Annie! I love that pecan crumble. Such a wonderful complement ti the apple cinnamon cake!
Thanks, Gayle!! Nothing like a good pecan crumble! 🙂