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