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Easy Apple Crumble Cake

This simple apple crumble cake is unbelievably easy to make, with a layer of thinly sliced spiced apples, and it can be served warm or cold. Delicious!
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Allergens: 🧀 Dairy 🍳 Egg 🍞 Gluten

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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 40 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Servings: 8 slices
Calories: 335kcal
Author: Becca Heyes
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Ingredients

  • 680 g (~ 1 1/2 lb / ~ 2 large) cooking apples
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon (or nutmeg)
  • 100 g (~ 3 1/2 oz) unsalted butter (plus a bit more for greasing the tin)
  • 250 g (~ 1 2/3 cups) self-raising flour
  • 200 g (~ 1 cup) granulated or caster sugar
  • 1 egg

Instructions

  • Peel and core the apples, and cut them into thin slices.
    Sliced cooking apples on a cutting board.
  • Add the sliced apples to a pan with the cinnamon and a quarter of the sugar, and cook over a low heat for 5 minutes, mixing regularly, until slightly soft. Set aside.
    Spiced stewed apples in a saucepan.
  • In a bowl, use clean hands to rub the butter and the flour together using your fingertips. The mixture should end up crumbly, like breadcrumbs. Don’t worry if some lumps remain - it doesn’t need to be perfect.
    Flour and butter mixture in a bowl.
  • Add most of the remaining sugar (just hold a little back for topping), and crack in the egg. Mix well with a fork.
    Easy crumble mixture in a bowl.
  • Heat the oven to 190°C (Gas Mark 5 / 375°F). Thoroughly grease a spring-form cake tin measuring around 8 inches - I usually just hold a block of butter and rub it all over the tin.
    A springform cake tin greased with butter.
  • Add around two-thirds of the cake mixture into the cake tin, and press it firmly into the tin using your knuckles or fingertips.
    Easy crumble mixture pressed into a springform cake tin.
  • Add the stewed apples, and spread them out into a fairly flat layer.
    Spiced apples in a cake tin.
  • Then, sprinkle the remaining cake mixture on top, along with any remaining sugar.
    Uncooked apple crumble cake in a springform cake tin.
  • Bake for around 40 minutes, or until golden brown. To serve warm, leave to stand for a few minutes, and then release from the spring-form pan. To serve cold, leave it to cool in the tin and then remove and slice.
    Easy apple crumble cake in a cake tin.
  • Serve with cream, ice cream or custard, if desired.
    An easy apple crumble cake on a plate with a slice removed.

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Apple Crumble Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 slice)
Calories 335 Calories from Fat 96
% Daily Value*
Fat 10.7g16%
Saturated Fat 7.4g37%
Cholesterol 47mg16%
Sodium 8mg0%
Potassium 42mg1%
Carbohydrates 55.9g19%
Fiber 1.8g7%
Sugar 25.1g28%
Protein 3.9g8%
Calcium 11mg1%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutritional information is approximate, and will depend on your exact ingredients. Please calculate your own nutritional values if you require accuracy for health reasons.