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!
PrintCinnamon 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!
Mandy says
My apples are huge so I only used two. Followed recipe until topping which I added a tbsp of white sugar and a little more butter in tiny little cold cubes, oh and I also added just under 1/4 tsp of allspice to the batter. It’s in the oven now, making a heavenly aroma in my kitchen! ->time lapse, it’s done. Wow looks and smells so good. Oh I just picked a little topping off and tried it – bliss, tastes like pecan pie! Excellent recipe, “I must say” lol…
Can hardly wait for it to cool enough to devour a hunk! Thanks!
Annie says
So happy you enjoyed, Mandy! I can imagine the aroma in your kitchen! YUM! Thanks for stopping by with a kind remark!
Robin Botie says
OMG I hope I still have those apples in my fridge because I have all the other ingredients and I must have this cake RIGHT NOW.
Annie says
I hope you did too! Enjoy, my friend!
Mimi says
Oh this looks good! I need to get on the ball and start cooking stuff with apples, and I might as well start with this!
Annie says
Oh yay! Enjoy!! 🙂
Marissa says
What a comforting cake for a rainy day. I can just imagine the aroma in your cozy house…
Annie says
The aroma is as intoxicating as the cake itself…. Thanks, friend!