Caramel apple crumble cake
Golden and crumbly, this dense caramel and apple cake is wonderful with a cuppa for morning tea.
- 20 mins preparation
- 1 hr 30 mins cooking
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
Caramel apple crumble cake
- 185 gram unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup self-raising flour
- 3/4 cup plain flour
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 380 gram can caramel top 'n' fill
- 5 green apples, peeled, cored, 1cm slices
- whipped cream, icing sugar, to serve
Crumble
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup plain flour
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 1/2 teaspoon mixed spice
- 75 gram cold butter, chopped
Method
Caramel apple crumble cake
- 1Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly grease and line a 22cm spring-form cake pan and place on an oven tray.
- 2In a bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Fold in combined sifted flours and ginger. Spoon mixture into pan, smoothing top. Bake for 20 minutes until golden.
- 3Transfer caramel to a bowl and lightly whisk. Dollop 1/3 caramel gently over cake base. Top with apples, fanning and overlapping. Finish with remaining caramel. Bake for 20 mins until starting to brown.
- 4Meanwhile, to make crumble; in a bowl, combine sugar, flour, oats and spice. Using fingertips, rub in butter until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Sprinkle over cake and bake for 25-30 minutes until topping is golden. Cool in pan.
- 5Dust with icing sugar and serve in wedges with whipped cream.
Notes
If preferred, use pears or a combination of apple and pear.
