Description
This salted caramel apple crumble cake combines soft apple cake, sweet caramel, and crunchy crumble topping. You get a balance of flavors and textures in every bite.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups diced apples (about 2 medium apples)
- 1/2 cup salted caramel sauce (store-bought or homemade)
- For crumble: 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup cold butter, cubed
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a 9-inch round cake pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla extract.
- In a separate bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Alternately add flour mixture and buttermilk to the butter mixture, starting and ending with flour. Mix until just combined.
- Fold in diced apples.
- Pour half the batter into the prepared pan. Drizzle half the salted caramel sauce over the batter.
- Pour remaining batter on top, then drizzle remaining caramel sauce.
- Make crumble: In a small bowl, mix flour and brown sugar. Cut in cold butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle over cake batter.
- Bake for 40-45 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
- Use Granny Smith or Honeycrisp apples for best texture.
- You can make your own salted caramel sauce: cook 1 cup sugar until amber, stir in 6 tablespoons butter and 1/2 cup heavy cream, add 1 teaspoon sea salt.
- Store leftover cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice (1/8 of cake)
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 38g
- Sodium: 380mg
- Fat: 18g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 62g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 5g
- Cholesterol: 70mg