Country Apple Crumb Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Lightly butter a 9 inch square pan and dust with flour (you can also use nonstick spray).
• For the topping, melt 1 tbsp butter in a skillet. Add the apple slices and saute over medium high heat for 2 minutes (stir often). Move the slices to a plate and allow to cool while preparing the cake.
• For the cake, sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a medium bowl; set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream the butter (1/2 cup) and cream cheese in a large bowl.
• Gradually add in the sugar, 1/2 cup at a time.
• Add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add the flour, a third at a time, blending well after each addition.
• Add the vanilla and lemon zest.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it with a spoon.
• To finish the topping, combine the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a large bowl.
• Rub the butter into the dry ingredients until you have uniform crumbs.
• Sprinkle half of the crumbs over the batter, then add the apple slices.
• Top with the apples with the remaining crumbs.
• Bake the cake on the center rack for 50-60 minutes. When the cake is done,it will pull away from the sides and the top will be golden brown.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Beayt together eggs, vanilla and oil until well combined. Stir in half of the following; sugar, flour, salt and baking soda. Mix remaining half with the apples and chopped nuts. Combine the 2 mixtures by hand until well mixed.
• Grease a 9" pie plate and spread mixture into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
• Topping: Combine brown sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Drizzle topping over cake and garnish with pecan halves.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter a 9x12-inch baking dish generously.
• Whisk flour, sea salt, baking powder, and baking soda together in a bowl. Set aside.
• Combine walnuts, brown sugar, white sugar, salt, cinnamon, and melted butter in a bowl. Mix until walnuts and sugar are thoroughly coated with butter.
• Cream butter and sugar together in another bowl with a spatula until well blended. Add 1 egg and whisk until mixture is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in second egg until thoroughly incorporated. Add vanilla extract and yogurt; whisk together. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients; whisk just until flour disappears. Do not overmix.
• Remove cores from apples. Cut across into 1/8- to 1/4-inch slices. Stack up a few slices, make 1 cut down the center, and dice across into cubes. Add to cake batter, folding in with a spatula until just combined.
• Spread 1/2 of the batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Scatter 1/2 of the crumble mixture evenly over the top. Top with the rest of the batter in dollops. Spread carefully to evenly distribute, trying not to disturb the crumbs. Top with the rest of the crumb mixture. Press crumbs into the batter very gently.
• Bake in the center of the preheated oven until a toothpick or bamboo skewer inserted into the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Let cool to room temperature, about 30 minutes, before slicing and serving.