Warm Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake with a layer of cinnamon apple filling, topped with a crunchy streusel crumble and drizzled with a delicious glaze. Perfect with a warm cup of coffee or as a special breakfast treat.
Fall desserts warm my heart and soul! Some of our other favorite fall recipes are our Caramel Apple Crisp Bites, Cinnamon Roll Cookies and our Pumpkin Spice Muffins.
Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake Recipe
Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake will not only fill your belly with a delicious Fall dessert, but it will also fill your house with the most amazing aromas ever.
This easy crumb cake recipe makes the perfect Christmas morning breakfast or Thanksgiving dessert. It is so yummy that your guests will be begging you for the recipe!
Coffee cake is one of my favorite things ever. “Why”, you ask? (I mean come on, do you really need to ask why?) Let me tell you why….. you take a few of my favorite indulgences… a hot cup of coffee, a warm piece of coffee cake that has a hint of cinnamon, some crunchy crumb topping and a layer of deliciousness in the center.
Then, if the stars are aligned in my world, it is a crisp and cool fall afternoon, the house is quiet, the laundry is done, the dishwasher is empty and I sit at my kitchen table with my extra hot cup of coffee and a warm slice of my cinnamon apple crumb cake in front of me and, at that very moment….all is good in my world.
That’s right…. all I need for me to get to my happy place is a clean house, a cup of coffee and a delicious dessert! It’s the simple pleasures in life that can make going into a hectic afternoon of carpools and homework and kids activities, just a little bit easier!
Looking for more Coffee Cake Recipes
- Caramel Apple Coffee Cake
- Eclair Cake
- Apple Dump Cake
- Easy Chocolate Bundt Cake
- Perfect Pound Cake
- Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake
How to make Cinnamon Apple Crumb Cake
Back to the Apple Crumb Cake! Let’s be honest, the best thing about crumb cake is the crumble, right. That is why we have our cinnamon crumble not only on top of the the apple cake, but there is a layer right in the middle too!
So, basically, what we are doing here is placing a layer of our cake batter in our pan, adding the chunks of diced apples, covering that with half of our streusel. Then we are covering that streusel layer with the rest of our cake batter and the remaining crumb topping!
Once the cake is baked and cooled, we will drizzle it with our delicious Cinnamon Apple Glaze Drizzle and, there you have it, a deliciously simple fall dessert!
Tips for the perfect coffee cake:
- Use full fat sour cream to keep your coffee cake really moist
- Use a springform pan, trust me, it will make your cake making life so much happier! IF, you don’t have one, you can use a 9×13 or any other cake pan! The springform pans just make it so much easier to remove the cake!
- To tell if your cake is done, bake until a clean knife or toothpick is inserted into the center of the cake and comes out clean.
- When baking your cake, if the top is browning too fast, just tent it with some tin foil.
Apple Crumb Cake
Ingredients
Streusel ingredients:
- 1 ½ cup flour
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground nutmeg
- ½ cup unsalted sweet cream butter melted
- ½ tsp pure vanilla extract
Apple Cake ingredients:
- 2 large granny smith apples peeled, cored, and diced small
- ½ cup unsalted sweet cream butter softed
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup full fat sour cream
- 2 cup flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp kosher salt
- 1 tsp baking powder
Cinnamon apple glaze ingredients:
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp apple cider
- 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line the bottom of a 9 in springform pan with parchment paper and spray the insides of the springform pan with baking spray, set aside
Streusel
- Using a medium bowl, add the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg and whisk until combined
- Mix in the melted butter and vanilla and then set aside
Cake
- Using a standing mixer or hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until combined
- Add in the egg, one at a time, beating well after each egg
- Mix in the vanilla and sour cream until combined
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder until combined.
- Gradually mix in the dry ingredients with the wet until combined
- Scoop half of the cake batter into the prepared springform pan
- Spread your diced apples on top of the batter
- Sprinkle half of your streusel onto the apples
- Pour remaining cake batter on top of the streusel and top with the rest of the streusel
- Bake in the oven for 40-55 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Allow to cool completely on the counter before removing springform pan. Note: run your knife around the edge to loosen things up a bit before removing the pan.
Icing
- In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar, apple cider and cinnamon until combined and smooth
- Drizzle onto the cooled cake and enjoy!
We have made this awesome cake many times it’s the best apple cake ever!!!
WE MADE THIS TODAY & IT WAS ONE OF THE BEST WE HAVE
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What a perfect way to use up our fall apples we picked. Delicious!
Loved this delicious crumb cake!
This cake is out of the park delicious – we devoured it!
This sounds incredibly delicious!! I can’t wait to try this recipe!!
Looks like a delicious recipe. However, I’ve never heard of ‘sweet cream butter’. Can you tell me what it is, please?