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Apple Cinnamon Loaf Cake!

An apple cinnamon loaf cake with soft apple cake, brown sugar swirls, and a crumble topping perfect for Autumn
5 from 7 votes
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Category: Cake
Type: Loaf Cake
Keyword: Apple, Cinnamon
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Cooling/Decorating: 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time: 3 hours
Servings: 10 slices
Author: Jane's Patisserie

Ingredients

Crumb

  • 90 g plain flour
  • 65 g light brown soft sugar
  • 50 g unsalted butter (melted)

Cake

  • 225 g unsalted butter/baking spread
  • 225 g light brown soft sugar
  • 225 g self raising flour
  • 4 medium eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cooking apples (200g chopped weight)
  • 0.5-2 tsp ground cinnamon (optional)

Sugar

  • 50 g light brown soft sugar
  • 1-2 tbsp ground cinnamon

Drizzle

  • 50 g icing sugar
  • pinch of cinnamon
  • water
Grams - Ounces

Instructions

Crumb

  • Add the flour, sugar and melted butter to a bowl and mix to combine until lumpy
  • Chill in the fridge for now

Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line a 2lb loaf tin
  • Peel and chop the apples into cubes, about 2cm in size
  • Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and beat until light and fluffy
  • Add the flour, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon and mix until smooth
  • Add the chopped apple and mix through

Sugar

  • In a separate small bowl, mix the brown sugar and cinnamon together

Assembly

  • Put one third of the cake mix in the lined tin, and sprinkle half of the brown sugar mix over the top.
  • Repeat with another third of cake mix, and the rest of the brown sugar
  • Top with the last third of cake mix
  • Grab the crumb mixture, and fluff it up slightly with a fork to break it up into smaller pieces, and then sprinkle over the top of the cake
  • Bake the cake in the oven for 55-65+ minutes, until baked through. If towards the end it's starting to brown a lot, cover with foil until baked fully.
  • Remove from the oven and cool fully in the tin

Decoration

  • Mix together the icing sugar, cinnamon and add water 1tsp at a time to reach a drizzle consistency that you like
  • Drizzle over the cake and serve

Notes

  • This cake will last for 3+ days at room temperature (or in the fridge on a hot day)
  • You can freeze this cake for 3+ months
  • I would recommend cooking/bramley apples for best results 
  • The crumble topping is optional
  • The icing drizzle is optional
  • If you LOVE cinnamon, I'd would recommend increasing the quantities and making sure you use a good quality cinnamon
  • I use this 2lb loaf tin in my recipe