Applesauce & Brown Sugar Crumb Cake

Name: Applesauce & Brown Sugar Crumb Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 3 Golden Delicious or Empire apples, peeled, cored, and cut into cubes; 1 cup (120 g) all-purpose flour; 1 cup (200 g) firmly packed light brown sugar; Unsalted butter for greasing; ¾ cup (180 ml) canola oil; 3 large eggs; ½ cup (100 g) firmly packed light brown sugar; ¾ cup (220 g) unsweetened applesauce; 1 tsp ground cinnamon; ¼ tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 3 cups (370 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting; ½ cup (120 g) cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks; 1 cup (200 g) granulated sugar

Preparation info

Serves
12

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Breakfast Bible

By Kate McMillan

Published 2018

About

Serve thick squares of this crumb-topped coffee cake alongside mugs of steaming hot joe. The recipe is an easy one. For a shortcut, mix the streusel the night before; prepare the batter in the morning and top it with the sugary mixture right before baking. For individual cakes, swap out the baking pan for 18 paper-lined muffin cups.

Ingredients

Unsalted butter for greasing
3 cups (370 g) all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting
1

Bread
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch (23-by-33-cm) baking pan, then dust with flour, tapping out the excess.

In a large bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. In a medium bowl, whisk together both sugars, canola oil, applesau