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Cinnamon Spiced Apple Tray Bake Cake

Safira
Cinnamon Spiced Apple Tray Bake Cake - Easy and Delicious spiced Cinnamon Spiced Apple Tray bake that is easy to make, deliciously moist and lovely served with a cup of tea/coffee. With juicy apple pieces dotted throughout, this traybake has some crumble scattered over the top and it is packed full of flavour. It isn't quite an Apple Crumble Cake like this German Apple Streusel Cake but it is equally as divine! 
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Course Baking, Baking/Dessert
Cuisine british
Servings 20
Calories 192 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 275 g Light Brown Sugar
  • 100 g Butter Salted
  • 150 g Oil Veg or Olive
  • 4 Eggs
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 125 g Buttermilk or Sour Cream/Plain Yoghurt (Tips to make your own are below)
  • 325 g Plain Flour
  • 2 tsp Cinnamon Powder Adjust accoridng to your taste
  • 2 ½ tsp Baking Powder
  • 400 g Apples Peeled, cored and chopped into small pieces

Topping

  • 50 g Butter (Salted) Cold, Cubed
  • 75 g Demerara Sugar
  • 1 tsp Cinnamon Powder
  • 100 g Plain Flour

Instructions
 

  • Heat oven to 180 C/350 F/Gas Mark 4.  Grease and Line a 9 x 13 inch rectangular tin with baking paper/parchment paper.
  • Beat Sugar and Butter together with an electric mixer in a large bowl for 3 - 4 minutes till pale and fluffy. Or use a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Scrape down the sides of bowl.
  • Whisk in Eggs one by one until fully incorporated into the batter. 
  • Mix in Buttermilk and Vanilla.
  • Fold in Flour, Baking Powder, Cinnamon and Apples.
  • Pour batter into a buttered or lined 9×13 inch tin. Spread evenly with a small palette knife.
  • Make the topping by combining cold Butter, Sugar, Cinnamon and Plain Flour and crumble using your hands. Crumble on top of the cake batter. 
  • Bake for 55 minutes - 1 hour or until a skewer inserted into the middle comes out clean and the cake is golden brown.
  • Leave to cool for 15 minutes then remove to a wire rack to cool. Serve warm with Custard, Cream or with a dusting of Icing Sugar.

Notes

Tips for making Apple Tray Bake

Use your favourite Apples
You can use any Apples you like in this recipe. Just make sure to peel them and cut them pieces to a similar size. 
Fold in dry ingredients gently
Mix the dry ingredients gently into the batter. Over mixing at this stage can leave you with a dry dense cake.
Cut Apples as uniformly as you can
Small pieces are best here.
Cake browning too fast?
If the cake is browning fast but the middle isn’t yet set, cover the top with foil for the remainder of the baking time.

Serving Suggestions 

Because the cake is very moist, it can be served as it is.
You can also serve it dusted with icing sugar or with a splash of cream, a spoonful of creme fraiche, a pouring of custard or a scoop of ice cream. 

Storage and Freezing

This cake can be stored in an airtight container on the kitchen counter for up to 3 days as long as your kitchen is nice and cool. Or store in an airtight container the fridge for up to 7 days.

Freezer Instructions

This cake is freezer friendly.
Simply wrap it in clingfilm (whole or in slices) and then wrap tightly in 2 layers of foil and pop in an airtight container or freezer bag and keep for up to 3 months.
If you don't have a large one, cut into pieces and freeze that way.

Variations

Nuts
Add some chopped pecans or walnuts. Scatter over some flaked Almonds.
Fruits
You can use a number of fruit instead of Apples such as Pears, Peach, Plums, Cherries, Blueberries.
Ginger
Add some Crystallised and Stem or Fresh Ginger.
Caramel
Drizzle over some Caramel.
Chai Spices
Add Chai or Pumpkin Spices instead if Cinnamon.
Sugar
You can use Muscovado Sugar, Caster Sugar, Golden Caster Sugar or Granulated Sugar in place of Light Brown Sugar.
White Sugar does not provide the same amount of moisture or caramel tones as Brown Sugar.
Lemon Zest
Add some Lemon Zest for a bright, zingy flavour.
Biscoff Biscuits
Crumble over some Biscoff Biscuits. They work really well with this recipe because essentially they are cinnamon biscuits.
Bake in round cake tins
Bake in 2 round tins instead. You will likely need to bake for less time so keep an eye on them.

Nutrition

Calories: 192kcalCarbohydrates: 26gProtein: 2gFat: 9gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 115mgPotassium: 61mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 37IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 22mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Apple Cake, Apple Traybake, Apples, Autumn Tray Bake
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