Mini-batch Apple Crumb Cake

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Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack

Keyword: apple cake, apple cinnamon, apple crisp, apple crumb cake, apple pie, cinnamon sugar, coffee cake, crumb cake, crumb topping, crumble bars, easy recipes, gluten-free, low sugar, mini-batch, plant-based, small-batch, vegan

Servings: slices

Calories: 145kcal

Equipment

Junior loaf pan or muffin pan

Ingredients

Cake batter / wet ingredients

1 tbsp oil or melted (plant) butter (14 g) df if desired
1 1/2 tbsp sugar (18 g⁣)
1 1/2 tbsp (plant) milk or water (21 g)
1/2 tsp apple cider vinegar sub white vinegar or lemon juice might work too
1/8 tsp vanilla extract

Cake batter / dry ingredients

1/4 cup flour (30 g) gf all purpose if desired
1/8 tsp baking powder⁣
1/8 tsp baking soda⁣
pinch of salt

Cake batter / mix-in

1/4 cup diced apple (about 30 g) sub other fruit or berries

Crumb topping

3 tbsp flour (21 g) gf all purpose if desired
1 tbsp brown/coconut sugar (12 g⁣)
1/2 tbsp sugar (6 g) sub more brown sugar
1/4 tsp cinnamon
1 tbsp (plant) butter or oil (14 g) df if desired

Instructions

To make the crumb layer, mix sugar, cinnamon and flour. Either pour in melted (plant) butter and stir to combine; or cut the chilled butter in with two forks (I sometimes use my hands and create butter flakes) until a coarse meal has formed. Chill crumb layer in the refrigerator while making your cake batter.
Preheat oven to 350F and line your loaf pan with parchment. ⁣
In a bowl, whisk together the flour, salt, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In another bowl, whisk together the milk/water, oil, sugar, vinegar, vanilla.
Add the wet ingredients to the dry and stir to combine. It's OK for a few small lumps to remain. Batter should be spreadable but not pourable like pancake batter, you can adjust with a little more milk or a little more flour.
Fold in chopped apple without over-mixing. Spread your batter into loaf pan.⁣
Sprinkle with the crumb layer packing it down slightly.
Bake about 25 minutes until a knife inserted comes out mostly clean. ⁣Muffins should take about 20-23 minutes.
Cool completely, slice and enjoy!!

Notes

To make a quick icing mix together 2 tbsp powdered sugar and 2 tsp maple syrup (15 g each) until smooth and drizzle on!
Here are the 3.75 x 5 inch pans I like to use for my mini-batch bar recipes. You can use any small pan and slice differently, or use muffin tins and make 4 single-serving cups.
You could add 1-2 tbsp chopped nuts to the crumb topping, it would be so good!

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