Chocolate Apple Crumble Cake
An easy chocolate cake to whip up and perfect to bake with apples that need using!
Ingredients
- 90 g (¾ cup) wholemeal flour (I like wholemeal spelt flour)
- 30 g (¼ cup) natural cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
- 100 g (½ cup) soft brown sugar
- 65 ml vegetable oil
- 1 cored diced apple (I like the skin on for easiness)
Crumble Topping
- 60 g (½ cup) flour
- 100 g (½ cup) brown (or white) sugar
- 20 g (¼ cup) rolled oats
- 70 g (¼ cup) nuts chopped (I like walnuts and almonds)
- ½ teaspoon each of mixed spice and cinnamon
- 110 g (½ cup) butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180C (350F) and line a 8 inch spring form baking tin with baking paper.
- In a medium sized bowl, whisk the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder, and salt until combined. Toss the apple pieces with 1 tablespoon of the flour mixture and set aside.
- In another bowl, add eggs and sugar. Using a hand mixer, beat until thick and glossy. With the mixer still on, slowly drizzle the oil in.
- Gently fold the wet mixture into the dry mixture until just combined. Add the apple pieces and continue to fold. Add crumble topping.
- Pour mixture into prepared cake tin and bake for 20- 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Crumble Topping
- Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix well to combine.