LOADED APPLE CINNAMON CRUMB CAKE

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Wow! This cake was very well recieved in my home. It is so good. I could just eat the topping as a dessert. It is full of apples inside and on top. It is also a nice tender cake. It is topped off with a cinnamon crunch topping. This is a cake I created from an old plain cake recipe. I changed it up by adding sourcream,...

Provided by Nor Mac

Categories Cakes

Time 1h25m

Number Of Ingredients 20

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Ingredients

CINNAMON CRUMB
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 c light brown sugar
1 c flour
1/2 c chilled butter chopped up into cubes
1/2 c optional: chopped nuts (pecans or walnuts)
CAKE
4 apples peeled cored and sliced into 1/2" slices
1-2 Tbsp lemon juice ( to prevent apples from browning )
1/2 c softened butter
1 c light brown sugar packed
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 c apple sauce
1 c sour cream
2 1/2 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c optional: walnuts or pecans

Steps:

1. Grease and flour AN angel food pan. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350° .
2. Topping: In a bowl. Mix brown sugar cinnamon, and flour together. Add chopped butter. Mix well with pastry cutter or 2 sharp knives. It will look crumbly. Add the nuts. Place hands in bowl. Knead mixture together until it forms almost like A dough. Break it apart until it resembles large crumbs. Place in refrigerator until needed.
3. Slice apples and toss with lemon jjuice
4. Cake: In a large bowl. Cream together brown sugar and butter . Beat until smooth.
5. Add the eggs and vanilla to the mixture.. mix well . Blend in apple sauce and sour cream. Do not beat.
6. Sift in the flour, salt, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and baking soda. Mix on low speed until blended. Mix in nuts.
7. Place 1/2 of the mixture into the bottom of a angel food pan. With the back of a spoon make batter level. Make a well in the center of the battter with spoon all the way around.
8. Place half of the sliced apples in the well overlapping in a spiral pattern. Push down on apples with the back of a large spoon so that The apples are pushed into the batter. Cover with remaining batter smooth out
9. Place remaining apples on top in a spiral pattern until gone. Place on top of each other. If you have extra Avoid putting apples on the outside and inside edges. Center the apples. Slightlty push diwn on apples iwith the back of a spoon. Sprinkle top with the cinnamon crunch you placed in the fridge.
10. Place on center rack in 350° oven. Bake for about 50 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
11. Remove center cone from pan after it cools for 30 minutes. Then, Cool completely. Run a knife around cake in pan to loosen cake. You may need to do the same to the bottom of the cone pan. Place platter over pan. Flip cake on platter. Carefully! Turn cake over with crumbs on top.