{"id":13887,"date":"2019-10-09T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T07:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/?p=13887"},"modified":"2024-10-02T18:17:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T17:17:10","slug":"apple-crumble-traybake-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janespatisserie.com\/2019\/10\/09\/apple-crumble-traybake-cake\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple Crumble Traybake Cake!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A delicious spiced apple crumble traybake cake with a sweet apple & cinnamon sponge, and a homemade crumble on top! <\/h2>\n

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Apple crumble cakes<\/h3>\n

It’s October, it’s getting colder… and I am in the mood for crumble. Again, I have avoided posting an actual apple crumble recipe as I have completely forgotten to, but we will get there! This however… this is epic.<\/p>\n

This beautiful recipe is based on my apple crumble cake<\/a> which has always been a hit at this time of year, with so many of my readers having apple trees and needing to use them up, and the apples being so cheap in the shops… it’s perfect. My obsession is unbeaten, as I even have my apple crumble cheesecake<\/a>, and my apple crumble cupcakes<\/a> already.<\/p>\n

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Traybake cakes<\/h3>\n

I decided to post a traybake version of the cake, as traybake cakes seem to be so unbelievably popular for me at the moment, so I am going to run with it whilst I can. They’re so easy to do, they are perfect for a crowd, and you can basically just whack it all in the tin!<\/p>\n

I love the idea of traybake cakes because you can basically whack all of the cake mix into one tin, and then you can essentially slather whatever decoration you have on top, if you even want to (for example, this one just has a cinnamon icing drizzle)<\/p>\n

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Baking Tin<\/h3>\n

I use this amazing tin for my traybakes<\/a> as I find it’s the perfect size – when you go to a supermarket to buy a ‘traybake cake’ you will find that they are nearly always a rectangle in shape, so that’s what I stick with for my traybake cakes! You will notice that these traybake tins differ from the ‘traybake’ tins I use for my brownies and such like though. This is because for all things brownie, cookie bar, or millionaires, I love to use a 9×9″ square tin<\/a>. <\/p>\n

If you have the 9×9″ square tin<\/a>, you won’t be able to use that for this, as the volume difference between the two really is quite significant. I often see it where I have posted a cake for an 8″ round tin for example, and someone has put it into a 10″ tin thinking it won’t make too much of a difference… when in reality, it’s 1.6x bigger!<\/p>\n

For this cake, it really is much better to stick to the guided tin, and you shouldn’t have an issue! Don’t get me wrong, as long as you use all the rest of the correct ingredients, and your oven is the correct temp, you will be fine. <\/p>\n

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Apples<\/h3>\n

Sometimes baking with apples can be a lil’ funky… but that’s why I recommend cooking apples. If you use a regular eating\/snacking apple, they will go soft far too quickly. Bramley\/cooking apples take longer to break down, which is important when you are baking this cake. The cake is in for an hour or so, so the apples need to be able to withstand that!<\/p>\n

When using the apples, I tend to peel off the skin, core out the middle, and then chop the apple into inch size pieces, or about 2cm in size. Roughly around this size is perfect, as it means once the cake has been baked, there will still be a substantial amount of apple in each bite, and it won’t break down too much. <\/p>\n

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Crumble<\/h3>\n

For the crumble, I have written a recipe to make it yourself below – it’s best to have cold butter, so it can rub together and create a crumb like structure rather than a smush of ingredients.. you simple add the ingredients into a bowl, and rub the crumble ingredients together with your fingertips to a breadcrumb like texture.<\/p>\n

However, despite how easy it is to make your own crumble mix, you can easily switch it to shop bought crumble. There’s no shame in it – it’s so much easier. I just like to make this one all homemade. You can also even add in some rolled oats if you want, or even chopped nuts if you want more texture to your crumble. <\/p>\n

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Tips & Tricks <\/h3>\n

When it comes to serving a beauty like this, I recommend having something such as ice cream and a drizzle of caramel, or custard, or even cream! Literally anything that you would normally have with regular apple crumble would work perfectly with this<\/p>\n