Apple Oatmeal Crumb Cake

Rachie P's Note:

From Carlene Duda's 'Beyond Oatmeal: 101 Breakfast Recipes'...I have an apple tree that puts out a lot of apples and I am putting them to good use with this recipe.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 8-inch ...

• 1 cup flour
• 1⁄3; cup rolled oat
• 1⁄3; cup sugar
• 1⁄3; cup brown sugar , packed
• 1⁄8; teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8; teaspoon nutmeg
• ¼ cup margarine or ¼ cup butter , cut into small pieces
• ¼ teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄3; cup apple juice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 egg
• 1 ½ cups apples , peeled and chopped

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Combine flour, oats, sugar, brown sugar, salt and nutmeg in a bowl.
3. Cut in margarine with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
4. Reserve 1/2 cup of flour mixture for topping; set aside.
5. Add baking powder, soda, apple juice, vanilla and egg to remaining flour mixture.
6. Beat mixture at medium speed until blended; fold in chopped apple.
7. Spoon batter into a greased 8-inch round cake pan and sprinkle with the reserved 1/2 c flour mixture over top.
8. Bake for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in the center.
9. Cool on wire rack.

Reviews

[Chef #1292884]

Very good recipe. I have made it twice and added cinnamon. I also forgot to take the flour out for the top and took 1/2 cup of the dry mix and it was really good. I also sized the recipe up by 1.5 to fit in a 9 x 9 pan. Thank you for the recipe.

[Wifex0709]

This recipe is fabulous! I substituted 1/3 cup white rice flour, 1/3 cup potato starch, 1/3 cup tapioca starch and 1 teaspoon xanthan gum for the 1 cup of flour to make it gluten free and it came out super moist and delicious.

[Tuffykenwell]

I was looking for a reasonably healthy treat to make for lunch boxes for the kids first day of school and this one fit the bill very well. I sized the recipe up by 1.5 so that it would fit into a 9x9 square pan and substituted 1/2 cup of whole wheat flour for part of the white. I also used 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda instead of 3/8 teaspoon (the funky measurement given when I sized the recipe up) but other than that I made the recipe exactly as listed (reserved 3/4 cup of oat/flour mixture because the upsizing doesn't change the directions in the recipe. It is very tasty and just perfect for a special treat for a boxed lunch!