Sourdough Apple Crumble Cake

Submitted by K1968

"I like this recipe as it is a good one to use up discarded sourdough starter. It is moist, tasty, quick and easy to make. It can be varied depending on what fresh or dried fruit you have at hand, it is also nice with pecans added to the cake mix, even different spices....just a very versatile recipe. It also stores very well in the fridge up to a week."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 8-10 Slices
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• CAKE

• 1 cup sourdough starter
• 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 egg
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2⁄3 cup honey
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 1 1⁄2 cups apples, peeled and diced

• TOPPING

• 2 tablespoons softened butter
• 1⁄4 brown sugar
• 1⁄4 cup pecans, roughly chopped
• 1⁄3 cup oats
• 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon

directions

1. Pre heat oven to 375 F/180°C
2. Grease 9x9 pan.
3. CAKE. Sift flour, baking soda, salt and spice into a bowl, make a well in the centre add sourdough starter,vegetable oil,egg and honey. Mix till all ingredients are well combined. Dice the apples and fold through the cake batter. (I have used tinned apples successfully in this recipe). Pour into prepared pan.
4. TOPPING. Soften the butter slightly in the microwave, roughly chop the pecans. Mix all topping ingredients in a bowl till they form a crumb. Sprinkle evenly over the cake batter.

Reviews

[annagram82]

I read through the recipe before starting, but I should've looked closer. How do you have a recipe up with no bake times?!

 

[Theresa S.]

Enjoyed this recipe. I substituted the honey for white sugar (1 cup, but might cut it back to 3/4 cup next time). My spices were 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon each nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. I did peel my apples, but next time I might leave the skins on, for extra fiber. I used more apples than the recipe, because I had a lot of apples to use, probably more like 3 cups. It was very moist.

 

[Kelly N.]

I made this a few times and it was tasty. The third time I made a couple of changes. I cut the honey to 1/2 cup, used 1 tsp each cinnamon and cardamom for the spice, and increased the chopped apples by 50%. Now it’s heaven!

 

[janene_roessler]

Yummy! I substituted for the 2/3 cup honey, 1/3 cup sugar and 1/3 cup maple syrup. You do not need to peel the apples. Added 1tsp vanilla to wet ingredients. My spice mix was 1 tsp cinnamon and pinch each of ground cloves, allspice and nutmeg. Did not put nuts in topping, and still delicious!

 

[rosiezed]

This recipe was easy to follow and made an excellent cake. I have a soft spot for apple crumble and was looking around for something different to do with my sourdough (discard) starter. I am so glad I found this recipe. At first I thought it used a lot of honey, but it turned out to not be too sweet at all (at least for me). I used chopped almonds and walnuts instead of pecan nuts and substituted coconut oil for the vegetable oil. Really tasty dessert and one I will be making more often. Thank you!