Apple, nut & praline Cake with crumble topping

The perfect balance of sweet apple, crunchy and woody nuts and silky praline, not forgetting the golden roasted almond flakes on the top! This cake gives you all of that in one slice of airy cake. These flavors work so well to get a warming and yummy cake, the different components

Ingredients

For the crumble topping:

• 50 grams of unsalted butter

• 1 pinch of sea salt flakes

• 50 grams of soft brown sugar

• 80 grams of plain flour

• 50 g or so of chopped walnuts & almonds or any other nut of choice

For the cake:

• 200 grams of unsalted butter

• 175 grams of caster

• 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

• 4 eggs

• 220 grams of self-raising flour

• 1 teaspoon of baking powder

• 3 tablespoons of milk

• 2-3 large apples, peeled and cored and chopped into small pieces

Topping:

• 4 tablespoons of praline to drizzle (optional) - you can buy one or make it with this recipe

• Flaked almonds, toasted a little in a saucepan

Recipe

For the crumble topping:

1. Mix the butter + sugar + salt flakes + flour in a stand mixer or with your hands until crumbly.

2. Add in the chopped nuts and reserve until needed.

For the cake:

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180°C and grease a square tin with butter and dust with plain flour.

2. Cream the butter + sugar + vanilla extract until fluffy and pale in color (this might take up to 5 minutes in the stand mixer).

3. Crack in the eggs, one at a time and mixing between each one. Don't mix in the last one because you can be almost certain the mixture will curdle, instead add in half of the flour + salt and mix until combined.

4. Add in the remaining four and mix until combined.

5. Add in the milk and mix until just combined. Fold in the apple pieces and place the mixture into the tin.

6. Place on top the crumble mixture and bake in the oven for 30-35 minutes until springy and golden brown on the top. A skewer will come out clean once poked inside the cake.

7. Leave to cool a little and then take out of tin and leave to cool completely on a wire rack.

To top:

1. Drizzle on the cake the praline and then sprinkle on the top the toasted flaked almonds.

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