It feels like forever since I joined in with the Secret Recipe Club. The summer holiday now seems like a distant happy memory but I have to admit its rather lovely to be getting back into my autumn baking.
For this month’s post, I was paired up with Margaret from Tea and Scones blog. Margaret has been blogging for 9 years now and has thousands of recipes and food posts on her blog. There’s plenty of scones and baking posts on her blog as the name would suggest but so many other delicious food ideas too – You will be sucked into reading her blog for a long time!
I’ve had a rare home day today with the 2 youngest girls while Mr C & Millie went to a synchro competition in Yorkshire. Being without a car for the day meant I had to choose my recipe wisely, using ingredients I already had in. I’m so pleased that I stuck extra apples in the shopping basket earlier in the week as it meant I could make this divine Apple Cinnamon Streusel Bundt cake. I could tell it was a good bake as Tara couldn’t keep her fingers away,
The extra streusel meant I couldn’t tip the bundt upside down when it came out of the tin (or is that the right way up?) but if anything that added to this cake’s rustic appeal. I made sure that the apples were chopped thinly – I didn’t want huge, hard chunks of apple to be uncooked. I added a generous helping of caramel sauce that we brought back from France as suggested by Margaret and it really worked.
As you will see from the picture above, the lure of the pouring caramel was just too much for some little people to resist! Such a pity the pic is dark but it does make me smile.
Cinnamon Apple Streusel Bundt Cake
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| Serves | 10+ |
| Prep time | 40 minutes |
| Cook time | 1 hours, 20 minutes |
| Total time | 2 hours |
| Meal type | Dessert, Snack |
| Misc | Child Friendly, Serve Cold |
| Occasion | Casual Party |
Ingredients
- 2 cups Caster Sugar
- 1 cup Vegetable Oil
- 4 Medium Eggs
- 1 tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- 1/2 cup Water
- 3 + 1 cups Plain Flour
- 1 tablespoon Baking Powder
- 4 Medium Apples (Peeled and chopped into thin slices)
- 1 tablespoon Ground Cinnamon
- 3/4 cups Soft Brown Sugar
- 1 cup Oats (I used large porridge oats to get a chunky streusel)
- 4oz Softened Butter
- 2 handfuls Pecans (I broken the nuts into small ish chunks)
Note
I have stuck to the US version of using cups as this recipe seems to work very easily that way
Directions
| Bundt Cake | |
| 1. | |
| Preheat the oven to 160C and butter a large bundt tin then sprinkle with flour | |
| 2. | |
| Using an electric mixer, whisk together the oil and caster sugar until well combined. Add the eggs one at a time until mixed through | |
| 3. | |
| Add the water, cinnamon and vanilla whilst still mixing on a medium speed | |
| 4. | |
| Slow the mixer down and add the 3 cups of flour and baking powder. Fold in the last remnants of the flour until just mixed together. | |
| Streusel | |
| 5. | |
| Mix the butter, remaining flour, brown sugar, oats and pecans in a small bowl by hand | |
| Assembling the cake | |
| 6. | |
| Pour about 1/3 of the cake batter mixture into the bottom of the bundt tin. Add half of the sliced apple in an even layer and add half of the streusel mixture | |
| 7. | |
| Repeat this process until all of the ingredients have been added - You will finish with a layer of the streusel on the top | |
| 8. | |
| Place the cake tin on a baking tray and bake in the centre of the oven for 70 mins - I ended up adding an extra 10 minutes and allowed the cake to cool in the oven for 20 minutes when it was turned off. | |
| 9. | |
| Leave to cool completely and tip out - Some of the streusel will try to escape when you take the cake out of the tin but you can always stick it back on top (or eat it!) | |
Haha always a bonus when someone can’t keep their hands away. I’m not a big fan of cooked apples but there’s something about anything with cinnamon that screams Autumn. Nice recipe, my nan would love this if I made it x
Although I’m not a cinnamon lover, I do love baked apples and this looks gorgeous!
can’t go wrong with apple cake! this sounds great!
Apple and cinnamon is always a winning combination for us! Great receipe and it looks inviting and perfect for these colder months.
Sounds and looks delicous perfect for autumn I love Apple and cinnamon
Oh my god this looks amazing and perfect for autumn, I’ll have to try making this! x
I don’t think anyone else would be able to have a slice after I have my way , I love apple streusel!
What an amazingly Autumnal treat! Looks yummy!
Oh my! I could totally go for a treat like this. I’m excited to make some cinnamon apple desserts this fall!
This apple cake looks lovely and super moist. I thoroughly enjoyed exploring your blog for this SRC reveal day and I think you picked a great recipe as well. Wonderful SRC post!
This just screams autumn and I love that! You can’t go wrong with an apple and cinnamon combination.
This looks so yummy and the shape is cool too! Why aren’t you on GBBO?!
This looks just absolutely delightful and I love the shape x
Oh wow…this looks amazing! It’s the perfect cake for fall!
Oh my goodness just reading this post made my stomach rumble how amazing does that sound! x
This sounds delicious, and definitely making me hungry! Great photos too.
Oh my gosh!!! This sounds absolutely delicious x
This looks gorgeous – I know it’s not the same but we made our first ever Apple crumble at the weekend. It was gorgeous. I definitely want to cook with apples more often x
My favourite flavours this looks super delicious.
this looks amazing and contains my favourite combinations apple and cinnamon! I should make this one day 🙂
So glad you liked the bundt cake. It is definitely a repeat here at the house.
And thanks for the kind words. Visit with me anytime!
Wow, this looks amazing. Perfect for breakfast or lunch!
This sounds like a great little recipe, I will have to give it a go!
It sounds like something that would be perfect for Halloween for some reason!
This not only sounds fantastic it looks amazing, I love dessert, it’s the best part of the meal.
I love making bundt cakes and really like the idea of a streusal topping, yum!
This looks lovely, and just that little but different too. Apple and cinnamon go so perfectly together and the additon of caramel much taste amazing! x
Such a great combination of flavors! Perfect bundt for fall.
ive never tried streusel before and this looks amazing
This looks amazing. What a great choice for fall!!!!