Apple Cinnamon Loaf Cake – Jane’s Patisserie

An apple cinnamon loaf cake with mushy apple cake, brown sugar swirls, and a crumble topping good for Autumn

A deliciously cosy and autumnal loaf cake… what extra might you need?! Everyone knows I like a bake like this so I hope you all adore it too. 

Loaf truffles

After the superb suggestions on my toffee apple loaf cake and the continued love for classics like my white chocolate & raspberry loaf, I knew it was time to convey you one other seasonal bake. Say hiya to this model new apple cinnamon loaf cake – and oh wow, it’s a superb one.

This recipe is all about heat and cosy vibes and the form of bake that makes your kitchen scent like autumnal heaven. I’ve added simply the correct amount of cinnamon to enrich the sweetness and sharpness of the apples with out overpowering them, making a mushy, spiced loaf that’s good with a cup of tea or a mug of espresso like me.

Whereas my toffee apple loaf is all about that sticky, toffee richness, this one leans into the basic apple-and-cinnamon combo everyone knows and love. You’ve been asking for extra loaf truffles, and I’m very happy to ship; particularly once they’re this scrumptious.

Apple bakes

I’ve all the time had a mushy spot for apple-based bakes… from my ever-popular toffee apple loaf cake to the indulgent caramel apple crumble pie, apples have a everlasting place in my baking rotation, particularly in the intervening time. And now, I’m excited to introduce a model new addition: this fantastically spiced apple cinnamon loaf cake.

Rising up, my backyard had a few apple timber, so we have been by no means brief on recent apples. And though I used to suppose any bake with fruit in it was disgusting (cussed little one syndrome), I now recurrently raid their backyard and my neighbours gardens for apples as they’re all the time in abundance.

I all the time suggest baking with cooking/baking apples over consuming apples, for the flavour, degree of sharpness in addition to texture as soon as baked – and so they’re comparatively low-cost to purchase, so helpful for a bake like this.

Crumble combine

To take this apple cinnamon loaf cake to the following degree, I added a buttery streusel crumble topping – and belief me, it makes all of the distinction. Made merely with mild brown sugar, melted butter, and plain flour, this crumble bakes right into a golden, barely crisp layer that provides the proper texture.

You merely combine collectively the sugar, butter and flour till it’s lumpy, after which chill it within the fridge while you put together the apples and cake combine. You then combine it up with a fork to crumble it up, and sprinkle it over the cake. Because it bakes, the brown sugar caramelises barely, providing you with these wealthy, toasty notes that pair fantastically with the cinnamon and apple within the cake.

Cake combine

This apple cake batter begins with a fantastically easy mixture of baking staples… unsalted butter, mild brown sugar, self-raising flour, eggs, and naturally, loads of recent apples. Creaming the butter and brown sugar collectively offers the cake a mushy, wealthy base with a touch of caramel flavour, because of the molasses within the sugar and prevents any lumps.

The self-raising flour retains issues mild and fluffy, whereas the eggs assist bind every little thing collectively right into a easy, velvety batter. Folding by means of peeled and chopped apples provides pure sweetness and moisture, with a bit of sprinkle of cinnamon for flavour, making each slice mushy and filled with fruity flavour. It’s the form of cake combine that feels easy and simple, however bakes up into one thing really particular.

Brown sugar

There’s a purpose the mix of brown sugar and cinnamon is so iconic. Simply consider the gooey centre of a freshly baked cinnamon roll – a mix usually consisting of brown sugar and cinnamon. The pure caramel notes of brown sugar soften fantastically into the nice and cozy spice of cinnamon, creating that candy, cosy flavour everyone knows and love.

It’s the form of mixture that immediately makes you consider consolation baking so, when creating this apple cinnamon loaf cake, I knew I needed to convey that very same magic into the combination. Swirling that cinnamon roll-inspired mix by means of the batter not solely provides a wealthy depth of flavour, but additionally offers the loaf these scrumptious, barely sticky pockets of spiced sweetness all through – making each chew further particular.

Typically, the swirl isn’t visibly current as soon as baked, not like a cinnamon roll, as a result of it principally melts into the combination as a substitute – however that’s not a nasty factor. It creates a unique layer of flavour in comparison with simply having cinnamon within the cake combine.

Baking a loaf cake

Top-of-the-line issues about loaf truffles is simply how straightforward they’re to make. Every part comes collectively in a single tin – no separate cake layers, no fancy shaping, simply easy, fuss-free baking. Most loaf truffles want round an hour within the oven, making them good for whenever you need one thing do-it-yourself with out spending all day within the kitchen.

As soon as baked and cooled, they’re extremely straightforward to slice and serve, whether or not you’re having fun with a bit along with your afternoon tea or packing up slices for lunchboxes and picnics. It’s basic, easy baking at its finest – and all the time a crowd-pleaser.

I all the time use this 2lb loaf tin in all of my loaf cake bakes – and I all the time add this observe to recipes now to say, sadly, 2lb loaf tins haven’t any consistency in sizing, so solely ever fill your cake tin two thirds full. When you have any spare combine, you tin is smaller than mine – however you may make cupcakes with the spare batter (bake for 20 minutes at 160ºc fan).

Adorning the cake

This time, I made a decision to skip the buttercream… not as a result of I don’t adore it (everyone knows I do), however as a result of I didn’t wish to conceal the attractive crumble topping. It provides such a stunning texture and flavour that it actually deserved to be the star.

As an alternative, I went for a easy cinnamon icing made with simply icing sugar, floor cinnamon, and a splash of water. It’s mild, candy, and drizzles fantastically excessive with out overwhelming the cake, however even that is elective. The refined spice within the glaze enhances the apples and provides that further completion, with out protecting up what makes this apple cinnamon loaf so particular.

Suggestions & Methods

• This cake will final for 3+ days at room temperature (or within the fridge on a sizzling day)
• You’ll be able to freeze this cake for 3+ months
• I’d suggest cooking/bramley apples for finest outcomes 
• The crumble topping is elective
• The icing drizzle is elective
• In the event you LOVE cinnamon, I’d would suggest rising the portions and ensuring you utilize a superb high quality cinnamon
• I exploit this 2lb loaf tin in my recipe 

Crumb

• 90 g plain flour
• 65 g mild brown mushy sugar
• 50 g unsalted butter (melted)

Cake

• 225 g unsalted butter/baking unfold
• 225 g mild brown mushy sugar
• 225 g self elevating flour
• 4 medium eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cooking apples (200g chopped weight)
• 0.5-2 tsp floor cinnamon (elective)

Sugar

• 50 g mild brown mushy sugar
• 1-2 tbsp floor cinnamon

Drizzle

• 50 g icing sugar
• pinch of cinnamon
• water

Crumb

• Add the flour, sugar and melted butter to a bowl and blend to mix till lumpy

• Chill within the fridge for now

Cake

• Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºc fan and line a 2lb loaf tin

• Peel and chop the apples into cubes, about 2cm in dimension

• Add the butter and sugar to a bowl and beat till mild and fluffy

• Add the flour, eggs, vanilla, and cinnamon and blend till easy

• Add the chopped apple and blend by means of

Meeting

• Put one third of the cake combine within the lined tin, and sprinkle half of the brown sugar combine excessive.

• Repeat with one other third of cake combine, and the remainder of the brown sugar

• High with the final third of cake combine

• Seize the crumb combination, and fluff it up barely with a fork to interrupt it up into smaller items, after which sprinkle excessive of the cake

• Bake the cake within the oven for 55-65+ minutes, till baked by means of. If in direction of the top it is beginning to brown lots, cowl with foil till baked totally.

• Take away from the oven and funky totally within the tin

Ornament

• Combine collectively the icing sugar, cinnamon and add water 1tsp at a time to succeed in a drizzle consistency that you simply like

• Drizzle over the cake and serve

• This cake will final for 3+ days at room temperature (or within the fridge on a sizzling day)
• You’ll be able to freeze this cake for 3+ months
• I’d suggest cooking/bramley apples for finest outcomes 
• The crumble topping is elective
• The icing drizzle is elective
• In the event you LOVE cinnamon, I would would suggest rising the portions and ensuring you utilize a superb high quality cinnamon
• I exploit this 2lb loaf tin in my recipe 

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