Mini Apple Crumb Cakes
Mini Apple Crumb Cakes are packed with fresh apples, cinnamon, and cardamom, with a buttery streusel topping. An easy reverse creaming method gives these little sour cream cakes an exceptionally soft, delicate crumb.
Servings: 12
Equipment
- muffin pan
Ingredients
for the streusel
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into pieces
for the crumb cakes
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp cardamom
- 8 tbsp unsalted butter, cold and cut into small pieces
- 3/4 cup sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 cups diced apple (about 2 medium apples)
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350F. Grease or line a 12 cup muffin tin, and set aside.
- To make the streusel, add all the streusel ingredients to a small bowl, and use your hands to rub the cold butter into the rest of the ingredients until it is uniform and crumbly. Set aside.
- To make the crumb cakes, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and cardamom to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix until you have a uniform, crumbly texture.
- Add the sour cream, vanilla extract, and egg. Mix briefly to combine. Finally, fold in 1 cup of the chopped apple (reserve 1/2 cup for topping the muffins).
- Divide the batter between the 12 muffin tins, filling them about 2/3 full.
- Sprinkle the remaining apple pieces over the tops of the muffins.
- Finally, sprinkle a generous amount of streusel topping over each muffin, filling the muffin tins to the top. This might seem like a lot of streusel, but it will shrink down as the muffins bake.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until risen and golden brown.
- Allow to cool briefly in the muffin tin before gently removing ~ they will be delicate when hot.
Notes
Recipe lightly adapted from Food and Wine.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 muffin · Calories: 346 kcal · Carbohydrates: 49 g · Protein: 4 g · Fat: 16 g · Saturated Fat: 9 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 4 g · Trans Fat: 0.5 g · Cholesterol: 55 mg · Sodium: 352 mg · Potassium: 136 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 28 g · Vitamin A: 497 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 56 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although The View from Great Island attempts to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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