Vegan Apple Crumb Cake

5 from 1 vote

This Vegan Apple Crumb Cake is a New York-style crumb cake that is topped with tons of that coffee cake streusel we all love. It is easy to make and packed with cinnamon apple chunks. The perfect brunch recipe for Fall!

Prep Time20

Cook Time40

Total Time1

Course: Breakfast, Brunch

Cuisine: American

Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian

Servings: Servings

Calories: 229kcal

Author: Megan Calipari

Cost: $5

Equipment

1 8-Inch Square Pan
3 Mixing Bowls
1 Whisk
1 Rubber Spatula
Measuring Cups and Spoons
Parchment Paper

Ingredients

For the Cinnamon Apples

1 ¼ Cup Chopped Apple, cut into about ½" cubes About 1 medium apple
2 teaspoon Granulated Sugar
1 teaspoon Cinnamon

For the Streusel

1 Cup All-Purpose Flour see note
½ Cup Light Brown Sugar, packed
1 ½ teaspoon Cinnamon
6 tablespoon Non-Dairy Butter, melted and cooled

For the Apple Cake

1 ¾ Cups All-Purpose Flour
1 ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
¼ teaspoon Baking Soda
¼ teaspoon Kosher Salt
⅔ Cup Granulated Sugar
⅔ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce
7 tablespoon Non-Dairy Butter, melted and cooled
¼ Cup Non-Dairy Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

To Dust on Top the Cake

1 tablespoon Powdered Sugar optional

Instructions

To Make the Cinnamon Apples

In a medium bowl, combine chopped apples, sugar, and cinnamon. Toss until the apples are evenly coated, and set aside.
1 ¼ Cup Chopped Apple, cut into about ½" cubes, 2 tsp Granulated Sugar, 1 tsp Cinnamon

To Make the Crumb Topping

In a medium bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Stir to combine. Then, add melted butter and stir until no dry pockets remain. The mixture should look crumbly, but stick together when squeezed. Set aside.
1 Cup All-Purpose Flour, ½ Cup Light Brown Sugar, packed, 1 ½ tsp Cinnamon, 6 Tbsp Non-Dairy Butter, melted and cooled

To Make the Apple Crumb Cake

Preheat oven to 350*F Grease an 8-inch square baking pan and line it with parchment.
In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Whisk and set aside.
1 ¾ Cups All-Purpose Flour, 1 ½ tsp Baking Powder, ¼ tsp Kosher Salt, ¼ tsp Baking Soda
In a large bowl, combine sugar, applesauce, melted non-dairy butter, non-dairy milk, and vanilla. Stir to combine.
⅔ Cup Granulated Sugar, ⅔ Cup Unsweetened Applesauce, ¼ Cup Non-Dairy Milk, 1 tsp Vanilla Extract, 7 Tbsp Non-Dairy Butter, melted and cooled
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and stir just until the batter is formed. Then, add the cinnamon apple mixture and fold them into the batter with a spatula just until the apple is distributed and there are streaks of cinnamon throughout the batter.
Scrape the batter into a prepared 8-inch square baking pan and use a spatula to spread it evenly into the corners. Then, squeeze handfuls of the crumb topping in your hands to make it stick together and lightly break it up evenly over the batter. This will help create big crumb chunks. Then, gently press the crumb into the batter with your hands.
Bake in a 350* F oven for 40-43 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
Allow the crumb cake to cool in the pan for 30 minutes, then gently move it to a cutting board to continue cooling.
Dust with powdered sugar, if desired, slice and serve.
1 Tbsp Powdered Sugar

Notes

I used Cosmic Crisp apples, but you can also use Granny Smith.

Fold the cinnamon apples into the cake batter just until they are distributed, so there are swirls of cinnamon throughout the batter.

To get big crumb pieces, squeeze handfuls of the crumb topping in your hand so it sticks together, then lightly break it up over the cake batter.

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