Sheet Pan Apple Crumble Cake

A juicy apple crumble cake baked right on the sheet pan. The apples bring freshness, the streusel brings crunchy sweetness.

By yumbelo · 4 servings · 55 minutes

Ingredients

• 250 g All-purpose flour
• 130 g Sugar
• 1 pack Vanilla sugar
• 1 tsp Baking powder
• 1 pinch Salt
• 180 g Butter, softened
• 1 pc Egg
• 100 ml Milk
• 3 pc Tart apples
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice
• 1 tsp Cinnamon

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C top and bottom heat and line a baking sheet (approx. 30 x 20 cm) with baking paper.
2. For the dough, cream 120 g of the butter with 60 g sugar and vanilla sugar using the beaters of a hand mixer or a whisk.
3. Stir in the egg and milk, then mix in the flour, baking powder and salt until a smooth dough forms.
4. Spread the dough evenly on the sheet and press down lightly.
5. Peel and core the apples, cut them into thin wedges, drizzle with lemon juice and toss with cinnamon and 10 g sugar.
6. Arrange the apple wedges over the dough in an overlapping pattern and press in lightly.
7. For the streusel, rub the remaining butter in pieces with 60 g flour and the remaining sugar between your fingers into coarse crumbs.
8. Scatter the streusel evenly over the apples and bake the cake in the lower third of the oven for about 35 minutes until golden brown.
9. Let the cake cool briefly on the sheet, cut into pieces and serve warm or cooled.