APPLE & PECAN CRUMBLE CAKE

This is a delicious cake and it is very simple to make. I adapted the recipe to use the Thermomix, but the original recipe is done using a normal food processor. I will put both methods of making it below.

Ingredients

250 g plain flour
2 tsp baking powder
370 g soft brown sugar sugar
2 tsp ground cinnamon
125 g unsalted butter, chilled, diced, plus extra for greasing
125 g milk
2 large eggs (60 g size)
100 g pecan nuts
2 green apples, peeled, cored and sliced (0.5 cm slices)
whipped cream, yoghurt or mascarpone, to serve

Method

Traditional Method

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease and line a 20cm springform tin with baking paper.

Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and cinnamon in a food processor, then add the butter and whiz until the mixture begins to resemble breadcrumbs. 

Thermomix 

Place pecans into mixing bowl and chop 5-7 sec/speed 6. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.

Add plain flour, baking powder, sugar, cinnamon and pulse Turbo/1.0 sec/3 times . Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula.

Add butter and pulse Turbo/1.0 sec/3 times. 

Traditional Method & Thermomix 

Put half of this mixture into the lined tin.

Traditional Method

Add the milk, and the eggs to the processor with the remaining mixture and blend again to make a batter. Fold in the chopped pecans. 

Thermomix 

Place milk and eggs into mixing bowl and mix 30 sec/speed 4. Scrape down sides of mixing bowl with spatula. Add the chopped pecans and fold with the aid of the spatula. Transfer to prepared tin.

Fold in the chopped pecans. 

Traditional Method & Thermomix 

Scatter the sliced apple over the crumble base.  

 

Cover with the batter. 

Bake for 1 hour and test with a skewer to see of the cake is cooked through.

Allow the cake to cook before turning it out onto a serving plate. 

Decorate with whole pecans if you wish.

 

Serve slightly warm with whipped cream, yoghurt or mascarpone.

Serves 10