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Apple Oatmeal Cake

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This Apple Oatmeal Cake is so delicious and features a moist cake with baked apples and a buttery oatmeal topping! It's easy to make and always a Fall favorite in our home. Plus, it only takes an hour from start to finish.

Ingredients

Apple Cake:

  • 2 apples, peeled and diced fine (1.5 cups diced)
  • 1 and 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup 0-2% fat plain greek yogurt (I used 0%)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Oat Topping:

  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
  • 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 5 tablespoons salted butter *do not remove from fridge until you start the oat topping.

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Peel and finely dice the apples.
  2. In a large bowl, whisk together the 1 and 1/4 flour, baking powder, salt, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 3/4 cup granulated sugar, and 1/4 cup brown sugar. Add in eggs, oil, greek yogurt, and vanilla and stir until combined. Toss in the fresh apples and stir to combine.
  3. Grease an 8x8 cake pan and line with parchment paper. Pour the cake batter into the cake pan. Set aside.
  4. Into a bowl, add in oats, 1/4 cup flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/4 cup granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg. Whisk to combine.
  5. Remove the butter from the fridge and cut into about 20 small pieces. Add into the oat mixture. Blend the butter into the oat mix by using a pinching motion with your hands until combined. It should look like wet sand, but a few bigger chunks is good.
  6. Sprinkle the oatmeal topping over the entire top of the cake batter.
  7. Bake for 40-45 minutes until fully cooked. Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes before cutting into slices. Serve and enjoy!

Equipment

Notes

  • Peel and dice the apples pretty small so they cook fully when baking. We don't want any crunch.
  • For the oat topping, the butter should be really cold right from the fridge and cut it into small cubes before adding it into the mix.

Find it online: https://simplymadeeats.com/20341/apple-oatmeal-cake/