Thursday, June 14, 2012

Apple, Banana, Cranberry and Almond Crumb Cake

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Here is one of my baking experiments again that turned out fantastic. My husband and mother really could not believe how good this cake was and I couldn't be more thrilled. I had some golden delicious apples and very ripe bananas I wanted to use up so I decided to pair them up in a a cake. I added some dried cranberries for good measure and topped it with a cinnamon almond crumb topping and glaze.  The results were better than I could imagine because the cake came out incredibly flavorful and moist.  


Ingredients: 
3 large golden delicious apples (about 3 1/2 cups diced)
1 cup dried cranberries
3 bananas mashed
2 cups flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla
2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp salt
2 tsp baking soda
1 cup white sugar
2 Tbs brown sugar
2 Tbs honey  (or substitute more brown sugar)
1/4 cup milk

Crumb Topping:
1/3 cup flour
1/3 cup sliced almonds
2 Tbs brown sugar
1 tsp of cinnamon
2Tbs of butter

 Glaze 1/2 cup sugar 1 Tbs water


Directions:
Mix the dry ingredients together:  flour, baking soda and salt.  Mix the wet ingredients: mashed bananas, eggs, oil, white sugar, brown sugar, honey, milk, vanilla, cinnamon and nutmeg.  Add the finely diced apples and dried cranberries to the wet ingredients and then gently fold in the dry ingredients.   Pour the batter into a well sprayed or greased pan.  I used a 9 inch spring-form pan so it would be a thick single layer cake.   Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes.  I actually had to play around with the timing here.  The center was still not completely set so I turned off the oven and allowed the cake to sit in the warm oven for 30 minutes and it set.  If you bake this in a 9x13 pan you may only have to bake it for 45-55 minutes.

Crumb Topping
 Mix the flour, cinnamon, sugar, butter and sliced almonds. I mixed it with my fingers and crushed some of the almonds so they were not too big. Then I topped the cake with the crumb topping half way in the baking process.

Glaze:  mix glaze and pour over warm cake. Serve warm, at room temperature or cool. Enjoy.



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20 comments:

  1. Look at all that yummy fruit!! That looks delicious!

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  2. Oh my, this cake makes my mouth water! I think that every guest would be delighted to be served such a beautiful cake. I know I would ;)

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  3. Oh, wow, that looks so delicious! And I especially love the topping! Yum!

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  4. That cake looks moist and wonderful and the topping -- wow!

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  5. I just baked a cranberry and roasted almond coffee cake drizzled with rum over the weekend and a friend demolished quite a bit of it... love that you've got so many fruits in yours. Delicious!

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  6. You are amazing, this looks totally delicious my friend. I love the cinnamon crumb topping.

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  7. Love it when experiments turn out - this looks so full of yummy things! The topping makes it over the top!

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  8. That's an gorgeous cake.....drooling....

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  9. this cake is magic my friend, the way you have prresented it and its ingredients, always outdoing yourself :D

    Cheers
    Choc Chip Uru

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  10. Your baking skill is getting better and better,the cake looks absolutely amazing and drooling ,,Yum,,Yum !!

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  11. I wish I could find the right words to tell you how over the top gorgeous and awesome these pictures are. Love your creations girlie!!

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  12. The combination of flavors is amazing, awesome cake!

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  13. I LOVE crumb cakes! Lovely recipe, and good to know it turned out well for you! :)

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  14. Banana and apple are the favorites fruits for my son...so this something I want to bake for him

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  15. I love fruit in cakes. And this one looks moist and delicious. The crunchy topping is such a lovely contrast to the soft cake.

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  16. This cake is just gorgeous, Ramona!!

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  17. Made it. Great, good, yummy, eat it. You'll love this one. Flavorful, not too sweet. Full of fruit.
    You can say your eating healthy. This one is for the cheaters, me. Really make it not joking

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