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Dutch Apple Loaf sliced
Dutch Apple Loaf
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
55 mins
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
 
Course: Baking
Servings: 10 slices
Author: Shades of Cinnamon
Ingredients
  • 115 g (1/2cup) butter
  • 200 g (1 cup) sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 120 ml (1/2cup) milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla essence
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 level tsp baking powder
  • 440 gms (2 cups) flour
  • 150 g (1 1/2cups) apple, diced
  • 50 g (1/2 cup) pecans, chopped
  • FOR THE TOPPING
  • 40 g cold butter
  • 60 g flour
  • 2 Tablespoons brown sugar
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • FOR THE ICING GLAZE
  • 1 Tablespoon melted butter
  • 65 g (1/2 cup) icing sugar
  • Dash of milk
  • Dash of vanilla essence
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 175ºC/350ºF

  2. Line a loaf pan with baking paper and grease with a non stick spray or butter

  3. Cream the butter and sugar in an electric mixer until light and fluffy.

  4. Mix the room temperature milk, eggs and vanilla together. Set aside

  5. Cut the apples into small pieces and set aside.

  6. Chop the nuts and set aside

  7. Sift the flour, baking powder and salt together.

  8. Add the flour and the liquid mixtures to the creamed butter, starting with 1/3 of the flour, then liquid mixture, alternatively until it is finished, ending with the flour mixture.  Do not overmix.

  9. Add the chopped nuts and apples with and mix with a spoon.

  10. Make the crumble topping  by mixing the sugar, cinnamon and flour together and then cut the butter into small pieces and mix with a fork until crumbs form. 

  11. Turn the loaf mixture into the prepared pan and top with the crumble.  Bake for 50-60 minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted into the loaf.

  12. Whisk the vanilla glaze together and once the cake is cooked and completely cool then you can drizzle the glaze over.