This post contains affiliate links and I may receive commission if you visit a link and buy something. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn’t cost you any extra, and I only recommend products and services I trust.

It’s no secret that I love baking loaf cakes but you can easily make any loaf cake a little more fancy and exciting by adding a crumble topping. One of our favourites is this Apple and Rhubarb Crumble Cake, a really simple bake that is full of flavour and the whole family loves.

How do you make a crumb cake?

This moist apple and rhubarb crumb cake is so simple to make. It has all the typical cake ingredients – flour, butter, eggs and sugar, plus rhubarb and apple. But then it has a typical crumble topping adding. This crumb layer is so tasty and really adds another level to a simple bake.

We tend to use caster sugar for this apple rhubarb cake recipe but light brown sugar works really well too – and golden caster sugar is always lovely as well. We also use self raising flour for ease but you could always use plain flour or all purpose flour and a little baking powder or baking soda if that works better for you.

As well as being just a fantastic, tasty bake, this Rhubarb Apple Crumb Cake is also a really lovely dessert. Served with custard, it’s a wonderful, hearty and warming dessert, perfect after a big family dinner.

If you’re looking for other recipe to try here’s our old school sprinkle cake, rhubarb yogurt loaf cake and our banana and carrot muffins. You can find all our recipes to date here.

What equipment do you need for this loaf cake recipe?

You can make this apple rhubarb crumble cake recipe simply with things you already have in your kitchen but here are the things we use in case there’s something you don’t already have:

As you can see, it’s all things you probably have already. We use loaf tin liners to guarantee that bakes come out of the tin easily and they’re great when baking as gifts too but parchment paper works well too.

So here’s our delicious Rhubarb and Apple Crumble Cake Recipe:

Ingredients

220g unsalted butter at room temperature
200g caster sugar
3 eggs
220g self raising flour
150g rhubarb, cut into small pieces
1 apple, peeled, cored and chopped

For the crumble topping

70g self raising flour
50g butter
30g sugar

Recipe

Preheat oven at 160C/300F/Gas 2
Cream together the butter and caster sugar in a mixing bowl
Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well
Pour the batter into a lined/greased loaf tin
Now for the crumble topping. In a separate bowl, rub the butter flour and sugar together until it resembles breadcrumbs.
Pour this crumb topping on top of the cake batter in the prepared loaf tin and then bake in the middle of the oven for 50 minutes until brown on the top and a skewer comes out clean. Leave to cool completely on a wire rack and serve.

If you’d like to print or pin the Rhubarb and Apple Crumble Cake recipe for later you can do so below. Enjoy!

Print Pin