Cinnamon Sugar Apple Cake
Recipe from Lindsay Ostrom · original post · full recipe on pinchofyum.com
This simple cinnamon sugar apple cake is light and fluffy, loaded with fresh apples, and topped with a crunchy cinnamon sugar layer!
Serves 12 60 min 4g proteinKid-friendly
VegetarianBake
Ingredients
- brown sugar330 g
- vegetable oil80 ml
- egg1 ea
- buttermilk240 ml
- vanilla extract — 1 tsp5 ml
- baking soda — 1 tsp4.5 g
- plain flour315 g
- large apples — chopped; about 300 g; Honeycrisp works best2 ea
- white sugar100 g
- ground cinnamon — 1 tsp2.5 g
- butter — melted, plus extra for the pan14 g
Method
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Dairy-free
- 240 ml Soy milk instead of buttermilk
- 14 g Dairy-free butter instead of butter
Stir 1 tablespoon lemon juice into the soy milk and leave 5 minutes to curdle before using it as the buttermilk; baking time is unchanged.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
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Shops to compare
List price at each shop
Missing items
These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.
TescoBest choice· £3.20 of food
£12.65
75% spare
No price at Tesco for:
- buttermilk
- baking soda
- large apples
Sainsbury's· £3.60 of food · £0.40 more
£10.95
67% spare
No price at Sainsbury's for:
- egg
- baking soda
- large apples
Aldi UK· £4.15 of food · £0.95 more
£8.94
54% spare
No price at Aldi UK for:
- brown sugar
- buttermilk
- baking soda
Morrisons· £4.55 of food · £1.35 more
£15.56
71% spare
No price at Morrisons for:
- vegetable oil
- buttermilk
- baking soda
Asda· £4.25 of food
£11.72
64% spare
No price at Asda for:
- buttermilk
- vanilla extract
- baking soda
- ground cinnamon
£0.27a serve
from £0.27 a serve at Tesco · 8 of 11 ingredients priced
About £3.20 of ingredients used for 12 serves.
£12.66 across 3 shops · 10 of 11 items priced · £2.35 more for bigger packs, 74% spare for later
TescoBest choice£3.20
missing 3 items
you'll pay £12.65 · 75% of it spare
Sainsbury's£3.60
missing 3 items · £0.40 more
you'll pay £10.95 · 67% of it spare
Aldi UK£4.15
missing 3 items · £0.95 more
you'll pay £8.94 · 54% of it spare
Morrisons£4.55
missing 3 items · £1.35 more
you'll pay £15.56 · 71% of it spare
Asda£4.25
missing 4 items
you'll pay £11.72 · 64% of it spare
Buy at Aldi UK£5.61
vanilla extract
£20.80/L
need 5 mlThe Pantry Madagascan Vanilla Extract 38 ml£0.79closest match
Aldi UK£20.80/L£0.79·Sainsbury's£250.00/L£1.25·Morrisons£1.25·Tesco£47.14/L£1.65·AsdaN/A·
OcadoN/A
plain flour
£0.47/kg
need 315 gThe Pantry Plain Flour 1.5 kg£0.70closest match
Aldi UK£0.47/kg£0.70·Sainsbury's£0.90/kg£0.45·Morrisons£0.53·Tesco£0.47/kg£0.70·Asda£0.47/kg£0.70·OcadoN/A
large apples
£0.59
need 2 items2 × Nature's Pick Bramley Apple Each 1 each 1 item
Aldi UK£0.59·Asda£2.48/kg£2.48·Morrisons£2.60·TescoN/A·Sainsbury'sN/A·OcadoN/A
white sugar
£1.09/kg
need 100 gThe Pantry Granulated Sugar 1 kg£1.09closest match
Aldi UK£1.09/kg£1.09·Sainsbury's£1.50/kg£0.75·Asda£1.78/kg£0.89·Morrisons£0.89·Tesco£2.00/kg£1.00·OcadoN/A
butter
£7.40/kg
need 14 gCowbelle British Salted Butter 250 g£1.85closest match
Aldi UK£7.40/kg£1.85·Sainsbury's£7.50/kg£1.50·Asda£7.50/kg£1.50·Tesco£7.40/kg£1.85·Morrisons£1.85·OcadoN/A
Buy at Sainsbury's£3.15
vegetable oil
£1.45/L
need 80 mlSainsbury's Vegetable Oil 1 L£1.45closest match
Sainsbury's£1.45/L£1.45·Aldi UK£1.45·Tesco£1.45/L£1.45·Asda£2.25/L£2.25·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
buttermilk
£1.50/L
need 240 mlDale Farm Fresh Buttermilk (1 pint) 568 ml£0.85
Sainsbury's£1.50/L£0.85·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A
ground cinnamon
£22.37/kg
need 2.5 gStamford Street Co. Ground Cinnamon 38 g£0.85closest match
Sainsbury's£22.37/kg£0.85·Aldi UK£0.89·Tesco£27.78/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.09·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A
Buy at Asda£3.90
brown sugar
£3.00/kg
need 330 gGem Soft Dark Brown Sugar 500 g£1.50closest match
Asda£3.00/kg£1.50·Tesco£4.00/kg£2.00·Morrisons£2.15·Sainsbury's£3.85/kg£3.85·Aldi UKN/A·OcadoN/A
egg
£0.16/ea
need 1 itemKitchen Value Eggs 805g 15 pack£2.40closest match
Asda£0.16/ea£2.40·Aldi UK£0.17/ea£0.99·Tesco£50.00/kg£3.00·Morrisons£5.20·Sainsbury'sN/A·OcadoN/A
Not priced
- baking soda · 4.5 g