Funfetti Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Crumb Topping
By: Angela LeMoine
Published: Monday, September 3, 2012 - 5:52pm

Ingredients




1 box Funfetti cake mix
3 apples, peeled & diced
1 Tbsp plus 2 tsp cinnamon, divided
1 3/4 stick butter, divided
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
1/4 tsp freshly grated nutmeg
3/4 cup water
1 1/4 cup brown sugar, divided
pinch salt
3 eggs
3/4 cup flour

Preparation

1 Oven at 350 degrees. 2 Lets start with the sautéed cinnamon apples. In a pan stir together the apples, 1/2 stick butter, 1 Tbsp cinnamon, vanilla, orange juice, nutmeg, 1/4 cup brown sugar and a pinch of salt. Cook on medium until the apples have started to soften. About 5 minutes. Stir in the water and let it simmer for another 5 minutes, the liquid part will have thickened slightly. Allow the mixture to cool completely. 3 While the apples are cooling you can go ahead and start putting together the brown sugar crumb topping. This isn't a very crumbly topping, it has a slightly gooeyness too it and its fabulous! Into a food processor pulse the flour, 1 cup brown sugar, 1 1/4 stick softened butter and 2 tsp cinnamon. The consistency you are looking for is somewhere between crumbly and sticky (boy do I hope that makes sense to you). Lets be honest, either way it will taste delish, the texture may differ slightly, no big deal! 4 Now for the cake.  In a bowl, add the Funfetti cake mix, eggs and the cooled apple mixture. Mix until well combined. Pour the cake into a buttered 8x8 pan. Top with the crumble and bake for 35-45 minutes. 5 The crumble topping will be slightly browned and a toothpick should come out clean when poked through. Once the cake is cooled, sprinkle with powdered sugar.

About

I know, you're thinking what, Funfetti Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Topping?!?!? So where in the world did I come up with this one??
Well, as you may know I have an addiction to Pinterest and all over the site are these fun things done with boxed cake mix. So, I wanted to think of something to do with Funfetti and maybe a hint of Fall in there!
I ran through tons of ideas and heres what I came up, and it came out great... Funfetti box mix with sautéed cinnamon apples with a fantastic brown sugar crumb topping!!