Apple Spice Streusel Cake

Fill your kitchen with the warm smells of fall when you bake this yummy apple cake. Whether you serve this sweet apple cake for dessert or as a special breakfast treat is entirely up to you.

Apple Spice Streusel Cake
Prep Time:
35 mins
Bake Time:
40 mins
Cool Time:
30 mins
Total Time:
35 mins
Servings:
12
Yield:
12 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 recipe Spice Streusel

  • 2 cup thinly sliced, peeled apples (such as JonaGold, Crispin, and/or Braeburn) (2 medium apples)

  • 2 tablespoon butter

  • 2 tablespoon packed brown sugar

  • 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour

  • ¾ cup granulated sugar

  • ½ teaspoon baking powder

  • ¼ teaspoon baking soda

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • ¼ cup butter, melted

  • 1 egg, lightly beaten

  • ½ cup buttermilk or sour milk*

  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

  • 1 recipe Apple Spice Icing (optional)

Streusel

  • 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour

  • ¾ cup packed brown sugar

  • ½ teaspoon cinnamon

  • ¼ teaspoon salt

  • ½ cup butter, melted

  • ½ teaspoon vanilla

Apple Spice Icing

  • 1 ½ cup powdered sugar

  • ¼ teaspoon apple pie spice

  • 1 tablespoon apple juice, apple cider, or milk

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease an 8-inch springform pan or 9-inch square baking pan. Prepare Spice Streusel. For filling, in a large skillet cook apples in 2 Tbsp. hot butter over medium heat 5 minutes or until tender. Stir in the brown sugar and simmer, uncovered, 30 to 60 seconds or until any juices are thickened.

  2. In a medium bowl combine the next five ingredients (through salt). Add the 1/4 cup melted butter and toss with fork until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add egg, buttermilk, and vanilla to the flour mixture. Stir just until moistened (batter should be lumpy)

  3. Spread 1 cup of the batter into prepared pan. Gently spoon apple filling over batter. Sprinkle with 2/3 cup of the Spice Streusel. Drop remaining batter in small mounds onto filling. Sprinkle with remaining Spice Streusel.

  4. Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack 30 minutes. If desired, drizzle with Apple Spice Icing. Serve warm.

Streusel

  1. In a bowl stir together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Drizzle mixture with melted butter and vanilla; toss with a fork to combine.

Apple Spice Icing

  1. In a bowl combine powdered sugar and apple pie spice. Stir in just enough apple juice, apple cider, or milk to make drizzling consistency.

*Tip

For 1/2 cup sour milk, place 1 1/2 tsp. lemon juice or vinegar in a glass measuring cup. Add enough milk to make 1/2 cup total. Let stand 5 minutes before using.

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

371 Calories
14g Fat
57g Carbs
4g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 12
Calories 371
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 14g 18%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 52mg 17%
Sodium 272mg 12%
Total Carbohydrate 57g 21%
Total Sugars 32g
Protein 4g
Vitamin C 1.6mg 8%
Calcium 53mg 4%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Potassium 99mg 2%
Fatty acids, total trans 1g
Folate, total 60.7mcg
Vitamin B-12 0.1mcg
Vitamin B-6 0mg

*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

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