Apple Streusel Cake

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures First off, congratulations to Janie @ Janie’s True North for winning the Dreamfields Pasta giveaway! Also, thank you to everyone else who commented yesterday. Anyways…

This is the fourth apple dessert we’ve posted in the last 2 weeks. Remember the Apple Pie Dip, the Caramel Apple Cider Cookies and the Caramel Apple Cheesecake Pie? Yumm. Yeah…I do too. I’m just about apple’d out, but I’m not quite there yet.
My mom has been making this Apple Streusel Cake for a few years now, ever since our neighbor baked it for us and gave us the recipe. I think that streusel might be German for sprinkle or crumb topping. I’m not sure. But I do know that the streusel is crumbly and I love it!

This is the kind of cake that you’ll find yourself making for no particular reason, eating for no particular reason, and finishing within one day…for no particular reason! And while it’s not the prettiest cake out there (it’s kind of a hot mess), what it lacks in presentation it gains in home-baked deliciousness.

We decided to serve our Apple Streusel Cake with a scoop of ice cream. And lucky for us we just happened to have yummy caramel ice cream from Whole Foods on hand. It was a perfect match. Vanilla would be great too, or even a simple whipped cream topping. Heck eat it plain, you don’t even need the ice cream topping!

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Here's what you'll need

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

In a large bowl combine flour, sugar and salt

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Cut in the butter until the butter resembles small peas

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Press into a baking dish. We used an 8×8

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Prepare the streusel next by combining butter, flour, sugar and salt with your hands. Set aside

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Sprinkle the cinnamon-sugar mixture onto the apples. We used light brown and granulated…just for fun!

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Spread the apples evenly over the crust

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

Sprinkle with streusel topping then pop in the oven

 

Apple Streusel Cake recipe pictures

We served ours with ice cream. It would be good with whipped cream too…or plain!

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