Name: Apple Streusel Cake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 300 g Apples (I used Bramley); 1 tbsp Lemon Juice; 115 g Unsalted Butter; 150 g Light Brown Sugar; 2 Eggs; 210 g Plain Flour; 2 tsp Baking Powder; Pinch Salt; ¾ tsp Ground Cinnamon (Adjust according to your taste); 50 ml Buttermilk (See notes on how to make your own); 100 g Butter; 50 g Granulated Sugar; 50 g Demerera Sugar (Turbinado); ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon; 150 g Plain Flour

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Apple Streusel Cake features a deliciously moist sponge cake with Apples and a Spiced Crumble topping. It is a cake that is found in bakeries all over Germany and is usually served with Coffee.

Apple Streusel Cake

Last year around this time I was in a group where a bunch of people were raving about a German Streusel Apple Cake.

Sadly I was all apple'd out by then having tested and retested some Apple recipes for the weeks prior to said post.

So I left it till this year and I wish I hadn't waited because this cake is sooo good. You simply have to make it!

Best apples for Apple Streusel Cake

You want a firm apple that won't turn to mush as it bakes. As always, tart apples work well.

So I recommend Bramley or Granny Smith.

Other Fruits that work

This Apple Streusel or Crumble Cake as my kids call it, works well with a number of fruits. Such as:

Pears

Peaches

Plums

Berries

Ingredients in Apple Streusel Cake

Butter

Light Brown Sugar

Lemon Juice

Granulated Sugar

Eggs

Plain Flour

Baking Powder

Salt

Cinnamon

Buttermilk or Milk. Or make your own by mixing the same quantity of Milk with 1 tsp Lemon Juice and setting aside for 10 minutes.

Apples

Demerera Sugar

How to make it

Grease a cake tin with butter and line with Parchment paper/Greaseproof paper.

Preheat the oven to 180C/ Gas Mark 4.

Peel and core the apples,and cut into chunks. Squeeze over Lemon Juice and set aside.

For the Cake, beat butter and sugar till pale.

Add Eggs 1 by 1 mixing between each one.

Fold in Plain Flour, Baking Powder, Salt and Cinnamon.

Flour and Cinnamon added to batter in processor

Stir in the Buttermilk.

Add Apples and fold in gently.

Make the streusel topping by combining all the ingredients for the stresual in a bowl and rubbing together to form breadcrumbs. I did add too little Flour in mine when I made it for the photos and then adjusted the quantity to make a crumblier top.

Place the batter into the prepared tin. Spread evenly.

Add the streusel topping from the fridge spreading evenly.

Bake for 40 - 55 minutes. The time depends on apples used and the amount of water they may release.

Check if the cake is done by inserted a skewer into the middle. If it comes out clean, the cake will be done.

Apple Streusel Cake cut into 8 pieces on parchment paper

Serve warm with a cuppa.

You can add a dusting of icing sugar or a drizzle of cream or dollop for a thicker variety.

How to serve it

It is delicious served warm with Tea or Coffee and perfect to use up surplus apples.

It can be served with a dollop of Cream but I prefer it just as it is.

Prep in advance

You can prepare this German apple cake a day in advance.

It is best to keep the streusel topping and cake batter separate until just before baking.

How to Store

This cake is best served fresh on the day or the day after.

It can be frozen - Tightly wrap it in 2 layers of clingfilm and a layer of foil once cooled. Then place in a ziplock bag. It will keep for up to 4 months.

More Apple Recipes:

Apple Crumble

Apple and Blackberry Pie

Apple Traybake

Apple Loaf Cake

Apple and Blackberry Crumble

****if you make this recipe, please rate/comment below. we love to hear from you and seeing your creations makes our day – *safira***

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Apple Streusel Cake

Apple Streusel Cake features a deliciously moist sponge cake with Apples and a Spiced Crumble topping. It is a cake that is found in bakeries all over Germany and is usually served with Coffee.

Course Baking, Baking/Dessert, Dessert

Cuisine German

Keyword apple crumble cake, Apple streusal cake

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 50 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 8

Calories 517 kcal

Author Safira

Ingredients

300 g Apples I used Bramley
1 tbsp Lemon Juice
115 g Unsalted Butter
150 g Light Brown Sugar
2 Eggs
210 g Plain Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
Pinch Salt
¾ tsp Ground Cinnamon Adjust according to your taste
50 ml Buttermilk See notes on how to make your own

Streusal

100 g Butter
50 g Granulated Sugar
50 g Demerera Sugar Turbinado
½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
150 g Plain Flour

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 180C/ Gas Mark 4.
Peel and core the apples, and cut into 1 cm chunks. Squeeze over Lemon Juice and set aside.
For the Cake, beat butter and sugar till pale. Around 5 minutes. Add Eggs 1 by 1 mixing between each one. Fold in Plain Flour, Baking Powder, Salt and Cinnamon. Stir in the Buttermilk. Add Apples and fold in gently.
Place the batter into the prepared tin. Spread evenly.
Make the streusel topping by combining all the ingredients for the stresual in a bowl and rubbing together to form breadcrumbs. Add the streusel topping on top.
Bake for 40 - 55 minutes. The time depends on apples used and the amount of water they may release. Check if the cake is done by inserted a skewer into the middle. If it comes out clean, the cake will be done.
You can add a dusting of icing sugar or a drizzle of cream or dollop for a thicker variety.