Apple Cake

Apple Cake

I love this Apple Cake. It's simple, easy to make and full of flavor. It's a apple pie in a cake version. The presentation always comes out so nice and the smell is delightfully so good. It's so delicious, I couldn't helped myself with a few slices all the time. It's always decadent- drizzled with chocolate sauce or vanilla ice cream on top...

Ingredients:

1 cup flour

t tsp. baking powder

1/4 salt {optional if using a salted butter}

1 stick of unsalted butter {omit salt if using salted butter}

1/4 cup sugar {more or less if the apples are sweet already}

1 egg

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp. cinnamon

1-2 apples {cored, peeled and thinly sliced}

It's so pretty to look at.

Directions:

Mix all the these ingredients in one bowl: flour, salt, baking powder, {except cinnamon} and set aside.

Cream butter and sugar, until fluffy. Add the egg, and alternately add the flour mixture and milk. Pour batter in a round or square greased pan.{set aside}. 

Cinnamon mixture {combine sugar and cinnamon- easy as that}.

Assemble sliced apples on top of the cake batter.{decorate it as you please, I like how I do mine- as it fans out}. Sprinkle the cinnamon mixture on top of the apples and bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Make sure to grease the pan very well and keep an eye on it. Over baking it creates a dome or cracks on the surface of the cake.{important if you are serving it as a whole for presentation or bringing it to a party}. Serve this with a caramel sauce, chocolate sauce or vanilla ice or just plain- either way, its always a treat.

Apple Cake! How can you go wrong with such classic? Deliciously moist, melt-in-your-mouth Apple Cake. Enjoy eating!

Apple Streusel

Apple Streusel

Ingredients:

5 apples cored and thinly sliced {any apples you have on hand, I prefer gala or braeburn  apples- it retains its crunchy texture}

2 cups flour

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp. salt {omit if using salted butter}

1 cup butter {equivalent to 2 sticks of butter}

1 egg beaten

1 tbsp. cinnamon

Directions:

Pastry crust- mix flour,  sugar, baking powder, salt, and egg, till texture resembles like a crumble. Press HALF of the mixture onto a pan, and bake at 350 for  15-20 mins.

Apple filling-  Mix 1/2 cup sugar {use less if apples are sweet}, 1/4 flour, 3 tsp. cinnamon, and toss peeled,cored and sliced apples. Pour apple filing onto cooked pastry crust and top remaining pastry crust.

Return to oven and bake at 350 degrees for another 25-35 minutes.

Glaze {optional} 1 cup powdered sugar, 3 tbsp. milk and 1 tsp. vanilla extract, mix and drizzle onto the apple streusel.

{I omit doing the glaze, and cut the sugar some more if the apples are sweet enough. I prefer without the glaze}.

Enjoy your Apple Streusel! This is always a keeper in my kitchen and always a hit during get together. Also, this is great recipe on hand if you have tons of apple and don't know what to do with it or changing up the constant Apple pie recipe. Enjoy!