I love all things apple and streusel topping. This is a perfect marriage of two loves. I really loved how moist and delicious this turned out.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF or if using a glass baking dish (as I did), set oven to 325ºF.
For the streusel topping, measure the flour, sugars, and cinnamon into a bowl and cut butter into dry ingredients using a pastry blender, fork, or your fingers. The butter should be broken down to pea-sized bits. Set aside or in the refrigerator.
For the cake, in a medium bowl whisk together the egg, melted butter, milk, vanilla, and almond extract for about a minute until the mixture is creamy. Sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt over the wet mixture. Stir until just combined and the batter is without lumps. Over-stirring = disaster, people.
Prepare the baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. Spread the cake batter on the bottom. Gently place and press the apples in a single layer over the cake batter. Top with streusel.
Bake until topping is golden brown and a toothpick comes out of the center clean. This take about 45 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes before serving.
Enjoy!
(Recipe adapted from The Williams-Sonoma Baking Book.)
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This recipe turned out beautifully — I sliced my apples very thin so there were two layers. Making it next time I would cut the almond extract in half based on personal taste. Great cake recipe to make without getting out the mixer!
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Mary Kate on 10.14.2011
This is a delicious recipe! Turned out perfect. Will definitely make again. The only change I’ll make in the future is to cut the 1 tsp of Almond extract down to 1/2 tsp as it was a bit to strong of a flavor. But other than that – great recipe!