Apple Streusel Cake is a popular recipe from the Hummingbird baking book. It’s a basic sponge cake base with an apple and streusel topping that bakes into a beautiful crisp topping.
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter, soft and at room temperature
- 1 cup flour
- ½ cup minus 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp baking powder
- A pinch of salt
- ½ cup of full fat milk
- 2-3 Granny smith apples, peeled and sliced thin
- ¼ cup of flour
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 tbsp cold unsalted butter
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- Pre-heat oven to 170C / 340F. Grease an 8" cake pan with butter and set aside. I used a deep Pyrex glass dish since which is all I had in hand. Worked perfect.
- To make the streusel topping - sift the flour and cinnamon together. I just whisked them together well since I didn't have a sieve.
- Cut the cold butter into small pieces and rub into the flour+cinnamon mixture with fingertips until the streusel comes together like bread crumbs.
- Add the brown sugar to this.
- Mix well and set aside until needed.
- For the cake sponge - take the softened butter in a large enough bowl. My butter was still cold so I cut it into small pieces to speed up the softening process.
- Add the sugar to this and cream together until well combined and soft.
- Add the egg and vanilla.
- Beat well with a whisk until combined. You can also use an electric beater or stand mixer but it's not really needed. Then add the milk and mix well
- In a bowl, whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder together. Add this to the egg mixture in 3 additions and whisk the batter gently. Pour into the greased pan.
- Layer the sliced apples on top. You can make this layer as thick or thin as you like.
- Sprinkle the streusel on top.
- Bake in the pre-heated oven for 35-40 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out with moist crumbs. Cool and cut into slices.
Step by Step Instructions for Apple Streusel Cake:
0. Pre-heat oven to 170C / 340F. Grease an 8″ cake pan with butter and set aside. I used a deep Pyrex glass dish since which is all I had in hand. Worked perfect.
1. To make the streusel topping – sift the flour and cinnamon together. I just whisked them together well since I didn’t have a sieve.
2. Cut the cold butter into small pieces and rub into the flour+cinnamon mixture with fingertips until the streusel comes together like bread crumbs.
3. Add the brown sugar to this.
4. Mix well and set aside until needed.
5. For the cake sponge – take the softened butter in a large enough bowl. My butter was still cold so I cut it into small pieces to speed up the softening process.
6. Add the sugar to this and cream together until well combined and soft.
7. Add the egg and vanilla.
8. Beat well with a whisk until combined. You can also use an electric beater or stand mixer but it’s not really needed. Then add the milk and mix well
9. In a bowl, whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder together. Add this to the egg mixture in 3 additions and whisk the batter gently. Pour into the greased pan.
10. Layer the sliced apples on top. You can make this layer as thick or thin as you like.
11. Sprinkle the streusel on top.
12. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 35-40 mins or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out with moist crumbs. Cool and cut into slices.
Apple streusel cake tastes great with a dollop of vanilla ice cream or vanilla flavoured sweetened yogurt.
Hi Nags! I wad trying to make your Apple struesel cake and while reading through the recipe I noticed that even though milk was mentioned in the list of ingredients, you have not mentioned it in your recipe. Kindly mention when the milk had to be added.
Hello Angela, I have updated this info too 🙂
Hi Nags!! You have a wonderful recipe here, I will surely try it. Although I have a query regarding it – what is the size of the cake tin to be used?
Thank you Angela! I used an 8″ glass pan. I have also updated the recipe to show this info 🙂
Thank you so much Nags!! Will surely try out this wonderful recipe 😊😊☺😉
Thank you so much Nags!!