Snickerdoodle Apple Cake with Cinnamon Streusel
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Serves: 16 bars
 
A delectable, apple cinnamon spice cake with a cinnamon crumb topping.
Ingredients
  • 1½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • ½ tsp cream of tartar
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1½ cup packed brown sugar
  • ¾ cup butter, softened
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla
  • 1½ cup apple, peeled and diced
  • ¼ cup almonds, finely chopped
  • 6 tbsp butter, chilled and cut into cubes
  • ⅔ cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ cup almonds, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare an 8x8 inch or 9x9 inch pan by spraying evenly with cooking spray.
  2. Whisk the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, cream of tartar and salt in a medium bowl until evenly mixed. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar until fully combined. Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Add the dry ingredients and stir until fully incorporated. Stir in the apples and chopped almonds. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
  4. For the streusel topping, add all the remaining ingredients to the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until fully incorporated and mixture resembles coarse meal. Spread the streusel over the batter and lightly press into the surface.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-45 minutes, or until the topping is lightly golden and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
Notes
I used Honeycrisp apples in this recipe, because that is what I had on hand, and they worked great. Feel free to experiment or use your favorite baking apple, if you prefer.
I like to dice my apples into chunks that are about 1 cm cubes. This makes them small enough to distribute evenly and cook through, but leaves them large enough for nice sized chunks of apple in the cake.
I used dark brown sugar in this recipe, because I generally prefer the richer taste and caramel flavor of dark brown sugar. Feel free to substitute light brown sugar if you prefer.
If you don't have a food processor to make the struesel, you can mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and almonds in a medium bowl. Cut the chilled butter into the mixture using a pastry cutter until mixture resembles coarse meal.
This cake is perfectly awesome eaten out-of-hand as a snack bar, but equally great warmed up and served a la mode with some vanilla ice cream!
Recipe by Laura's Cozy Kitchen at https://www.laurascozykitchen.com/snickerdoodle-apple-cake-with-cinnamon-streusel/