Simply amazing to discover that there are many recipes for apple desserts. I would say this is a classic recipe as the ingredients here is all you need to prepare a simple apple dessert cake any day. Recently I have baked some apple streusel cupcakes, a Dutch apple cake and now an apple streusel cake which turns out delicious, soft and fragrant. Good for an afternoon tea and a wow! to treat friends.

Ingredients

• 450g cooking apples( green apples,grannysmith)
• 175g self raising flour
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• pinch of salt
• 115g butter(soften), plus extra for greasing
• 2 eggs
• 1-2 tbsp milk
• icing sugar, for dusting

Streusel topping

• 115g self raising flour
• 85g butter
• 85g caster sugar

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180’C, then grease a 23cm springform cake tin. To make the streusel topping, sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the sugar and reserve.
2. To make the cake, peel, core and thinly slice the apples. Sift the flour into a bowl with the cinnamon and salt. Place the butter and sugar in a separate bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in the eggs, adding a little of the flour mixture with the last addition of egg. Gently fold in half the remaining flour mixture, then fold in the rest with the milk.
3. Spoon the mixture into the prepared tin and smooth the top. Cover with the sliced apples and sprinkle the streusel topping evenly over the top.
4. Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, or until browned and firm to the touch. Leave to cool in the tin before opening the sides. Dust the cake with icing sugar before serving. Voila! Happy Days!