Apple Streusel Cake

Ingredients

Dough:

• 130 g Butter
• 150 g Sugar
• 1 packet Vanilla sugar
• 1 pinch Salt
• 4 Eggs
• 250 g Flour
• 1/2 packet Baking powder

Topping:

• 1,5 kg Apples
• 1 tsp Cinnamon
• 1 pinch Sugar
• 1 tbsp Lemon juice

Streusel:

• 150 g Butter
• 200 g Sugar
• 1 packet Vanilla sugar
• 250 g Flour

Equipment

• KitchenAid Artisan 5KSM175PS stand mixer

Instructions

Preparing the topping:

1. 1.
   Preheat the oven (175°C conventional (top/bottom heat))
2. 2.
   Peel 500g of the apples and cut them into (not too) small pieces. Put the lemon juice, cinnamon (or a cinnamon stick - remove it again after cooking) and sugar into a saucepan and let it simmer briefly, stirring as you go. Then set aside and let cool.

Dough:

1. 3.
   Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time.
2. 4.
   Mix the flour and baking powder and briefly stir into a smooth dough.
3. 5.
   Spread the dough onto a baking tray lined with baking paper.

Topping:

1. 6.
   Peel the remaining 1kg of apples and likewise cut them into not-too-small pieces. Then mix them with the cooked apples, taste, and add a little more cinnamon if needed. Spread the topping evenly over the dough base.

Streusel:

1. 7.
   Knead all the streusel ingredients together by hand. You should end up with a roughly crumbly mixture - typical streusel.
2. 8.
   Spread the streusel evenly over the apples and then bake in the oven for approx. 50 min. (middle rack).