Apple Cinnamon Streusel Cake
Packed with fresh apples, warm cinnamon, and topped with a buttery brown sugar crumble. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or an afternoon coffee break.
Prep time
20 min
Cook time
35–40 min at 350°F
Serves
9 servings
Ingredients
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Cake
- 2 cupsall-purpose flour
- 1 tspbaking powder
- 1/2 tspbaking soda
- 1/2 tspsalt
- 2 tspground cinnamon
- 1/2 cupbutter, softened
- 3/4 cupbrown sugar
- 2 largeeggs
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 3/4 cupsour cream
- 2 cupsdiced apples
Streusel Topping
- 1/3 cupbrown sugar
- 3 tbspall-purpose flour
- 1 tspground cinnamon
- 3 tbspbutter, melted
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cupsall-purpose flour
- 1 tspbaking powder
- 1/2 tspbaking soda
- 1/2 tspsalt
- 2 tspground cinnamon
- 1/2 cupbutter, softened
- 3/4 cupbrown sugar
- 2 largeeggs
- 1 tspvanilla extract
- 3/4 cupsour cream
- 2 cupsdiced apples
Streusel Topping
- 1/3 cupbrown sugar
- 3 tbspall-purpose flour
- 1 tspground cinnamon
- 3 tbspbutter, melted
Instructions
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9-inch pie plate or 8x8-inch baking dish.
- 2
Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- 3
Cream butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
- 4
Mix in sour cream. Add dry ingredients and stir just until incorporated.
- 5
Fold in diced apples. Spread batter into the prepared dish.
- 6
Mix streusel ingredients until crumbly and sprinkle evenly over batter.
- 7
Bake 35–40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 15 minutes before serving.
Melissa's Notes
Honeycrisp, Ambrosia, or Granny Smith apples all work beautifully.
Serve warm with whipped cream and fresh strawberries.
Nutrition Information
Per serving
Nutrition information is an estimate and may vary depending on the ingredients and brands used.
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