Apple Sheet Cake with Streusel

Here’s a classic Apple Crumb Cake (Apfelkuchen mit Streuseln) – easy, buttery, and comforting!

Ingredients

The batter:

220g butter

4 eggs

200g sugar

220g flour

1 tsp. baking soda

The apple topping:

600g apples

30g sugar

2 tbsp. cornstarch

1 tbsp. lemon juice

The streusel:

140g cold butter

190g flour

1 tsp. vanilla extract

170g sugar

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Method

For the streusel, mix flour, sugar, cinnamon & vanilla extract. Add cold butter in pieces and work into streusel. Store in the fridge. Peel apples, remove stones and cut into cubes. Mix apple pieces with lemon juice, sugar & cornstarch in a large bowl & store in the fridge.

Heat oven to 180°C. For the batter, beat up butter & sugar until creamy. Add in eggs, flour & baking powder & whisk until creamy. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and fill the batter into the baking tray. Spread the apples on top of the cake. Spread the streusel on top. Bake in preheated oven for about 45-50 minutes.