Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 3/4 teaspoons salt
  • 3/4 cup superfine sugar ((caster sugar))
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1/2 cup melted butter (or neutral flavored oil)
  • 1/2 cup milk ((any variety))
  • 1 medium Granny Smith apple (or other baking variety apple, cored, peeled, and thinly sliced)
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (or pecans)
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • 2 oz. butter (softened)

Instruction

  • Heat oven to 400 degrees F. (375 convection)
  • Lightly grease a 9" square baking pan; set aside.
  • In a large bowl, combine flours, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Make a well in center of the dry ingredients; set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk together eggs, butter or oil, and milk. Pour wet ingredients into well in center of dry ingredients and use a spatula to mix just until combined and no flour remains.
  • In a small bowl, combine ingredients for filling. In another small bowl, combine ingredients for struesel topping. Use fingers to combine the butter into the dry mixture. The result should resemble coarse meal, with pieces the size of peas.
  • Pour half of cake batter into pan and sprinkle filling evenly over it. Place sliced apples evenly over filling. Add remaining batter and sprinkle struesel topping evenly over top of batter.
  • Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until knife inserted into cake comes out clean.
  • Allow cake to cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and transfer to wire rack to cool completely.