Streusel Küchen

Serves: 4

Leila Emmerich

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

47

Spice

47

Sweetness

62

Sourness

39

mins

Prep time (avg)

6.2

Difficulty

Ingredients:

1 cup

All-Purpose Flour

1 cup

Walnut (chopped)

1 tsp

Salt

1 cup

Unsalted Butter (plus 2 tablespoons 2 1/4 sticks, room temperature)

2 medium

Golden Delicious Apple (peeled, halved, cored, cut into 1/8-inch-thick slices)

1 tsp

Ground Cinnamon

1 tsp

Ground Cloves

1.5 cups

Cake Flour (plus 2 tablespoons)

1 cup

Cornstarch

1.5 tsps

Baking Powder

2 cups

Powdered Sugar

1 tbsp

Lemon Peel (finely grated)

1

Vanilla Bean (split lengthwise)

3 large

Egg

1 large

Egg Yolk

Directions:

1

For streusel: Mix first 4 ingredients in medium bowl

2

Add melted butter and stir with fork until moist clumps form

3

DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead

4

Cover and chill

5

Mix first 4 ingredients in medium bowl

6

Add melted butter and stir with fork until moist clumps form

7

DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead

8

Cover and chill

9

For cake: Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F

10

Butter and flour 10-inch-diameter springform pan

11

Toss apple slices, cinnamon, and cloves in medium bowl

12

Sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt into another bowl

13

Combine butter, powdered sugar, and lemon peel in large bowl; scrape in seeds from vanilla bean

14

Using electric mixer, beat butter mixture until well blended

15

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition; beat in egg yolk

16

Add flour mixture and beat just until blended

17

Spread batter evenly in prepared pan (cake layer will be thin)

18

Slightly overlap apple slices atop batter in concentric circles

19

Sprinkle streusel evenly over apples (streusel will cover apples)

20

Bake cake until streusel topping is crisp and tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes

21

Cool cake in pan on rack 15 minutes

22

Remove pan sides; cool to lukewarm

23

Serve lukewarm or at room temperature

24

DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead

25

Cool completely

26

Wrap cake in foil and store at room temperature

27

Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 325°F

28

Butter and flour 10-inch-diameter springform pan

29

Toss apple slices, cinnamon, and cloves in medium bowl

30

Sift flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt into another bowl

31

Combine butter, powdered sugar, and lemon peel in large bowl; scrape in seeds from vanilla bean

32

Using electric mixer, beat butter mixture until well blended

33

Add eggs 1 at a time, beating until well blended after each addition; beat in egg yolk

34

Add flour mixture and beat just until blended

35

Spread batter evenly in prepared pan (cake layer will be thin)

36

Slightly overlap apple slices atop batter in concentric circles

37

Sprinkle streusel evenly over apples (streusel will cover apples)

38

Bake cake until streusel topping is crisp and tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean, about 1 hour 20 minutes

39

Cool cake in pan on rack 15 minutes

40

Remove pan sides; cool to lukewarm

41

Serve lukewarm or at room temperature

42

DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead

43

Cool completely

44

Wrap cake in foil and store at room temperature