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Apple Cake and Streusel Topping

Apple Cake with Streusel Topping
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Apple Cake and Streusel Topping

What to do? With three apples on the way out in the fridge, not enough to make a pie, and a can of apple pie filling but no flaky pie dough.  The answer –  Apple cake and streusel topping. 

This isn’t a traditional recipe since  I’m using pie filling but it did come out fairly well, and with the streusel topping it’s great.

Ingredients for Apple cake and Streusel Topping

For the Cake:

  1. 2 cups all purpose flour
  2. 2 tsp baking soda
  3. 2 tsp baking powder
  4. 1 can apple pie filling
  5. 1 cup suar
  6. 1 tsp cinnamon
  7. 1/2 cup butter melted
  8. 2 eggs
  9. 2 Tbsp butter to grease pan

For Streusel Topping

  1. 8 Tbsp butter melted
  2. 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  3. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  4. pinch table salt
  5. 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  6. 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  7. Powered sugar for topping (optional)

 

Directions for Apple Cake and Streusel Topping 

Prepare the topping first.  Place the sugars, cinnamon,salt and flour in a bowl and stir to combine.  Pour the melted butter in and stir with a fork until all is combined and you have small pea sized pieces throughout.  Don’t break the pieces any smaller, you want the clumps in the final product.

For the Cake:

You can make this in a mixer, but it works best with a large bowl and a large spatula.

Butter a 9 X 13 inch baking pan.

Preheat oven to 325°

In the bowl place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and sugar into the bowl and combine.  Add the pie filling and stir until all the flour mixture is combined, then add the melted butter and eggs and mix completely.

Pour into the baking pan and smooth out, sprinkle the streusel topping over the top covering the cake completely.

Bake for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick placed into the center comes out clean.

Remove from the oven place on a wire rack and let cool completely.  If you want it sweet sprinkle the powdered sugar over all.

 

Here are few items to help make this recipe:
Anchor Hocking Glass Bake ‘N Take 9 Inch x 13 Inch Dish With Snap On Cover
Baker’s Secret 1061483 10-by-16-Inch Nonstick Cooling Rack, Set of 2
Pyrex Prepware 4-Quart Rimmed Mixing Bowl, Clear

 

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Even with the cinnamon, it’s apples and crunchy sweet stuff, I love it!  5 paws.

 

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Apple Cake and Streusel Topping
Yields 16
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Prep Time
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Cook Time
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Total Time
1 hr 15 min
Prep Time
15 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 min
For the Cake
  1. 2 cups all purpose flour
  2. 2 tsp baking soda
  3. 2 tsp baking powder
  4. 1 can apple pie filling
  5. 1 cup suar
  6. 1 tsp cinnamon
  7. 1/2 cup butter melted
  8. 2 eggs
  9. 2 Tbsp butter to grease pan
  10. For Streusel Topping
  11. 8 Tbsp butter melted
  12. 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  13. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  14. pinch table salt
  15. 1 Tbsp cinnamon
  16. 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  17. Powered sugar for topping (optional)
Instructions
  1. Prepare the topping first. Place the sugars, cinnamon,salt and flour in a bowl and stir to combine. Pour the melted butter in and stir with a fork until all is combined and you have small pea sized pieces throughout. Don't break the pieces any smaller, you want the clumps in the final product.
For the Cake
  1. You can make this in a mixer, but it works best with a large bowl and a large spatula.
  2. Butter a 9 X 13 inch baking pan.
  3. Preheat oven to 325°
  4. In the bowl place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and sugar into the bowl and combine. Add the pie filling and stir until all the flour mixture is combined, then add the melted butter and eggs and mix completely.
  5. Pour into the baking pan and smooth out, sprinkle the streusel topping over the top covering the cake completely.
  6. Bake for about 60 minutes or until a toothpick placed into the center comes out clean.
  7. Remove from the oven place on a wire rack and let cool completely. If you want it sweet sprinkle the powdered sugar over all.
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Fougasse with Streusel Topping – A Sweet Breakfast Bread

 

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Fougasse

This is the French flatbread the equivalent of focaccia and more.  A flat bread sometimes shaped like a leaf and flavored with herbs and sea salt.  It can be like a calzone with bacon and cheese folded into it.  Served like a pizza or served like a streuselkuchen with fruit and streusel topping as a breakfast treat.

As a breakfast bread it is usually made with berries covered with the crumble topping.  My take is a little different but just as tasty.

Ingredients for Fougasse

  1. ¼ of a focaccia dough recipe
  2. ¼ – ½  cup Orange Marmalade
  3. ½ a recipe of crumble topping

Ingredients for Crumble topping

  1. ½ cup melted butter(not too hot)
  2. 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  3. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  4. 1¾ cups of all purpose flour
  5. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  6. confectioner’s sugar for dusting (optional)

Directions for Fougasse

Preheat oven to 450°

Take ¼ of the Focaccia recipe ( http://wp.me/s371lr-focaccia ) and remove from the refrigerator take it out of it’s ziplock bag and place on a lightly floured surface.  Gently form into a ball and lightly dust top with flour and cover with a  towel or loosely with plastic wrap and let it stand for about an hour and a half.

Take a 9 X 9 inch cake pan and put about 2 Tbs of Olive oil in the bottom and swirl to coat.

Take the dough and gently press the it into the shape of the pan and if large amount of the oil pools at the side,  lift the dough slightly to allow it underneath.  Gently spread the marmalade over the dough and then cover completely with the crumble topping ( recipe to follow)  pressing it lightly into the dough so that it adheres.

Bake for about 20 minutes at 450°, remove from the oven and take out of cake pan onto a wire rack to cool. Once cool, dust lightly with the confectioner’s sugar,

Directions for the Crumble Topping

Melt the butter and let it cool slightly , you do not want it too hot.

Combine the flour the sugars and cinnamon in a large bowl and mix to combine.  Add the melted butter and with a fork stir to mix being careful not to break up the large clumps that form, continue to mix until all the ingredients are combined.

Spread over your desired recipe pressing gently to make it adhere to the mixture and bake according the recipe.

 

 

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Fougasse with Streusel Topping
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Ingredients
  1. Ingredients for Fougasse
  2. ¼ of a focaccia dough recipe
  3. ¼ - ½ a cup Orange Marmalade
  4. ½ a recipe of crumble topping
  5. Ingredients for Crumble topping
  6. ½ cup melted butter(not too hot)
  7. 1/3 cup granulated sugar
  8. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  9. 1¾ cups of all purpose flour
  10. 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  11. confectioner's sugar
Instructions
  1. Directions for Fougasse
  2. Preheat oven to 450°
  3. Take ¼ of the Focaccia recipe and remove from the refrigerator take it out of it's ziplock bag and place on a lightly floured surface. Gently form into a ball and lightly dust top with flour and cover with a towel or loosely with plastic wrap and let it stand for about an hour and a half.
  4. Take a 9 X 9 inch cake pan and put about 2 Tbs of Olive oil in the bottom and swirl to coat.
  5. Take the dough and gently press the it into the shape of the pan and if large amount of the oil pools at the side, lift the dough slightly to allow it underneath. Gently spread the marmalade over the dough and then cover completely with the crumble topping ( recipe to follow) pressing it lightly into the dough so that it adheres.
  6. Bake for about 20 minutes, remove from the oven and take out of cake pan onto a wire rack to cool. Dust with confectioner's sugar when cool.
  7. Directions for the Crumble Topping
  8. Melt the butter and let it cool slightly , you do not want it too hot.
  9. Combine the flour the sugars and cinnamon in a large bowl and mix to combine. Add the melted butter and with a fork stir to mix being careful not to break up the large clumps that form, continue to mix until all the ingredients are combined.
  10. Spread over your desired recipe pressing gently to make it adhere to the mixture and bake according the recipe.
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Blueberry Shortbread Crumble

Blueberry Shortbread Crumble

 

 Blueberry Shortbread Crumble

A trip this week to our local produce market ( always a high point of the week)  Left us with a plethora of ideas for dishes this week.  The one thing that caught my eye as we came in were not only gorgeous strawberries, but fantastic blueberries.  I’ve been working on some shortbread recipes lately and the Blueberry Shortbread Crumble evolved as I looked through the store for more goodies.

The shortbread recipe I used for this will make either two pans or one pan and a bunch of different shapes of shortbread (which is what I did).

Equipment and special items for Blueberry Shortbread Crumble:

  1.  1 9X9 inch cake pan
  2. large bowl for crumble mix
  3. mixer (a we prefer KitchenAid 6 qt).
  4. 2 pints fresh Blueberries

Recipe for Crumble:

  1. 1/2 cup butter melted
  2. 1/3 cup sugar
  3. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  4. 1 3/4 cups flour
  5. 1 tsp cinnamon
  6. Pinch of salt
  7. Powdered sugar for topping (optional)

Melt butter in small saucepan or in microwave (if using microwave let it cool slighty before continuing with the recipe).  Put the sugars and flour into a large bowl and whisk lightly to incorporate.  Pour in the melted butter and stir with a fork gently until all is mixed and large chunks are formed.  Do not stir too hard and break up the crumbs you want to end with many large pieces in the mix.  Set bowl aside, please note that this recipe will supply enough Crumble for two recipes.

Recipe for Shortbread:

 

  1. 2 cups of butter ( 4 sticks or 1 lb.) softened
  2. 1 cup granulated sugar
  3. 3 cups flour
  4. 1 cup rice flour ( if you do not have rice flour just use another cup of regular flour).
  5. 1 egg yolk
  6. 2 tsps vanilla (optional)

In the bowl of the mixer place the sugar and the butter and cream. Slowly add the flours until a dough is formed.  Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead into a ball, flatten slightly and cut in half.  If only making one pan or making biscuits with the second half, wrap that half in plastic wrap and refrigerate.

Directions for Blueberry Shortbread Crumble

Preheat oven to 375º

 Taking half the recipe of shortbread, roll out to approximately a 9 X 9 inch square which will be about a 1/2 inch thick.  Take the square of dough and place into  the 9 X 9 cake pan and press firmly into pan  making sure it presses to all sides.  You can, if you want, line the pan with parchment to make pulling it out of the pan easy, just be careful not to crack the shortbread as you remove it.  

Place a layer of blueberries over the shortbread.

 

blueberries on top of shortbread
blueberries on top of shortbread

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now place a layer of the crumble on top of the shortbread and blueberries. press down very lightly.  Place in the center of the oven and bake for 1 hour.  Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely.  Once cooled cut into 9 squares and enjoy.  Great as a breakfast treat, or as a anytime snack or microwave a short time to warm and serve with vanilla ice cream.

Blueberry Shortbread Crumble
Blueberry Shortbread Crumble

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are few things to make your baking easier:
KitchenAid KP26M1PSL Professional 600 Series 6-Quart Stand Mixer, Silver
Cuisinart AMB-9SCK 9-Inch Chef’s Classic Nonstick Bakeware Square Cake Pan, Silver

 

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Blueberry Shortbread Crumble
Yields 9
A delicious treat for breakfast or as a dessert
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Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
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Total Time
1 hr 30 min
Prep Time
30 min
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 30 min
Recipe for Crumble
  1. 1/2 cup butter melted
  2. 1/3 cup sugar
  3. 1/3 cup brown sugar
  4. 1 3/4 cups flour
  5. 1 tsp cinnamon
Recipe for Shortbread
  1. Preheat Oven to 375°
  2. 1 cup of sugar
  3. 2 cups of butter ( 4 sticks or 1 lb.) softened
  4. 3 cups flour
  5. 1 cup rice flour ( if you do not have rice flour just use another cup of regular flour).
  6. 1 egg yolk
Instructions
  1. Directions for the Crumble
  2. Melt butter in small saucepan or in microwave (if using microwave let it cool slighty before continuing with the recipe). Put the sugars and flour into a large bowl and whisk lightly to incorporate. Pour in the melted butter and stir with a fork gently until all is mixed and large chunks are formed. Do not stir too hard and break up the crumbs you want to end with many large pieces in the mix. Set bowl aside, please note that this recipe will supply enough Crumble for two recipes.
  3. Directions for the Shortbread
  4. In the bowl of the mixer place the sugar and the butter and cream. Slowly add the flours until a dough is formed. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead into a ball, flatten slightly and cut in half. If only making one pan or making biscuits with the second half, wrap that half in plastic wrap and refrigerate.
Assembly and Cooking Directions
  1. Taking half the recipe of shortbread, roll out to approximately a 9 X 9 inch square which will be about a 1/2 inch thick. Take the square of dough and place into the 9 X 9 cake pan and press firmly into pan making sure it presses to all sides. You can, if you want, line the pan with parchment to make pulling it out of the pan easy, just be careful not to crack the shortbread as you remove it.
  2. Place a layer of blueberries over the shortbread.
  3. Now place a layer of the crumble on top of the shortbread and blueberries. press down very lightly. Place in the center of the oven and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool completely. Once cooled cut into 9 squares and enjoy. Great as a breakfast treat, or as a anytime snack or microwave a short time to warm and serve with vanilla ice cream.
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