Apple Streusel Cake - October 21, 2012

This recipe is another pinterest find. I'm finding a lot of yummy recipes from this blog, so you should definitely check it out.

Apple Streusel Cake with Cream Cheese Glaze

Ingredients:

for the cake-
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 cup peeled, diced apple (1/4 inch pieces)
1/3 cup canola oil
2 eggs
1/4 cup low fat buttermilk
1/4 cup low fat sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

for the streusel-
3/4 cup oats
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup butter
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup walnuts

for the glaze-
3 oz. softened cream cheese
1 1/2 tablespoons softened margarine or butter
2/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
3 tablespoons milk, or enough to make it a glazing consistency

Directions:

 Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray 9-inch spring form pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.

In a large bowl, whisk all dry ingredients together. Make a well in the center and pour all wet ingredients in. Slowly start mixing the wet ingredients into the dry and stir until just combined. Toss in apple pieces and stir. Pour batter into prepared pan. In a small bowl, stir all ingredients for streusel together until butter pieces are small chunks found throughout mixture. Sprinkle over top of cake and bake 45-55 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when inserted. Remove from oven and cool.

Before serving, whip cream cheese and margarine together until smooth. Stir in powdered sugar, vanilla and milk until smooth and runny. Add the milk slowly until desired drizzling consistency is reached. Un-hinge spring form pan and place cake on serving platter. Drizzle with glaze and serve.

Husband Review:

I made this for a bake sale, so we weren't actually able to dig in to this cake... but fear not! I had some leftover ingredients so I made some Apple Streusel mini cupcakes so we could try them. The husband and I thought they were very good, but the little one did not care for them. I think she was freaked out by the streusel on top. I cut my apples really small because I don't care for the texture of chunks in my foods. You could probably drizzle this with caramel too and it would be very yummy.