Cinnamon Streusel Coffeecake with Apples

Variation with ~1.5c cherry halves

Ingredients

• Streusel
  
  
  • 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1/3 cup packed granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  
  
• Cake
  
  
  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 and 3/4 cup buttermilk or plain whole yoghurt
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 7 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and cooled
  • 2 apples: peeled, cored, and chopped
    

For the streusel : Mix everything together in a bowl until the mixture resembles wet sand. Set aside.

For the cake : Heat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9x13 inch baking dish. Mix flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a large bowl. Whisk buttermilk, sugars, eggs, and melted butter in a separate bowl until smooth. Gently fold the wet mixture into the dry one. There will be lumps. Don't panic. And don't overmix. Fold in the chopped apples. Mix until completely incorporated. Put the batter into the dish and spread it evenly with a rubber spatula or something. Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the top. Bake until the streusel is golden and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out with only a few crumbs. This will take 40-45 minutes. Take cake out of oven and cool it for 15 minutes before eating.


Thoughts: This was hella delicious. The original recipe didn't call for apples, but we put them in and I'm glad we did. I highly recommend it. Also, I accidentally put in 1 tsp salt rather than 1/4, like the original recommended, and I thought it would totally ruin the cake, but it actually made it better. So just go ahead and put in that whole tsp of salt. You won't regret it. I also recommend eating this with lemon curd. Just so long as you eat it. Whatever.


Disaster Index: 1/10