Brown Sugar Sour Cream Apple Cake

November 13, 2021

A crunchy-topped tender cake, perfect for dessert, snacks or breakfast.

Ingredients

4 tablespoonsbutter

4 tablespoonsvegetable shortening

1 cupbrown sugar

2eggs

1 cupsour cream

1 teaspoonvanilla

1 2/3cups flour

1 teaspoon eachbaking powder and baking soda

1/2 teaspoonsalt

4apples, peeled, cored, and diced

2 tablespoonsbutter

2 tablespoonsbrown sugar

3 tablespoonsflour

Coarse Maldon salt

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 375. Butter a 9×9-inch glass baking dish.

2. Combine butter and vegetable shortening in bowl of a stand mixer. Beat until blended. Add sugar and vanilla, beat well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add sour cream, beat well. Sift together flour, baking soda, powder, salt and cinnamon. Add to batter and beat unti combined. Fold in apples. Spoon into prepared pan.

3. To prepare streusel, combine butter, sugar and flour. Rub between fingers until coarse crumbs form. Place on batter. Sprinkle with coarse salt if desired. Bake 30-45 minutes or until cake springs back when touched and is browned. Cool.