Apple Streusel Cake

                                          

This delicious cake is quick to prepare.  You will only need a spoon and a bowl.  Moist enough that it does not require cream or anything else to serve.  This recipe was torn out of Super Food Ideas Magazine May 2003.  Yes , it took me that long to get around to it!

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups self raising flour

1/2 cup plain flour

3/4 cup sugar

180g butter, chopped

3 eggs, lightly beaten

1/3 cup milk

440g can pie apple

For Streusel:

1/2 cup plain flour

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup dessicated coconut

1/4 cup almond meal

1/4 cup chopped pecans (original recipe used walnuts)

60g butter, melted

Method:

• Preheat oven to 160c fan forced
• Sift flours into a bowl. Stir in sugar.
• Rub in butter with fingertips until mixture is like breadcrumbs
• Stir in eggs and milk.  It is a thick batter
• Spread half the mixture into a greased and baking paper lined 23cm round tin (the only 23cm tin I have is a loose bottom cheesecake tin and this is excellent for removing the cake to cool without tipping off the streusel)
  
• top with tin apple then spread remaining batter on top
• for streusel -  combine all ingredients  then sprinkle onto top of cake before baking in the oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours
• Cool on  a wire rack