Spiced Apple Streusel Coffee Cake with Dulce de Leche

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Spiced Apple Streusel Coffee Cake with Dulce de Leche

This apple streusel cake recipe combines a tender, buttery cake, spiced crumbly Streusel adorned with tart apple slices, and a melt-in-your-mouth dulce de leche drizzle.

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Course: baking, Breakfast, Desserts

Cuisine: Latin

Keyword: coffee cake, Latin cakes. Latin recipes, Streusel. Dulce de leche

Prep Time: 20

Cook Time: 30

Total Time: 50

Servings: cake (8 servings)

Calories: 2480kcal

Author: Juyali (ju-ja-lee)

Equipment

Large bowl, Medium bowl, Small bowl, Round springform pan or square pan. Pastry blender (also known as a pastry cutter). Rubber spatula. Use an electric hand mixer (if desired), but you can easily make this cake by hand using a whisk and a rubber spatula, as shown in the pictures.

Ingredients

Ingredients for the Cake Batter

1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
1 1/2 teaspoons Baking powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon softened at room temperature
6 tablespoon Butter
3/4 cup White Sugar
2 Eggs
2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup Nonfat plain Greek Yogurt sour cream is a suitable substitute

Ingredients for the Streusel (crumb topping):

1/4 cup All-purpose Flour
2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
1/8 teaspoon Ground Cloves
2 tablespoons Salted Butter cold and cubed.

Ingredients for the Topping

2 cups thinly sliced unpeeled fresh apples (tart apples like Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, or Pink Lady work great)
3 tablespoons Dulce de Leche + 1 tablespoon water to soften. I use La Lechera brand.

Instructions

Make the Cake Batter

Preheat the oven to 350°F and grease the cake pan.
In a medium bowl, create the flour mixture. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. Whisk until well mixed.
In a large mixing bowl, beat the six tablespoons of the softened Butter and sugar until light. Add yogurt, eggs, and vanilla, and blend well.
Incorporate the flour mixture and beat until well incorporated.
Spread the batter on the prepared pan.

Make the Cinnamon Streusel Topping

In a small bowl, combine streusel ingredients except Butter.
Cut in 2 tablespoons of cold Butter until crumbly using a pastry cutter or a large fork.
Ensure all ingredients are mixed well, and you have a well-integrated streusel.

Instructions for the Apples and Dulce de Leche Cake Toppings

Sprinkle half of the streusel topping over the batter.
Thinly slice the unpeeled apples into approximately 1/8 thick slices.
Arrange apple slices over the batter, staggering them in a circular shape starting from the outside and making your way to the middle of the cake.
Sprinkle the remaining streusel topping over the apples.
Bake at 350°F for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack
In a microwave-safe bowl, combine dulce de leche and water and microwave for 20-30 seconds.
Drizzle over the apple cake. Enjoy!

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Notes

Other indulgent Autumn desserts you might like featuring Dulce de Leche and Apples!
- Apple Dulce de Leche Empanadas
- Dulce de Leche Apple Crisp Recipe without Oats
- Puff Pastry Christmas Trees Dessert
- Pumpkin Burnt Basque Cheesecake (Tarta de Queso)

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