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Aster's Famous Cake is a delightfully moist apple cake with a crunchy cinnamon-sugar topping, perfect for any occasion.
Aster's Famous Cake, courtesy of Aster, is famous for two reasons. First, it's ridiculously easy to make — add everything to a bowl, one after the other, and stir. Then pour it into a baking pan and bake. Even our non-baking friends can get a perfect cake every time! And second, well, it really is perfect! It's delightfully moist and tender, with the apples soft and jammy, and it's topped with a crunchy cinnamon-sugar sprinkle! Mmmm, Aster's Famous Cake deserves even more fame than it already has!
Ingredients
For the apple cake:
- butter to taste, for greasing the pan
- 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 egg
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 2 1/2 cups Honeycrisp apples chopped
For the cinnamon-sugar topping:
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon butter melted
- vanilla ice cream optional, to taste, for serving
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
- Using the extra butter, grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, add the brown sugar and the oil and stir until just combined.
- Add the egg to the brown sugar-oil mixture and stir until just combined.
- Add the buttermilk and the vanilla and stir until just combined.
- Add the baking soda, the salt, and the flour to the mixing bowl and stir until just combined.
- Add the chopped apples and fold to combine.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, spreading it out evenly.
- In a bowl, add the granulated sugar, the cinnamon, and the remaining 1 tablespoon of the melted butter and stir to combine.
- Sprinkle and spread the cinnamon-sugar mixture over the batter in the baking pan.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
- Serve warm and topped with the ice cream.
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