This cake recipe has been in my family for generations. It is a simple cake topped with apples and plenty of golden topping. It is great as a coffee cake at breakfast, for an afternoon treat or as a simple dessert. You can take it straight from my great-great grandma’s recipe box and put it into yours!
Preheat oven to 350°F and grease a 9-inch cake pan or cast iron skillet
In a large bowl, mix together butter and sugar.
Add the egg, and vanilla. Mix until smooth.
Pour in milk and combine.
Combine flour, salt and baking powder. Fold flour mixture into wet ingredients until incorporated.
Spread into prepared pan.
Arrange apple slices over the cake batter. Gently push apple slices into batter.
Mix sugar, flour and butter in small bowl until it is coarse and crumbly.
Spread over top of apples.
Bake for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes back mostly clean.
Cool on a wire rack for at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving. The cake is great served warm or at room temperature.
Notes
*Grandma’s recipe says 6 apples, but I think she was using smaller homegrown apples. Use enough to cover the top of your batter.Vanilla was not in the original recipe, but I like to add some. It is good either way.Feel free to add a little bit of cinnamon and/or nutmeg if you want some spice in your cake. Adding it to the crumb topping would be delicious.