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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!
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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