Dutch Apple Snack Cake
Servings: 1 9x9 cake, serves 12-16
Ingredients
- 1 cup flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon allspice
- 7 tablespoons unsalted butter softened
- 2 ripe bananas
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup brown sugar packed
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 large Honeycrisp apple cored, peeled and sliced thin
- 4 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F and grease or spray a 9-inch square baking pan.
- Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice in a medium bowl. Whisk together and set aside.
- In a mixer on medium speed, combine the softened butter and bananas. Beat for two minutes, mixture will look curdled. Add vanilla, egg and buttermilk and beat until homogenized.
- With mixer on low, gradually add the dry ingredients to the mixer and meat for a minute or two to combine. Scrape down the sides, stir, then pour into prepared pan.
- Lay sliced apples on their side, overlapping slightly until you preach the other side. Continue with next row and until batter is completely covered.
- Combine brown sugar with cinnamon, mixing well with your fingers. Sprinkle mixture over the apples. Dot with cold butter pieces.
- Bake for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and allow to cool for ten minutes on a cooling rack before slicing.
- Best enjoyed warm from the oven, but can be heated quickly in the microwave and served with vanilla ice cream.