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This BROWN BUTTER APPLE STREUSEL CAKE is tender, brown buttery, and apple-forward thanks to the generous chunks of apples in the batter. It is essentially a classic French Apple Cake where melted butter is replaced with nutty brown butter, and topped with a chunky almond streusel topping. Because if there are two truths I believe in, is that brown butter and streusel are always good ideas!

I made this BROWN BUTTER APPLE STREUSEL CAKE twice for Canadian Thanksgiving and it was very loved especially with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and drizzle of caramel on top. The apple chunks and streusel give this cake almost an apple crumble pie vibe which is perfect for my crowd because we have a few silly people who don’t like pie.

The apple cake batter is adapted from the Marie-Hélène’s Apple Cake from Dorie Greenspan recipe from Food52 Genius Recipes cookbook. Let me know in comments below what you think, or tag me on social if you make this it. Or drop me any questions about the recipe, I’m happy to help.

Eat well and be well,

Sonia x

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Recipe Note - brown butter apple streusel cake:

1. Should you wish to skip browning the butter to save time by skipping a step, reduce the amount of butter to 8 tablespoons (114g or ½ cup). Melt and cool to use in the cake batter.

2. To reheat, place in preheated 350f (175c) for 10 to 15 minutes or whenever center is warm. I also like to give it a very brief toast (if using a countertop oven) or broil to crisp up the streusel.

Brown Butter Apple Streusel Cake

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