Apple Streusel Honey Cake

Apple Streusel Honey Cake

Course Dessert
Cuisine Israeli, Jewish

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 4 eggs large
  • 3/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3 cups flour all-purpose, sifted
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup fruit tea strong, brewed and cooled
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon ground
  • 1 teaspoon ginger ground
  • 1/4 teaspoon cloves ground
  • 1 green apple peeled and sliced for garnishing the unbaked cake

Streusel Topping

  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup butter cold, cut into cubes
  • 1 cup flour all-purpose
  • 2 tablespoons flour all-purpose
  • pinch cinnamon
  • pinch salt

Instructions
 

Topping

  • In a food processor, blend all the ingredients in short pulses until you get a coarse crumb.
  • Transfer the crumbs to a sealed container and chill until use.

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350 F.
  • Whip eggs with the sugar until the mixture becomes thick and triples in size.
  • Add the oil and mix to combine, then add the honey and do the same.
  • In a medium bowl, combine the spices flour, baking powder and baking soda. Add to the eggs mixture, and add the cooled tea. You can also add fresh peeled and chopped apples or pears, or cherries to the batter at this stage if you wish.
  • Pour into 2 loaf pans and top with a light layer of streusel and 12-13 apple slices in vertical line down the center. Bake for about 40 minutes.
  • Cake is done when a toothpick comes out dry with a few moist crumbs attached.
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