Chai Apple Streusel Cake

The Spice & Tea Exchange
Servings

1 cake

This Chai Apple Streusel Cake has all your favorites from autumn compiled into the perfect tender cake! The chai spice cake is topped with a sugary apple streusel topping unlike any you've tasted before -- featuring the flavorful spices of Chai-mazing Spice Blend and the sweet apple crunch of Apple Cinnamon Crisp Sugar.
Chai Apple Streusel Cake

Ingredients

    Streusel Topping

    • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
    • ¼ cup Apple Cinnamon Crisp Sugar
    • 1 Tbsp Chai-Mazing Spice Blend
    • ½ tsp kosher salt
    • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted & cooled
    • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour

    Chai Apple Cake

    • 1 cup all-purpose flour
    • ½ tsp baking soda
    • 1 tsp baking powder
    • ¼ tsp kosher salt
    • 6 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
    • ½ cup Chai Sugar
    • 1 large egg, room temperature
    • ¾ cup sour cream
    • 1 tsp vanilla extract
    • 2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored & diced large
    • 1 tsp Chai-Mazing Spice Blend
    • Special Equipment: 8-inch springform pan

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    Directions

    1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease an 8-inch springform pan with butter or cooking spray and dust with flour; set aside.
    2. Prepare Streusel Topping. Mix sugars, spice blend, and salt in a medium bowl. Stir in melted butter. Using a fork, gently mix in flour until crumbles form; do not overmix. Set aside.
    3. Prepare Cake Batter. In a medium bowl, stir flour, baking soda, baking powder, and kosher salt until combined; set aside. In a clean medium bowl, beat butter and Chai Sugar on high speed until smooth and creamy. Scrape down sides of bowl as needed, then add egg, sour cream, and vanilla extract; beat on medium-high speed until combined. On low speed, mix in dry ingredients in two stages until just incorporated; do not overmix. Toss diced apples with spice blend.
    4. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared baking pan. Top evenly with spiced apples, then crumble the streusel topping over the apples. Bake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 30 to 45 minutes before slicing.
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