It looks like a soft apple crumb cake (Szarlotka / Apple Streusel Cake) with powdered sugar and a buttery crumble topping. Here is a simple homemade recipe similar to the cake in the photo. 🍏🍰
Apple Crumb Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake batter
- 3 eggs
- 150 g sugar (¾ cup)
- 1 tsp vanilla sugar or vanilla extract
- 120 ml milk (½ cup)
- 120 ml vegetable oil (½ cup)
- 250 g flour (2 cups)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- Pinch of salt
Apple layer
- 3–4 apples
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tbsp sugar
Crumble topping
- 100 g flour (¾ cup)
- 70 g butter (cold)
- 60 g sugar (¼ cup)
Finish
- Powdered sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Prepare apples
- Peel and dice the apples.
- Mix with cinnamon and 1 tbsp sugar.
- Make crumble
- In a bowl mix flour, sugar, and cold butter.
- Rub with fingers until crumbly. Set aside.
- Prepare cake batter
- Beat eggs with sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Add milk and oil, mix well.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt. Mix until smooth.
- Assemble cake
- Pour batter into a greased baking pan (about 24×24 cm).
- Spread apples evenly on top.
- Sprinkle crumble over the apples.
- Bake
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 35–40 minutes until golden.
- Finish
- Let cool slightly and dust with powdered sugar.
✅ Tip:
For extra flavor, add chopped walnuts or almonds to the crumble like in the photo.
If you want, I can also give you:
- Polish Szarlotka version (traditional recipe) 🇵🇱
- Very fluffy yogurt apple cake
- Quick 10-minute apple cake recipe 🍏
