#693 - Apple Crumb Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

Cake: 1 1/2 sticks softened butter, 1 1/4 cups Domino's dark brown sugar (packed), 2 tsp. vanilla, 1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon, 1 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. baking soda, 1/2 tsp. salt, 3 eggs, 2 1/4 cups flour, 1 1/2 cups sour cream (room temperature), 3 large Golden Delicious apples (washed, peeled, cored and sliced)

Crumbs: 3/4 cup flour, 1/3 cup graham cracker crumbs, 1/4 cup Domino's dark brown sugar (packed), 1/3 cup softened butter

Topping: Domino's powdered sugar

Wash, peel and core apples. Cut into slices and set aside. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 cake pan--set aside. Crumbs: in a bowl add flour, graham cracker crumbs and 1/4 cup brown sugar--stir. Add 1/3 cup softened butter--knead with your fingers to form the crumbs--set aside. Cake: in a mixer add 1 1/2 sticks butter, 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, vanilla, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt--beat for 3 minutes or until creamy. Add eggs--beat. Add sour cream--beat. Add flour--beat until smooth. Spoon 1/2 of the cake batter into the cake pan. Arrange 1/2 of the sliced apples on top of the batter. Pour the remaining batter on top of the apples in the cake pan. Arrange the remaining apples on top of the batter. Sprinkle the crumb mixture on top of the apples. Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes. Test with a toothpick for doneness. Let it cool on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then sprinkle the top with powdered sugar.