You need a deep sheet pan for this apple sheet cake since it has three layers: a pastry layer, an applesauce layer, and a streusel layer. It’s worth dying for.
| Prep Time: | 45 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 25 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 servings |
Ingredients
- ¾ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
- 5 eggs
- ½ lemon, zested and juiced
- 2 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 2 pounds apples – peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
- 3 teaspoons cinnamon sugar
- 2 ½ cups applesauce
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- ½ cup white sugar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 1 cup almond meal
- 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Combine 3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, 1/4 cup butter, and 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in lemon zest with the last egg.
- Combine 2 3/4 cups flour and baking powder. Sift over butter mixture and quickly beat into batter with the electric mixer running on low speed.
- Combine apple slices, lemon juice, and cinnamon sugar in a bowl and fold into batter. Spread batter onto the prepared baking sheet. Spoon applesauce onto batter and spread out evenly.
- Combine 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons flour, 1/2 cup cubed butter, 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar, almond meal, and 2 teaspoons vanilla sugar in a bowl and mix into streusel. Sprinkle streusel over applesauce.
- Bake in the preheated oven until streusel is lightly browned and cake is set, about 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 243 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 39 g |
| Cholesterol | 54 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Saturated Fat | 4 g |
| Sodium | 78 mg |
| Sugars | 19 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |