Ohmigoodness! You are so much more experienced than I ! I’ll play with the ingredients and tell you how it turns out. Also, I made a sour cream coffee cake from “Saveur” that was very tasty. Changed the baking pans so that we ate one, gave one to the neighbor, and put one in the freezer. Asked for input re: perhaps reducing the total amount of sugar. They told us not to change anything. I think I made notes about the baking times for 2 inch tall 8 inch bkg pans. Will look for notes and for the url for the cake.
Thanks I'd appreciate that. The URL. Sorry I got so long winded. I never was much into coffee cakes but my daughter likes them. I do have some gorgeous recipes saved for German apricot kuchen (sweetened patted crust in a spring form pan, layer of apricots (or whatever) then mixture of sour cream. I mean to try it some time. Also have one saved with cherry filling and sour cream yogurt topping (baked of course).
Yes, I'd appreciate hearing what you come up with. The whole reason I even tried that apple cake was that gorgeous-looking streusel, nice and thick and clumpy, golden brown in parts.
Pinterest has lots of ideas.
http://www.crunchycreamysweet.com/2014/09/21/the-best-apple-crumb-cake/
There is a place to click for a printable recipe.
The streusel part:
for the topping:
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter melted and cooled
1 and 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
to make the topping:
In a medium bowl, whisk together both sugars, cinnamon, salt and flour. Add melted butter and fluff with fork until mixtures creates crumbs. Set aside.
I usually get away with slightly warm melted butter but maybe should have cooled it completely. And this uses twice as much butter, a whole stick.
I oveermixed it. Says to fluff with fork (see above). I guess leave it lumpy/clumpy if you get that far. I might use a few drops of ice water. Dunno.
Maybe I will just make the streusel and see if it works. Eat it for a treat or set out for the birds or my possum visitor.
Now I'd better leave things be for awhile.