Double Streusel Cake

There is streusel cake and then there is double streusel cake!!

Double the fun!!

Streusel is a German word meaning “sprinkling” or “topping”. Streusel is a mixture of flour, butter, sugar, sometimes with cinnamon or coconut mixed in it. It adds a crunch to the soft cakes. Use it on cakes, cupcakes, pies and see the difference it makes!

Ingredients

For the cake

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp baking powder

½ tsp salt

¾ cup castor sugar

½ tsp vanilla essence

¼ cup oil

1 egg

¾ cup milk

For the streusel mixture

¾ cup brown sugar

4 tbsp flour

3 tbsp melted butter

2 tsp cinnamon powder

Preheat oven to 175 degrees Celsius. Line and grease an 8” cake tin.

Mix together the streusel mix ingredients and keep aside.

Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. Add the oil and mix with your hands till it looks like breadcrumbs. Beat together milk , sugar and egg. Gently add to the flour mix.

Pour half the batter in the tin. Spread half the streusel on top. Pour rest of the batter and then sprinkle rest of the streusel. Bake for 30-40 minutes.