Description

This is a great dessert to make for St. Patrick's Day or anytime. The streusel topping and custard sauce make it fabulously delicious!

Ingredients

• cake:
• 3-4 Granny Smith apples, peeled and thinly sliced
• 1/2 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 c. sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 3 T. milk or cream
• 1 1/4 c. all-purpose flour
• 1 t. baking powder
• 3/4 t.- 1 t. cinnamon
• 1/2 t. nutmeg
• 1/8 t. salt
• confectioner's sugar, for dusting
• streusel topping:
• 3/4 c. flour
• 1/4 c. old-fashioned rolled oats
• 6 T. unsalted cold butter, cut in small pieces
• 1/2 c. sugar
• custard sauce:
• 6 large egg yolks
• 6 T. sugar
• 1 1/2 c. whole milk
• 1 1/2 t. vanilla

Steps

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Make custard sauce first. Bring milk to a simmer over medium heat. Whisk the yolks and sugar until pale. Drizzle a little of the hot milk into the egg mixture, whisking constantly. Drizzle a little more, then transfer that back into the pan of hot milk. Continue cooking, stirring constantly, until mixture coats the back of a spoon. Do nott overcook or it can curdle. Stir in the vanilla. Refrigerate sauce until needed.
3. streusel topping: