Apfel (Apple) Streusel

Ingredients:
Ready made pastry for a single-crust pie
500g sweet apples
3-4 tablespoons apple juice
1 lemon (grated zest)
250g plain flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
A pinch salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
125g butter, softened
150g caster sugar
2 eggs
2-3 tablespoons milk

Topping:
50g plain flour
25g butter, chilled
25g demerara sugar
1 tablespoon chopped roasted almonds
2 teaspoons lemon zest
A dash of cinnamon

Toss the apples in the juice and lemon zest. Leave to absorb for about half an hour.

Sift flour, baking powder and salt.

Beat butter, sugar and vanilla unitl creamy. Mix the eggs one at time.

Fold in the sifted flour and then the milk. Then stir in the apples.

To make the topping - Rub the chilled butter into the flour, almonds, cinnamon and lemon zest. It should resembles fine breadcrumbs.

Grease a 20cm (8-inch) deep round cake tin (ideally loose-bottomed) and line with baking paper. Line pan with ready made pastry crust. Heat the oven to 170°C (gas mark 320°F).

Spoon the cake mix into the tin, level off the top. Sprinkle the topping over the cake. Bake for approximately1 hour or until golden.

Leave it in the tin for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to cool. Serve warm.