Apple Streusel Cake - my favorite!

This recipe is actually super simple but its so good.


For the Dough:

-200 g unsalted butter (I used two full sticks.. making it a little more than 200gr)

-1 Egg

-200 g Sugar

-400 g plain flour

- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder





For the filling:



- 1 small bag apples .. any kind that isnt too sweet works best



- 5 tablespoon brown sugar



- about 2 tablespoon cinnamon




Peel the apples, remove seeds and cut them into small cubes.


Put them into a pot with the brown sugar and cinnamon.


Turn stove on high, then turn down to medium as soon as you can tell the pot is heated up.

Let the apples cook slowly. stirring occasionally. You want them to become very soft.... and trust me.. you will LOVE the smell!


Ones they are cooked all the way you can either leave them as they are or you can break them up a little with a potatoe masher to whatever consistency you like your filling to be)




While the apples are cooking you can preheat the oven to 345 degrees and prepare the dough.



Just mix all of the ingredients and mix really well by hand.


At first the dough seems dry but keep working it and it will quickly turn into a nice smooth dough.



Grease a Springform and use a little over half of the dough to layer the bottom and side of the form.


Then pour filling into the springform.



Last break up remaining dough over the filling, spreading it nice and evenly.


The crumbs will "melt" a little while baking and build a pretty layer on top of your cake.



Bake for 45-50 minutes, The cake is done when the crumbs have turned into a nice golden brown color.




This cake is wonderful fresh but I like it even better the next day.

Pork (or chicken) Pot Pie a la Me ;)

- 3 pork chops (or chicken breast)

- cube chicken broth

- 3-4 potatoes

- 1 1/2 cups of corn

- half a head of broccoli

- a handful of sliced mushrooms

- 1 can of broccoli cream soup

- about 1 cup heavy whipping cream

- about 1 1/2 cups dry white wine ( I love keeping a wine box in the house .. I cook with wine a lot)

- salt, pepper, garlic powder, nutmeg, paprika, pepper flakes

- 2 cans of Pillsbury cressant creations dough (this one http://tinyurl.com/cuvm8f )


Boil chops (or chicken) slowly with a cube of chicken broth and salt, pepper and garlic

Take meat out of the water when done. Cut up potatoes into cubes and boil them until just done in the broth that the meat was in. You can add some water if needed.

Pull meat apart.

Drain water when potatoes are done. Add meat to the potatoes as well as the corn, broccoli, mushrooms and the can of broccoli cream soup. Add a cup of wine and let it all warm up over medium high heat. Stir carefully. Add cream and more wine if needed until you have the amount of sauce you want. Season to taste.

Spray a Casserole dish with cooking spray and line with one sheet of the cressant dough. Push the dough up on the sides so it will hold the filling.

Pour filling into the casserole dish and top with the second sheet of dough. Cut a few lines into the top.

Bake at 375 degrees until the dough is golden brown.

Soooo good. Of course you can replace the veggies I used for your favorite veggies.

Best Ever Marble Cake

Sorry about the metric numbers.. if your meassuring cup doesnt have metric meassurements on it then you can just convert it online.

-250 Gramm Butter (soft at room temperature)

-200 Gramm Sugar

-500 Gramm flour (dont use self rising, just the plain simple white flour)

-a few drops vanilla extract

-1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

-1 Pinch Salt

-4 Eggs

-1 Cup Milk

- few drops butter extract

- few drops almond extract

- 1 block 70 or 80% cocoa chocolate (Lindt has a good one)

- 3 tablespoon sugar

- a handful dark chocolate chips or candymelts

- few drops of rum extract

(or.. but the first tastes better....:
-30 Gramm cocoa powder for baking .. its about 5 tablespoons
-3 tablespoons water
-3 tablespoons sugar

- few drops of rum extract)

Mix the butter with the sugar, salt and vanilla until nice and creamy.

Slowly add the eggs. Mix well.

Mix flour with the baking powder and while mixing, slowly add the flour and the milk.. taking turns between milk and flour so the consistency stays smooth.

Add a tiny bit of almond extract (very little, maybe 3-4 drops) and a little butter extract.. maybe 10 drops)

Melt chocolate in a hot water bath (break chocolate up into a cup and set the cup into a pot that has some water on the bottom.

Heat the water and let the chocolate melt like that. Stir occasionally, add the chocolate chips or candy melts when the dark chocolate is smooth and add the sugar as well.)

(If you do the second option then just mix all ingredients until smooth)

Grease a "Kaiser Springform" and pour 3/4 of the dough into it.

Add the chocolate to the remaining dough and also add some rum extract.

I like the rum flavor so I put quite a bit but you can do that to taste.

Mix well.

Pour the dark dough in top of the white one in the Springform. Use a fork and twist the dough so the black slightly mixes into the white.

Bake at 355 degrees for about 60 minutes.

After about 45 minutes I lay a sheet of aluminum foil over it to avoid the cake getting too dark on the outside before the inside is done.

Cake is done when a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.