Apple Cheddar Coffee Cake

Found this recipe from Baking Obesession my heart straight away said have to bake this! Have to!

But the cake (the one that I baked actually pfft!) was very messy! No way I can serve the guests like that but still I cut and put it in a plate nicely anyway ;) And its gone in a minute! It is at it best when its warm, seriously. When you can feel the cheese melts, speechless.

Here are some tips that might be useful;

• the apple filling might be a little bit watery. Do not pour together the fluid onto the batter if you can. I'd few drops like terjatuh and it spilled from the pan (I use a loose bottom) and buat satu dapur panik bau hangus.
• make sure you cover the top of the cake with streusel thick enough so the batter won't suck up all your streusel. Aku punya dah macam volcano cis.
• you can get buttermilk by mixing half cup of milk with 2 tbsp of white vinegar.

Apple Chedar Coffee Cake
Adapted from Baking Obsession

For streusel topping:

1/2 cup all purpose flour
2tbsp granulated sugar
2tbsp brown sugar
1/8tsp salt
4tbsp unsalted butter, cubed, cold
1 oz cheddar, grated finely

For the filling:

2 tbsp unsalted butter
1/4 cup brown sugar
4-5 apples, peeled, cored, sliced thinly
2 oz cheddar, coarsely grated

For the cake batter:

2 cups all purpose flour
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs

Streusel topping:

Combine the flour, sugar, salt in a medium bowl. Add the butter cubes and use your finger and start crumbling them (better if you have a pastry blender). Mix in the cheese and refrigerate until use.

Filling:

Melt the butter oer a medium heat. Add the brown sugar and cook for 1 minute. Add in the apples and make sure the sugar cover it completely and continue heating until it become glaze-like sauce. Remember to continue stirring. It is easy for your filling to get burn okeh. Remove from the heat and miz in the cheddar.

Batter:

Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. In a small cup, combine the buttermilk with vanilla and set aside. In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in the flour mixture alternating with the buttermilk beginning and ending with flour in three batches.

Transfer about half of the batter into the pan. Arrange the filling on top of it make sure that the filling fills the centre part of the cake without touching the edge of the cake. Pour in the other half on top of it and cover it nicely. Sprinkle the streusel topping.

Bake the cake at 170 degrees for 45mins - 1hr 15mins depending on the type of pan you use and the oven. Or until wooden skewer comes out clean.I would try again baking this cake just because I have some cheddar's leftovers ;)