Dessert: Apple Streusel Topped Pumpkin Cake

When I made this, my family loved it. My daughter described it as "apple pie on top of pumpkin pie." I would love to have loved it, but I don't care for cooked fruit and the apple streusel topping is exactly the sort of thing I don't like. The pumpkin part was not particularly special on its own, but if my family is to be believed, it was fabulous together.

Ingredients:

3 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup unsalted butter, divided
4 large Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
5 tablespoons granulated white sugar, divided
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 cup canned pumpkin
1/3 cup sour cream
2 large eggs

Directions:

1. Butter and flour a 9-inch-across, 3-inch-deep springform pan. In a large sauté pan, melt 3 tablespoons of the butter, then sauté the apples over medium-high heat until softened and browned in spots, about 5 minutes. Mix 3 tablespoons of the white sugar and the cinnamon in a cup and sprinkle over the apples, then toss and cook until the liquids are thick and bubbly.
2. Preheat the oven to 350°F.
3. Dice the remaining 1/2 cup of butter, and let it come to room temperature. In a stand mixer, combine the flour, brown sugar, and salt, and mix. Toss in the diced butter and mix until the butter is broken into small bits. Measure 2/3 cup of the mixture into a small bowl, and stir into that the remaining 2 tablespoons white sugar and pie spice to make the streusel.
4. To the mixer, add the baking soda and mix, then add the pumpkin, sour cream, and eggs, beating until smooth. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
5. Distribute the apple sauté over the batter, then sprinkle the streusel topping over that.
6. Bake for 40 to 50 minutes, until a skewer inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool on a rack.

Other Details:

• From Robin Asbell's The New Whole Grain Cookbook  
• Serves 8
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