As you can see …. I love this skillet so much that I made another skillet cake. You will be seeing more of my skillet cake creations in the future. The cake is a breeze to get out of the pan. With the new excitement for this pan maybe you will see me post more ;)
This cake was also made with my goodies from Mercier Orchard. I used a Cameo Apple for this cake. It takes just 1 large apple. I did cut my apple up in small pieces as I am not a “big” chunk of anything in my food fan.
The cake was super moist and smelled like an apple candle. I was also a huge fan of the crumb topping. I am going to try this crumb topping on some of my other recipes that call for a streusel or crumb topping.
I made this cake for dessert last night and we served it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. This morning Bill made the comment that it kind of reminds him of coffee cake, so we had another piece for breakfast! Without the ice cream, he is right, it tasted like apple coffee cake.
So far my favorite skillet cake is the Sweet Potato Skillet Cake, I think that one is going to be hard to beat (but I will keep trying)
Apple Oatmeal Skillet Cake
Recipe adapted from Cake, Layered,Frosted, Sliced & Shared
1 cup old fashion oats
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup plus 1 Tablespoon softened butter
1/2 cup half and half
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
3 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cardamom
1/8 teaspoon allspice
1 large apple, diced
Oat Streusel
3/4 cup flour
1/2 cup old fashion oats
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup melted butter
1/2 teaspoons salt
In a large mixing bowl or in a stand mixer stir together oatmeal, boiling water, butter and milk. Cover with plastic wrap and let stand for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place remaining 1 Tablespoon butter in 10 inch skillet and place skillet in oven until butter is melted. Carefully remove skillet from oven and brush sides and bottom of pan with melted butter.
Stir oat mixture. Add sugar, eggs and vanilla and mix until well combined
Add flour, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt, nutmeg, cardamom, and allspice beating until combined.
Fold in diced apple and spread batter into skillet and top with Oatmeal Streusel.
Oatmeal Streusel
In medium bowl stir together all ingredients with a fork. Sprinkle on top of batter.
Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour until toothpick inserted in cake comes out clean