Dutch Apple Loaf Recipe

• ½ cup Butter/ Margarine (softened)
• 1 cup Sugar
• 2 Eggs
• ¼ cup Buttermilk
• 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
• 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 tsp Baking Soda
• ½ tsp Salt
• 2 cups Tart Apples (peeled and diced)
• ½ cup Walnuts (chopped)
  
  Topping
• ¼ cup Sugar
• ¼ cup All-Purpose Flour
• 2 tsp Cinnamon (ground)
• ¼ cup cold Butter/ Margarine

• Cream butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Add eggs, one at a time. Beat well after each addition.
• Add buttermilk and vanilla.
• Mix together flour, baking soda and salt in a separate bowl.
• Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture.
• Add apples and walnuts. Mix well.
• Grease a 9x5x3 inch loaf pan.
• Pour the batter into the pan.
• Prepare the topping by mixing sugar, flour and cinnamon in a mixing bowl.
• Add butter and mix to form coarse crumbles.
• Sprinkle the topping over the batter.
• Bake the batter at 350 °F (175 °C) for 55 to 60 minutes till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 10 minutes.
• Remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.