Dutch Oven: Crumb Apple Cake

Items Needed:

2 large tart apples
2-1/2 cups flour (1 cup for cake and 1/2 cup for topping)
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
1-1/3 sticks margarine (1 stick for cake and 1/3 stick for topping)
1 packet dry active yeast
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tbsp cooking oil
   
12" Dutch Oven (serves 8)
24 briquettes (6 bottom/18 top)
oven sits for 1 hour, and cooks for 30-40 minutes (1-1/2 hours total time)
 
knife, cutting board, 2 mixing bowls, and small sauce pan (something to melt butter in) also needed

Setup:
  1. Melt butter in small sauce pan, and slice up apples.
For the cake:
  1. combine 1 cup flour to salt and yeast in first mixing bowl.
  2. Add eggs, about 3/4 of the melted butter, and another 1 cup flour to ingredients in bowl and mix into batter.
    Remember to save 1/2 cup of flour, and about 1/4 of the melted butter for the topping.
  3. Grease inside of oven with cooking oil. Then pour in batter, and place sliced apples on top of batter.

For the topping:

  1. combine rest of melted butter to brown sugar, cinnamon, and 1/2 cup flour in second mixing bowl. Mix until crumbly.
  2. Sprinkle crumbly mixture over apples.
  3. Cover Dutch Oven with lid, and let oven sit in a warm place for about 1 hour.
  4. Place oven on top of 6 hot briquettes, with another 18 hot briquettes on the lid. Bake for 30-40 minutes.