Grandma's Apple Cake with Streusel (Vegan)

Preparation

1. 1For the shortcrust dough, mix 300 g flour, 150 g sugar, 1 tsp baking powder, and 1 pinch of salt in a bowl. Add 200 g cold vegan margarine in pieces and rub into a crumbly dough with your hands. Add 3 tbsp applesauce and quickly knead everything into a smooth dough. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 30 minutes.
2. 2Meanwhile, peel the apples, quarter them, remove the cores, and cut into thin slices. Mix with 80 g sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon, and 1 tbsp lemon juice, and let it sit.
3. 3For the streusel, knead 150 g flour, 80 g sugar, and 100 g soft vegan margarine in a bowl with your hands into streusel.
4. 4Preheat the oven to 180 °C top and bottom heat. Grease a springform pan (26 cm).
5. 5Roll out the chilled dough thinly on a floured surface, place it in the pan, and pull up the edge. Spread the apple mixture evenly on top.
6. 6Distribute the streusel over the apples and bake the cake in the preheated oven on the middle rack for about 40 minutes, until the streusel are golden brown.
7. 7Take the cake out of the oven, let it cool in the pan, then carefully release it and cut into pieces.