Apple Coffee Cake
This soft and fluffy Apple Coffee Cake has a delicious layer of sweet, crisp, cinnamon sugar apples in the center of an apple cider brown sugar cake. This cake is easy to make and only takes a few minutes to mix together. This Apple Coffee Cake makes a wonderful breakfast or brunch treat.
Here is what you will love about this Apple Coffee Cake
- Easy to make – this coffee cake comes together in just a few minutes and is truly simple to make! It’s a great cake for beginners.
- I love serving this apple coffee cake at get togethers around the holiday season, but it also makes for a great breakfast or brunch treat on the weekends or even just to eat throughout the week,.
- Lots of apple flavor – this coffee cake has fresh, sweet, crisp apples in it, as well as apple cider and applesauce. The cake has plenty of delicious apple flavor which complements the sweet cinnamon sugar in the cake.
Storage
Store this Apple Coffee Cake in an airtight container at room temperature for 2 days, or in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
You can freeze the cake for up to 2 months. After the cake cools completely, place in a freezer safe zip-top bag. I like to cut into slices before placing in the freezer safe bag.
Here are a few of my favorite fall baking recipes
- Homemade Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls
- Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bread
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Twists
- Homemade Apple Fritters
- Apple Pie Cinnamon Rolls
- Pumpkin Pull Apart Bread
- Pumpkin Donuts
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Apple Coffee Cake
- Total Time: 38 minutes
- Yield: 9 slices 1x
Description
This soft and fluffy Apple Coffee Cake has a delicious layer of sweet, crisp, cinnamon sugar apples in the center of an apple cider brown sugar cake. This cake is easy to make and only takes a few minutes to mix together. This Apple Coffee Cake makes a wonderful breakfast or brunch treat.
Ingredients
Crumb Topping
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 6 tablespoons salted butter, softened
Cake
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup apple cider
- 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Apple Layer
- 1 large apple, peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Icing
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk or heavy cream
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8×8 inch baking pan with parchment paper.
2. Make the crumb topping. In a medium sized bowl, add ingredients for crumb topping. Use a fork to claw/mix ingredients together until pea sized clumps remain. Set aside.
3. Make the coffee cake. In a large mixing bowl, add sugars, oil, apple cider, applesauce and egg. Whisk to combine, then add flour, salt, baking powder and cinnamon. Stir just until mixture is combined.
4. Make the apple filling. In a small bowl, add the apples, cinnamon and sugar. Toss to combine.
5. Pour half the batter into prepared pan. Smooth batter into an even layer (there is not a ton of batter, but it rises a good amount in the oven). Spoon the apple mixture over cake batter. Add remaining cake batter on top. It’s okay if some of the apple filling is not completely covered. Sprinkle crumble topping over top of the batter. Bake in preheated oven for 28-32 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
6. Allow to fully cool in pan.
7. When ready to serve, whisk together ingredients for icing, then drizzle over the coffee cake. Serve and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 28
- Category: Breakfast/Brunch
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
