Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
This coffee cake is really special, and my daughter’s personal favorite. The combination of sweet apples, spicy cinnamon and tender, moist vanilla cake is too much to resist! This recipe makes an 8 x 8-inch pan, but is easily doubled into a 9 x 13-inch. You can also top the apples with a crumb topping instead of using the cinnamon sugar mix – very yummy!
Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, melted
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
1 1/2 cups thin apple slices (from 1 peeled and cored apple)
1/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
In a medium bowl – mix flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine butter, egg, and milk. Add into flour mixture and stir until just blended. Pour into greased 8 x 8-inch pan. Arrange apple slices on top of batter. Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle evenly over apple slices. Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 25 minutes – or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
The total cost for this recipe is $1.75 – a pretty good deal for a deluxe coffee cake! At my grocery store, coffee cakes start at $3.99 and up – I love that this dish saves money and tastes great!
What are your favorite special breakfast foods? Do you make them during the week, weekends or special occasions? I’d love to hear from you!
Sounds delish!! I’ll have to try this. I like the sound of apples with a coffee cake
It’s so yummy! If you do, stop by and let me know how you liked it!
Will do!
Excellent! I have half a box of heavenly fuji apples a friend gave me from her tree and am running out of ideas for what to do with them (short of making wine…) so this looks like a really great way to use at least a few…thank you!
Sure! Let me know how you like it!
This sounds so good!
Thanks!
It sounds yummy but where is the coffee – do you drink it with the cake rather than flavouring it? … I guess you must do!!
Yes you do – you drink it with the cake (or tea, because this would be fantastic with tea!)
This looks delicious! I am going to give it a try.
Great! I’d love to hear what you think about it!
This would be my favorite too! It looks really, really good.
I bet! Looks scrumptious!
I have never baked a cake
But I am going to do it and I will try your recipe then. Looks so Yumm!
I’d love to hear how it turns out!
Love coffee cake, love apples, love this post!
this cake looks really soft indeed! my special favourite breakfast food would be an Italian cornetto… (sort of like a croissant)… But since I’m still on the hunt for the perfect recipe, I’ll just have to wait till Xmas when I’ll be celebrating back home with my family
Are those anything like a sfogliatelle? That’s my favorite Italian pastry (well of course cannoli too!).
nope, completely different, but very yummy too!
This looks great!
What kind of apples did you use?
This time I used Gala – in the past I have used Red Delicious, Granny Smith and McIntosh – it really works with whatever your favorite apple is!
I will definitely have to make this over the weekend! I love the addition of the apples, too. My favorite would have to be Æbleskiver. They’re a little time consuming to make and best eaten as soon as you make them so they are a special weekend breakfast treat.
Sounds Yummy!
ok – hungry now after looking at your bread starter and this. printed the recipe so I can make it this weekend. Thanks!
I would love to hear how you like it!
Will do!
It was delicious! I modified it slightly to include part wheat flour, added some plain yogurt, and used brown sugar in the recipe and on top. Yum! My hubby loved it. Thanks again for sharing it. I’m having weekend company next week and plan on making it again.
Fantastic! I love that you used part wheat flour and added yogurt and brown sugar! Recipes are meant to be played with to fit each persons needs! Thanks so much for sharing your results!