🍎☕ Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
A soft, buttery cake packed with cinnamon-spiced apples and topped with a crumbly streusel. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a cozy dessert with coffee.
🛒 Ingredients:
🍰 Cake:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter, softened
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup sour cream or plain yogurt
- 2 medium apples, peeled and diced
🍏 Cinnamon apple filling:
- 1 apple, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
🥣 Streusel topping:
- ½ cup flour
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ cup cold butter, cubed
👩🍳 Instructions:
1. Preheat oven
Set to 350°F (175°C). Grease a baking pan (8×8 or 9×9 works well).
2. Make streusel
Mix flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon.
Cut in cold butter until crumbly. Set aside.
3. Prepare cake batter
In a bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
In another bowl, cream butter and sugar until fluffy.
Add eggs and vanilla, then mix in sour cream.
Combine wet and dry ingredients until just mixed.
Fold in diced apples.
4. Add apple filling layer
Mix chopped apple with brown sugar and cinnamon.
5. Assemble cake
Pour half the batter into pan.
Add apple filling layer.
Top with remaining batter.
Sprinkle streusel evenly on top.
6. Bake
Bake for 40–50 minutes, until:
- Top is golden and crumbly
- Toothpick comes out clean
7. Cool
Let cool at least 15 minutes before slicing.
🍽️ Serve with:
- Hot coffee or tea
- Vanilla ice cream (for dessert version)
- Light dusting of powdered sugar
🔥 Flavor profile:
- 🍎 Soft, tender apple pieces
- 🍰 Buttery, moist cake
- 🍂 Warm cinnamon spice
- 🥣 Crunchy streusel topping
🔄 Variations:
- 🥜 Add walnuts or pecans
- 🍯 Drizzle with caramel sauce
- 🍋 Add lemon zest for brightness
- 🍫 Add white chocolate chips
- 🍇 Mix apples with pears or raisins
💡 Tips:
- Use firm apples (Granny Smith or Honeycrisp)
- Don’t overmix batter for a soft crumb
- Cold butter = better streusel texture
- Let it cool slightly so slices hold together