30 Oct Homemade apple coffee cake: easy recipe with apple halves
I love this homemade apple coffee cake because it is a quick option when you need something sweet for your afternoon tea. It is perfect because the sponge cake surrounds the crispier cooked apple. That is why instead of cutting the apples into squares, I like to cut the apples in half, remove the seeds and stem and slice the apples without touching the bottom.
Even though I have other coffee cake recipes in my blog, this was perfect for fresh apples. The weekend before, we went to pick some apples with our family at a farm because is apple season. It’s such a nice thing to do outdoors and to show your kids where things come from. You can check my apple cinnamon streusel coffee cake if you are more of an apple in little pieces. Like this.
Ingredients:
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- unsalted butter (softened)
- sugar
- vanilla
- egg
- milk
- apples
- sugar
- ground cinnamon
You must grease a rectangular pan ( 9 by 13-inch pan) with canola oil cooking spray or melted butter. I prefer to do it in a rectangular pan, but you are welcome to do it in a springform pan.
Preheat the oven to 180°C or 350°F. Sift the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder and salt) in a medium bowl. Mix the softened butter and sugar in a large bowl until they are creamy. Add the wet ingredients: Egg, vanilla and milk to the mixture. Add the cake batter to the prepared baking pan. Meanwhile, peel the apples, cut them in half and discard the seeds and stems. Using a sharp knife, cut the apple half into slices without cutting to the end. This will help the apple to absorb all the sugar and cinnamon. Place the twelve halves into the baking pan, 4 rows of 3 apples. Then sprinkle them with the sugar (1/3 of a cup) and cinnamon. The baking time is 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean and the dough is golden brown. Let it cool down on a wire rack for 15 minutes before cutting it. You can serve it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Frequently Asked Questions:
You can use pink ladies, Granny Smith, red apples or tart apples.
Yes, you can bake it the night before and wrap it with plastic wrap.
It can last over 3 days if you put it in an airtight container.
You can do a mixture of vanilla and lemon juice or lemon zest.
Yes, you can use brown sugar instead, but it will add a more caramelised flavour.
Yes, you can use apple cider or any other juice if you don’t like milk.
You will bake it for 25-30 minutes, but if you don’t like the golden brown colour it takes, you can cook it for the first 20 minutes with an aluminium foil over it.
Homemade apple coffee cake: easy recipe with apple halves
- Prep Time: 15 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 12 servings 1x
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: International
Description
This easy apple coffee cake is the perfect recipe for your sweet afternoon craving. It is a simple recipe with few steps but full of flavour. You will love it for this autumn season at any time of day.
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup of milk
- 6 apples
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C or 350°F. Prepare a rectangular pan with cooking spray.
- Peeled the apples and cut them in half. Discard the seeds and stem. Then, with a sharp knife, cut slices into the apple half without touching the bottom part. Reserve them.
- Sift all the dry ingredients in a small bowl: flour, baking powder and salt.
- In a stand mixer or a bowl with an electric mixer, beat the softened butter and sugar until creamy. Add the vanilla extract and egg. Beat it well, and finally, add the milk and the flour mixture. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Accommodate the 12 apple halves into 4 rows by 3 apples.
- Mix 1/3 of a cup of sugar with the ground cinnamon. Sprinkle the cinnamon sugar over the apples.
- Bake the coffee cake for approximately 25-30 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let it cool down before serving.
- Enjoy your apple coffee cake recipe with a hot cup of coffee or tea.
Keywords: easy apple coffee cake, autumn coffee cake
Hi! I’m Valeria (aka Val) the photographer and recipe developer behind Canguro Criollo. My passion for food began when I was little at my home when everything will revolve around food and now I discover this new creative outlet of food photography. I wish you can follow my journey discovering unique ways of preparing Peruvian food abroad and some other family-friendly foods.
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