This Easy Apple Coffee Cake is one of my favorite ways to use up some extra apples. This moist cake makes a great brunch idea.
Easy Apple Coffee Cake on the menu today.
I just had some extra sour cream and some apples that needed to be used, and thought: why not bake with it? Which, you know, is pretty much my first thought when I have ANYTHING extra lying around that needs using. Ever since I’ve been informed that some of the foods that are sold in stores contain wood pulp, I have started making my own food. One, because I know what I’m putting in it, and two, because I still think that baking is fun. Maybe it will wear off sometime. I really hope not..
And while there is no actual coffee in this coffee cake, it is one of the most perfect cakes to eat alongside your hot cup of coffee.
Easy Apple Coffee Cake Ingredients
This Apple Coffee Cake recipe is super easy to make. All you need is:
Cake:
- salted butter
- white sugar
- large eggs
- vanilla extract
- all purpose flour
- baking powder
- baking soda
- salt
- sour cream
- apples
Streusel topping:
- brown sugar
- unsalted butter
- ground cinnamon
Tips
Storage: Store this cake in an airtight container at room temperature for 1-2 days, or in the fridge for up to 1 week.
What type of apples to use? I love using tart apples such as Granny Smith apples. If you wanted a sweeter cake, try using Gala or Honeycrisp apples.
Do not overmix your batter. You just mix the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until just combined, otherwise you will not get a very fluffy cake. I would suggest you mix it using a spoon rather than an electric mixer to avoid the risk of overmixing.
Swap out the apples. Use whatever fresh fruits you like in place of apple! Seasonal fruit work best to make sure you have the freshest tasting coffee cake.
More Apple Recipes
Like this Easy Apple Coffee Cake? Then you will love these easy recipes using apples:
- Butter Crumble Apple Pie – this homemade apple pie is such an easy pie recipe, it will sure be a family favorite.
- Apple Pie Cookies – these cookies taste like an apple pie in bite sized form.
- No Churn Apple Cinnamon Ice Cream – this might be my favorite ice cream recipes! The fall flavors mixed with creamy ice cream can’t be beat.
If you try this recipe, let me know! Rate it, leave a comment and tag me with #atasteofmadness on Instagram! I always love seeing what you are creating!
Easy Apple Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup salted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2 medium apples cored, peeled and cut into cubes
Topping
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 1/2 tsp unsalted butter melted
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Lightly grease a 9 inch springform pan with butter and set aside.
- In a medium bowl, cream together 1/2 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix well.
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Slowly add the wet ingredients and the sour cream until fully incorporated. Fold in apples.
- For the topping, mix together the 2 1/2 teaspoons of melted butter with the brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Pour batter into the prepared springform pan, sprinkle the topping on top, and bake in the preheated oven for around 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
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Great story! The cake looks amazing!
Wow it looks lively with coffe taste…. Perfectly done
Loved the cake as well as the story!
Agree! Cooking at home is much healthier, cheaper, and taste so much better. I like to know what's in my food too, wood pulp is definitely not something I wanna ingest in my system.
That whole wood pulp thing is kinda gross, isn't it? Nice coffee cake – apple + sour cream = nice combo. And nice pictures. Good post – thanks.
looks delicious, although i am allergic to apples, i can still eat cooked apples. 🙂 love coffee cakes of ANY flavor.
this looks awesome. delicious one
Looks delicious! Great flavors in there.
I love a good coffee cake, especially a sour cream coffee cake. The apple makes this one even better!
what a great combo of flavors,yummy moist cake!!
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You create something delicious from leftover,Love it,,i did all the time I hate to wasted the food it's better use up for something before going bad !!
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this reminds me of the rhubarb coffee cake my mom makes every year, but the great thing about your recipe is that it uses apples instead of rhubarb! 🙂 I can't wait to try this!
Ooh never knew they use wood pulp!My kids are great fans of apple desserts and will love this cake!I cannot wait to try :)Thanks for sharing!
gorgeous cake…………its the only way to get rid of all the extra stuff hanging around!btw…i am a huge fan of jams also for this reason…….the cake looks real good.