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Apple Coffee Cake

Apple Coffee Cake is a delicious dessert or breakfast cake to make for holidays and special occasions. A yeasted coffee cake filled with cinnamon and apples with a powdered sugar icing to top it off. 

This recipe is a lot like a cinnamon roll baked into a cake. It has a light and fluffy texture and the cinnamon, sugar and apple filling makes it something extra special. Perfect to serve at a holiday brunch or for Christmas morning. I’ll take any excuse to have cake for breakfast!

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Ingredients for Apple Coffee Cake:

Ingredients for Apple Coffee Cake

  • Warm Water
  • Sugar
  • Active Dry Yeast ( I like Red Star Yeast Platinum)
  • Butter
  • Egg
  • All Purpose Flour
  • Apples
  • Brown Sugar
  • Cinnamon

How to Make Apple Coffee Cake:

yeast mixture for apple coffee cake in a bowl

  • In a small bowl, combine warm water, yeast and a teaspoon of sugar. Mix to combine and set aside for about 5 minutes.

Sugar and a stick of butter in a silver mixer bowl

  • In a mixer bowl, beat butter and sugar together. Butter and sugar mixed with an egg added in a mixer bowl
  • Mix in egg.

Yeast mixture added to butter, sugar and egg in a mixer bowl

  • Add yeast mixture and mix until combined.

Add flour to coffee cake mixture in a bowl

  • Add 1/4 cup of flour and kosher salt, mix well.

Adding more flour to coffee cake mixture

  • Fold in another 2 1/2 cups of flour with a wooden spoon. 

Coffee cake dough in a mixer bowl

  • Using a dough hook attachment for an electric mixer, knead dough and medium speed for 6 minutes, add additional flour 1 tablespoon at a time if dough does not pull away from the bowl and form a ball. 

kneaded coffee cake bowl in a mixer bowl

  • Alternately, knead by hand on a well floured surface.

Dough for coffee cake in a bowl to rise

  • Place dough in a greased bowl, cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise about an hour.

Collage - diced apples, topped with brown sugar and cinnamon, mixed together

  • Peel, core and chop apples and add to a bowl.
  • Top with cinnamon and brown sugar, stir to combine.Collage, dough on floured surface, rolled out and spread with butter, topped with brown sugar, apples and cinnamon
  • Flour a board and roll dough out into about a 12 X 18 inch rectangle. 
  • Spread with softened butter.
  • Sprinkle apple mixture evenly over dough.Roll of apple filled coffee cake
  • Roll dough up starting with the long side. 
  • Gently squeeze the roll to form an even size log and form into a circle, pressing ends together. 

bundt pan with coffee cake roll

  • Grease a bundt pan with butter or non stick cooking spray. 
  • Carefully place circle of dough into bundt pan, cover with plastic wrap and set in a warm place to rise one hour. 

Coffee Cake - risen in bundt pan

  • Preheat oven to 375°.

Baked apple coffee cake in a bundt pan

  • Bake cake for about 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean. 

Loosening apple bundt cake with a knife

  • Carefully loosen from pan with a sharp knife and turn out onto a serving platter.

Powdered Sugar icing in a bowl with a whisk

  • Mix powdered sugar and milk together with a whisk.

Apple Coffee Cake Bundt Cake with powdered sugar icing on a galvanized platter

  • Drizzle over warm cake. 

Sliced Apple Coffee Cake - 2 plates with cake platter and bowl of apples

  • Slice and serve immediately or at room temperature. 

Close up slice of apple coffee cake on a white plate

How to Store:

Store covered tightly in plastic wrap up to 2 days at room temperature. Will keep in the refrigerator tightly covered for up to 4 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Apple Coffee Cake slice on a plate, cake on platter and bowl of apples behind it

I have lots of Easy Apple Recipes that are perfect for everyday and delicious enough for the holidays. You can’t go wrong with an apple treat!

This apple coffee cake is not overly sweet and the apple cinnamon filling makes it just perfect with a cup of coffee or tall glass of milk. My family loved this and I will be making it often for slow Sunday mornings and every holiday brunch. 

Apple bundt cake on a galvanized platter

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Apple Coffee Cake

Apple Coffee Cake is a delicious dessert or breakfast cake to make for holidays and special occasions. A yeasted coffee cake filled with cinnamon and apples with a powdered sugar icing to top it off. 
Recipe Adapted from The All New Good Housekeeping Cook Book
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Additional Time2 hours
Total Time3 hours
Course: Cakes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: apple cake, apple cinnamon roll cake, Christmas morning breakfast, holiday brunch, holiday coffee cake, yeasted coffee cake
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 304kcal
Author: Milisa

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup warm water about 100°
  • 2 packages active dry yeast
  • 1 teaspoon plus 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup softened butter plus 2 tablespoons for filling
  • 1 large egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 3 cups of flour
  • 2 apples I used Gala
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • non stick cooking spray

Instructions

  • In a small bowl, combine warm water with yeast and 1 teaspoon of sugar. Stir to combine and set aside about 5 minutes.
  • In a mixer bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter with 1/2 cup sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
  • Mix in egg.
  • Add yeast mixture and mix well.
  • Next, add 1/4 cup of flour and salt, mix well.
  • Fold in 2 1/2 cups of flour with a wooden spoon.
  • Use a dough hook on the electric mixer to knead for 6 minutes at medium speed. Mix in 1 tablespoon of flour at a time if dough does not come away from sides of the bowl to form a ball. Alternately, knead by hand on a floured surface.
  • Place dough in a greased bowl and cover with plastic wrap. Set in a warm place to rise 1 hour.
  • Peel, core and dice apples and mix together with 1/2 cup brown sugar and cinnamon.
  • Flour a surface and punch dough down. Roll into about a 12 x 18 inch rectangle.
  • Spread 2 tablespoons of butter over dough.
  • Sprinkle apple mixture over dough.
  • Roll up from the long side.
  • Gently squeeze roll to form a uniform log. Form into a circle and press ends together.
  • Butter or spray a bundt pan really well.
  • Place dough into pan. Cover with plastic wrap and rise 1 hour.
  • Preheat oven to 375°.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean.
  • Loosen edges with a sharp knife and turn out onto a serving platter.
  • Whisk together powdered sugar and milk and drizzle over warm cake.
  • Serve warm or at room temperature.

Notes

Store cake covered in plastic wrap at room temperature up to 2 days or refrigerated up to 4 days. Bring to room temperature before serving.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 304kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 36mg | Sodium: 160mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 28g

 

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