Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

4.41 from 27 votes

This lush, vanilla butter coffee cake has cinnamon-sugar baked in with bits of apple, pecans and walnuts in every slice...and if you wish, a buttery brown sugar glaze to take it that next step to heaven. Sugar-free options too!

Prep Time30

Course: Breakfast, Brunch, Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: apple, cinnamon, coffee cake, sugar-free

Servings:

Calories: 265kcal

Author: Kim Lange

Ingredients

Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup butter softened
1 ⅓ cup sugar or healthy sugar substitute of choice about ⅔ cup - I used Lankato’s)
3 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream or plain Greek yogurt

Apple Nut Sugar Mixture

½ cup chopped walnuts & pecans, combined or whatever nuts you want
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
½ cup sugar I used Lakanto’s healthy 1/4 cup brown sugar ¼ cup sugar-combo
2 medium apples peeled and chopped thin

Simple Brown Sugar Glaze

⅔ cup packed light brown sugar or healthy sugar subsitute I used Lankato’s healthy brown sugar
2 tablespoons butter
Optional: For glaze thickness - add 1 - 2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar or healthy confectioners sugar substitute I used Swerve Confectioner’s Sugar

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl, set aside.
In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Blend in vanilla.; add flour mixture to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream or Greek yogurt, beating well after each addition.

Apple Nut Sugar Mixture

In a small bowl, combine the nuts, cinnamon and sugar.
Spread half of the batter in a well-greased 10-in. tube pan with a removable bottom. Top with apple chunks; sprinkle with half of the nut mixture. Top with remaining batter, then with remaining nut mixture.
Bake at 375° for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 30 minutes. Carefully run a knife around edge of pan to loosen. Lift cake with removable bottom from pan. Cool completely. Before serving, carefully lift cake from pan bottom.

Simple Brown Sugar Glaze

Combine butter and brown sugar in a microwavable bowl until melted, about 30 -45 seconds and add powdered sugar if you want a thicker glaze and whisk until smooth. Drizzle over coffee cake. (If glaze thickens, place in microwave for 15-20 seconds for drizzle consistency). Serve warm or at room temperature.
I think it’s best warmed up in microwave to get the most out of flavors.

Notes

This does not include the sugar free calories option, but obviously using sugar-free options, it will be much lower on the carbs and sugar.

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