Apple Cinnamon Coffee Cake
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!
Servings: 12
Calories: 265kcal
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
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.
Nutrition
Calories: 265kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 295mg | Potassium: 77mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 531IU | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg