Apple Coffee Cake

Date: 2009.06.06 | Category: Baking | Tags: apple,breakfast,brunch,cake

Nothing beats fresh, warm pastries during a weekend breakfast.  The aroma lingers all day in your home, your tummy enjoys the fruits of your labor, and there are usually leftovers for the work week!  I enjoy coffee cake and pretend like it’s a breakfast food and not a sweet.  Hee hee.  This recipe has fruit in it so it surely is healthy, right?

Ingredients:

4 medium apples, sliced
1 1/2 c. plus 4 Tbsp. sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
3 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
pinch of salt
1 c. vegetable oil
1/2 c. OJ
4 eggs
3 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 325.  Combine apples, 4 Tbsp. and cinnamon; set aside.  Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and remaining sugar.  Combine with oil, juice, eggs, and vanilla; beat for 5 minutes.  Put one half of batter in a large tube pan.  Add apple mixture and cover with remaining batter.

Topping:

1/8 lb. butter
8 Tbsp. flour
4 Tbsp. sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon

Combine all ingredients.  Spread over batter.  Bake for 1 hour.

Make sure you have a pretty plate on which to display your work.  This comes out looking pretty and inviting.

xo me