The Best Apple Coffee Cake (with spiced streusel and glaze)
Your weekend indulgence has just arrived with this splurge-worthy coffee cake. (Save the green smoothie for Monday)
This apple cake is based on my all-time-favorite coffee cake recipe. It’s ridiculously easy, but the results. Wow. A moist, lightly cinnamon spiced cake with tender apples and a crisp, caramel-ly, spiced nut streusel that swirls into the cake and totally speaks for itself. (Not even mentioning that mesmorizing vanilla glaze.) This cake is simply perfect paired with a goood cup of coffee, which is why it’s called a coffee cake, after all. Whip it up for guests, a mid-morning treat, brunch…any occasion really. Just be forewarned, you will not stop at one slice.
Apple Coffee Cake Recipe with Spiced Walnut Streusel and Vanilla Glaze
This coffee cake is tender and soft, with an amazing, crisp, spiced nut struesel and vanilla glaze.
Servings 15
Ingredients
Cake:
- 3 cups all-purpose flour (I sub 1 cup whole wheat)
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp nutmeg
- 3/8 cup orange juice
- 2 medium eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large apples peeled, cored, and diced largely
Streusel:
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup softened butter
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans coarsely chopped
- 1/3 cup all-purpose fllour
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Glaze:
- 1 1/8 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 Tbsp milk
- One splash of vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F with rack in the center. Grease a 9x13 in glass baking dish.
- Peel and core apples and largely dice them. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, salt, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, and nutmeg.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together orange juice, eggs, milk, and vegetable oil. Pour into dry ingredients and fold until streaks of flour remain, then add apples, and continue folding until combined. Don't overmix.
- In a medium bowl, mix together brown sugar, butter, flour, chopped walnuts, pumpkin spice, and cinnamon until large crumbs form. Sprinkle over batter.
- Bake the cake for approx. 50 min or until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake (not the brown sugar swirl) comes out with a few moist crumbs. Let cool for a bit before drizzling on the glaze. Enjoy!
- For the glaze, whisk together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth and silky.
This is soooo good…a great seasonal dessert/breakfast, but really, can be made any time of the year.
Sooo good!