Apple Butter Coffee Cake
Apple Butter Coffee Cake
A delicious Fall Cake with that coffee cake crumble and an easy ingredient Apple Butter in a jar. Fall Baking for that Cozy warm cake to enjoy with your coffee.
Equipment
- 2 small bowls
- fork
- measuring spoons & cups
- electric hand mixer with beaters
- 8 x 8 baking dish
- medium mixing bowl
- whisk & a spatula
- 2 large mixing bowls
- non-stick cooking spray
- toothpick
Ingredients
Crumble
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 TBS ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
Cake Batter (Dry Ingredients)
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp apple pie spice
Cake Batter (Wet Ingredients)
- 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup apple butter (jarred)
- 1/2 cup greek yogurt
- 1 medium apple (cored & diced)
Icing
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 TBS milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
Crumble Layer
- In a small bowl mix together with a fork brown sugar, ground cinnamon, 1/2 cup flour, and softened butter until a crumble mix forms. Set aside. (from the "Crumble" ingredient list.)
Cake Batter (Dry Ingredients)
- In a large mixing bowl whisk together flour, baking soda, salt and apple pie spice. Set aside.
Cake Batter (Wet Ingredients)
- In a separate large mixing bowl beat together granulated sugar & softened butter until light & fluffy using an electric hand mixer.
- Beat in 1 egg at a time. Beat in apple butter.
Combine Dry Ingredients into the Wet Ingredients for Cake Batter
- In batches add dry ingredients & partial yogurt to wet ingredients using electric hand mixer. Begin & end with the dry ingredients.NOTE: beat in 1/3 dry ingredients into the wet. Add 1/2 of the yogurt and beat again. Beat in 1/2 of the dry ingredients. Then beat in the remainder of the yogurt. Finish with the rest of dry ingredients until well blended. Don't over mix.
- Fold in diced apples.
Bake Cake
- Spread batter into a greased 8" x 8" baking dish evenly. Top with the crumble mixture made earlier in recipe. Gently swirl together using a knife.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 45-50 minutes until golden. Use a toothpick to test for doneness in center of cake. Allow to slightly cool.
Icing
- Whisk together powdered sugar, milk, vanilla, salt, and cinnamon until a smooth icing is formed. Drizzle over warm cake. Cut into 9 squares and enjoy.