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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.
Course: 8 x 8 cake, apple butter, apples, Baking, baking a cake, Breakfast, Brunch, catherines plates, coffee cake, Dessert, fall baking, fall dessert
Cuisine: American
Author: Catherine's Plates

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.