APPLE CRUNCH COFFEE CAKE (TAL)

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Categories     Fruit     Brunch     Bake     Quick & Easy

Yield 12 servings

Number Of Ingredients 23

Cake Mix:
1/2 cup Butter (one stick) at room temperature
8 ounces Cream Cheese at room temperature
2 large Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract (Double strength is best)
1.5 cup Sugar (Crystals is best)
1/3 cup Buttermilk
2 cup Flour (Cake is best)
1 tablespoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
1/4 teaspoon Salt
Filling:
2 tablespoons Lemon Juice (to keep apple slices from browning)
4 cups Apples (Fresh, peeled, and sliced Granny Smith are best)
1 teaspoon Apple Pie Spice
1/2 cup Sugar (White Crystal is best)
1/4 cup Walnuts (chopped)
Topping:
1/4 cup Butter (room temp)
1/2 cup Flour
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/2 teaspoon Cinammon
1/4 cup Walnuts (Chopped)

Steps:

  • Preheat Oven to 350 F Grease and flour a 9 x 13 baking pan (if glass reduce heat to 325 F) Prepare Filling, Cake, and Topping in order. Then follow final assembly procedure. Filling: Peel and slice apples, put in bowl containing lemon juice and stir frequently to make sure all apple slices are evenly covered. Combine sugar and apple pie spice in small bowl and mix well. Gently add sugar mixutre to drained apple slices to ensure all slices are coated evenly with sugar mixture. Set aside until cake batter is done. Cake: Cream butter and cream cheese, then add eggs, vanilla, and buttermilk in order. In separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Then combine both both bowls and mix with beater until well mixed and smooth. Do not overbeat. Topping: Mix sugar, flour and cinammon until even. Cut in butter until a uniform crumbly mixture is formed. Add nuts and stir until they are evenly mixed. Final Assembly: Pour 1/2 of batter into 9x13 pan and spread evenly. Add all of apple mixture and cover the batter evenly. Add remaining batter mixture and cover evenly. Use a spoon to sift topping mixture evenly across the top of the cake batter Bake for 60 minutes. Use toothpick to test when done. Moist cake on toothpick is ok gooey batter is not. Set aside for 15 min to cool before serving.

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