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Got leftover apples spilling all over the counter from autumn apple picking?? I got you covered. Let's bake up some apple crumble coffee cake!
How to Make Apple Crumble Coffee Cake
It's way easier than you think! Mix up the dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside. Whisk up the wet ingredients in a large bowl, or in a stand mixer for some hands off time. Combine, fold in the apples, and pour the batter into a pan. Boom.
Oh but don't forget that delectable crumble! Stir the ingredients together in a small bowl until just combined and keep chilled until ready to sprinkle evenly on top of the batter. Speaking of that crumble...⬇
Apple Coffee Crumble Cake Topping
The crumble topping on a coffee cake is the BEST part amiright? This one is legit at least ⅓ of the cake. Flavored with autumn spices and even more apples, you won't want to skimp on it!
PS. For best crumble, make sure to use chilled butter, otherwise you end up with more of a drizzle that is impossible to sprinkle. Still delicious but not quite what we're looking for on top of this apple crumble coffee cake.
Get baking and scroll down for the recipe!
PrintApple Crumble Coffee Cake
- Total Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6-8 1x
Description
Easy, delicious. crumble cake chock full of apples and topped with a thick layer, buttery, golden crumble. The perfect Autumn dessert!
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened to room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar, packed
- 2 eggs, beaten
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups unbleached, all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 cups apples, peeled and diced (I used Granny Smith and Gala apples)
For the Crumb Topping
- 1 cup apples, peeled and diced (I used Granny Smith and Gala apples)
- 2 ½ cup unbleached, all purpose flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, chilled and cut into cubes
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ⅛ teaspoon ground ginger
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350˚F. Grease and flour a 9X13 inch baking dish.
- In a small bowl, mix together all ingredients for the crumb topping until just combined. Set in the aside in the fridge to chill until ready to use.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and allspice. Set aside.
- In a standing mixer with the whisk attachment on a medium high speed, cream together butter, and sugars until light and fluffy. and eggs, until smooth.
- Whisk in eggs and vanilla extract until just combined on a medium speed.
- Whisk in yogurt and buttermilk until smooth on a medium speed.
- Add flour mixture into the sugar mixture and whisk until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle evenly with crumble topping.
- Bake for 1 hour in oven, or until bread springs back when lightly touched and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out dry. Let stand 10 minutes, and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
Jen
I’m confused by the use of both metric and imperial measurements in the metric version of this recipe. Is this a product of a programming glitch?
Sounds delicious though.
Aberdeen
Hi Jen! I just went over the recipe and I only see imperial measurements on my end. It's possible its a programming issue that I can definitely bring up with my recipe card plugin company. What are you seeing exactly?