Apple Coffee Cake Recipe
This apple coffee cake recipe is soft, moist, and full of warm cinnamon apple flavor. Made with simple, 100% halal ingredients, it has a buttery cake base, sweet apple filling, and a crunchy crumb topping. Perfect for breakfast, tea time, or dessert.
Ingredients
Cake Batter
- 1 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ⅔ cup light brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 tbsp halal vanilla extract alcohol-free
- ¾ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1 cup whole milk
- 3⅔ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tbsp baking powder
- 2 tsp kosher salt
Apple Filling
- 3 cups diced apples peeled & cored
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 2 tsp ground cinnamon
Crumb Topping
- 4½ tbsp unsalted butter melted
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp kosher salt
- ¼ cup chopped nuts optional, halal
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) and grease a 9×13 inch pan.
- Mix crumb topping ingredients until crumbs form. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla.
- Mix flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
- Add dry ingredients and milk/sour cream alternately to batter.
- Toss apples with cinnamon and brown sugar.
- Spread ⅔ batter in pan, add apples, top with remaining batter.
- Sprinkle crumb topping evenly.
- Bake for 50–60 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool completely before slicing.