Cinnamon Streusel Apple Coffee Cake

• Vegetarian

• Produce

  • 3 cups Apples

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 3/4 cup All-purpose flour
  • 2 cups All-purpose flour, unbleached
  • 1 tbsp Baking powder
  • 1/2 cup Brown sugar
  • 4 tsp Cinnamon, ground
  • 1/2 tsp Cocoa powder, unsweetened
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla extract
  • 2 3/4 cups White sugar

• Dairy

  • 3/4 cup Butter, unsalted
  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 1 1/4 cups Sour cream

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Ingredients

• 3/4 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
• 2 cups white sugar
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups sour cream
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups, peeled diced apples
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• 3 tablespoons butter, melted
• Optional: 1/2 cup chopped pecans

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Lightly grease and flour 10 tube pan. (I used a two piece tube pan and its so helpful in releasing this cake.)
• In small bowl combine 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon and 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder.
• Set aside.
• In small bowl combine 3/4 cup sugar, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 3/4 cup all purpose flour and 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
• Stir in melted butter. Set aside.
• Cream 3/4 cup butter and white sugar together in mixing bowl.
• Stir in eggs, blending well, then add sour cream and vanilla extract.
• Separately in small bowl, stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
• Add flour mixture to wet ingredients until just combined.
• Stir in apples.
• Place half batter in prepared pan.
• Sprinkle with cinnamon filling.
• Pour remaining batter on top.
• Sprinkle cinnamon streusel topping on top.
• Bake for 60 - 75 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. (Your cake may need even longer depending on the moisture content of the apples.)
• Cool.
• Loosen all accessible edges with sharp knife.
• Carefully lift out of cake pan and place on cake platter.
• (I used two hard metal spatulas underneath the bottom of the cake to lift it out of the the pan. )