Making coffee cake is just asking for trouble. But I like to live on the wild side, so I’m sharing how to make a caramel apple coffee cake. It’s like magic, bake up this coffee cake and watch people invite themselves over for good conversation and a kaffeeklatsch they won’t soon forget.
Caramel Apple Coffee Cake
If you like cake, this is the perfect recipe for you. And if you like spiced cake this is also the recipe for you. And finally, if you like all things apples and salted caramel this is the cake you want to bake then eat. This is a wonderful cake, especially as we’re heading into autumn with its cooler temperatures. Coffee cakes are made to be shared. Invite a friend or two over for a cozy weekend brunch of Hard Cider Mimosas, Cheese & Herb Egg Toast, and course this mouthwatering Caramel Apple Coffee Cake.
I got the inspiration for this recipe from Tessa Arias’s awesome blog, Handle The Heat. I made a few adjustments, but her method is undoubtedly a winner, and you should, without a doubt, give it a try. I love spice in my fall coffee cakes, so I added a hint of clove and cardamon which provides this cake with a complex flavor. This coffee cake is drizzled with warm salted caramel sauce. Are you drooling yet?
What type of drinks pair with a coffee cake recipe?
This coffee cake also goes excellent with Spicy Mexican Hot Chocolate or a sweet fruity Persimmon Tequila Margarita with a clove, sugar, and salt rim. And if you’re making good food, you might as well make it a party and invite a few friends over. Because good food is best when it is shared with people you love spending with, that’s the essence of home entertaining with style, attention to detail, and delicious food.
So, throw another log on the fire, grab your apron, and put on some jazz. With its irresistible streusel topping and the drizzled salted (or unsalted) caramel, I understand if you’re falling for its many charms. In the end, this cake has everything it needs to become one of your favorite fall coffee cakes. Don’t hesitate another second longer! Grab this recipe, turn on the oven, don’t spill the flour, and crack some eggs! Autumn has never been sweeter!
You Will Love This Caramel Apple Coffee Cake Because:
- Moist
- Spice
- Sweet
- Streusel
- Salted Caramel Sauce
- Baked Apples
- Goes Great With Friends
- Goes Even Better Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate
- Perfect For Brunch or a Tea Party
Delicious coffee cake drizzled with warm salted caramel. What’s not to like?
Step-by-step instructions for a Caramel Apple Coffee Cake
Directions on making the Streusel
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon gingerbread spice
- 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
- 4 tablespoons salted caramel or regular caramel sauce, reserved
Directions:
Add all of the ingredients into a small bowl (minus the caramel sauce), and using a table fork mix well, it should resemble wet sand. Set aside.
Apples
Ingredients:
- 2 Honeycrisp apples peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
- Place a medium skillet over medium-low heat, add apples, light brown sugar, unsalted butter, and ground cinnamon.
- Stir ingredients until the apples are coated with light brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon mixture.
- Continue to stir over heat for five minutes without browning.
- Spoon apples into a small bowl to cool. Set aside.
How to Make the Coffee Cake
Ingredients:
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 farm fresh eggs room temperature
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
Directions:
- In a small bowl, add the wet ingredients (vegetable oil, yogurt, pure vanilla extract, and eggs), using a wire whisk mix well until the mixture is well-combined and smooth. Set aside.
- Into the bowl of a stand mixer, add the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, Kosher salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, and light brown sugar. Mix on low until the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- With the stand mixer on low, start spooning the wet mixture into the dry ingredients until the wet ingredients have been fully incorporated into the dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
- Coat a clean and dry 9-inch springform pan with canola oil spray, make sure to spray the inside wall of the container as well as the bottom.
- Add half of the coffee cake batter into the springform pan, along with half of the apples and half of the streusel mix.
- Spoon in the remaining batter along with the apples.
- Top with the remaining streusel mixture.
- Place onto the center rack of a 350-degrees preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove the coffee cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 15-20 minutes.
- Drizzle with salted or unsalted caramel sauce.
- Serve.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cardamom
- 1/8 teaspoon ground clove
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 farm fresh eggs room temperature
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt
Instructions
- In a small bowl, add the wet ingredients (vegetable oil, yogurt, pure vanilla extract, and eggs), using a wire whisk mix well until the mixture is well-combined and smooth. Set aside.
- Into the bowl of a stand mixer, add the dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, baking soda, Kosher salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, cardamom, clove, and light brown sugar. Mix on low until the ingredients are thoroughly combined.
- With the stand mixer on low, start spooning the wet mixture into the dry ingredients until the wet ingredients have been fully incorporated into the dry ingredients. Do not over mix.
- Coat a clean and dry 9-inch springform pan with canola oil spray, make sure to spray the inside wall of the container as well as the bottom.
- Add half of the coffee cake batter into the springform pan, along with half of the apples and half of the streusel mix.
- Spoon in the remaining batter along with the apples.
- Top with the remaining streusel mixture.
- Place onto the center rack of a 350-degrees preheated oven and bake for 40 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove the coffee cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 15-20 minutes.
- Drizzle with salted or unsalted caramel sauce.
- Serve.
Notes
Directions on making the Streusel
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon gingerbread spice
- 3 tablespoons melted unsalted butter
- 4 tablespoons salted caramel or regular caramel sauce, reserved
Directions:
Add all of the ingredients into a small bowl (minus the caramel sauce), and using a table fork mix well, it should resemble wet sand. Set aside.Apples
Ingredients:- 2 Honeycrisp apples peeled and cut into 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
- Place a medium skillet over medium-low heat, add apples, light brown sugar, unsalted butter, and ground cinnamon.
- Stir ingredients until the apples are coated with light brown sugar, butter, and cinnamon mixture.
- Continue to stir over heat for five minutes without browning.
- Spoon apples into a small bowl to cool. Set aside.
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