Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake has the texture of cinnamon rolls without all the work! It’s topped with a layer of spiced apples and crisp cinnamon streusel. Enjoy this as a perfect breakfast pastry or mid-day snack.

Love breakfast pastries? Try our easy cheese danish recipe next. Or give our sopapilla cheesecake a whirl for breakfast or dessert.

Yeast Coffee Cake Recipe

The texture of this cake batter is similar to cinnamon rolls, apple sweet rolls, or homemade bread. It’s stretchy and pliable, but you don’t have to knead or shape it.

• Easy preparation. No need to bloom the yeast in water, and peeling the apples is optional! 
• The best blend of textures. A crumbly cinnamon streusel tops off baked apples and soft coffee cake. 
• Fruity, sweet, and comforting. A layer of fresh apple slices over the cake gets doused with melted butter and cinnamon sugar. 
• Beautiful and decadent! A generous drizzle of cinnamon glaze serves as the finishing touch.

You could also use our fried apples on top instead!

We love breakfast pastries that use fresh apples, like our apple cider donuts and apple fritters.

Ingredients You’ll Need

• Flour – All-purpose flour is the base of the cake batter, which is a yeasted dough. Use our easy tips and tricks on how to measure flour so you don’t end up with a dense or dry cake.
• RapidRise™ Yeast – Also known as “instant yeast.” This type of yeast gets added to the flour instead of water. It’s used in bread baking and doesn’t require pre-mixing or blooming!
• Unsalted butter – Butter adds that rich, buttery taste we all know and love. It’s in the bread dough, the sauce that goes over the apples, and the streusel.
• Egg – An egg helps bind the dough together and adds richness. 
• Apples – Use your favorite baking apple. Be sure to slice the apples thin so they’ll bake to a soft texture. 
• Brown sugar – Brown sugar adds a delicious flavor to the streusel topping, and goes great with cinnamon.
• Powdered sugar – Otherwise known as icing sugar, powdered sugar is the base for the cinnamon glaze.

How to Make Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

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Make the dough.

Make the apple streusel topping.

• Lay the sliced apples over the dough. 
• Melt the butter, sugar, and cinnamon in a small saucepan. Once bubbly, pour it over the apples. 
• Combine the streusel ingredients in a small bowl. It should have a crumbly texture. Sprinkle over the apples.

Let it rise, then bake. 

• Cover the pan with a clean, dry towel. Let the cake rise in a warm place for about an hour, or until doubled in size.
• Bake the uncovered cake in a 375°F oven for 25-30 minutes. Cool the cake on a wire rack. 

Cool, glaze, and slice.

More Brunch Recipes

• To enjoy this coffee cake with a coffee drink, try my Brown Sugar Latte. Or if chocolate is more your jam, my Mocha Latte will hit the spot.
• Craving more savory breakfast pairings? Prepare for the busiest of mornings with my School Morning Quiche or easy Instant Pot Egg Bites. 
• If you’re prepping for a big weekend brunch, a coffee cake looks great alongside a Spinach and Sausage Quiche or Ham and Cheese Quiche. Don’t want meat in your quiche? No worries. My Veggie Quiche brings all the flavor and none of the meat.

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Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake

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By: Aimee

There’s no dough to knead or shape, and you don’t have to peel the apples. The result? A delicious Cinnamon Apple Coffee Cake with the texture and flavor of cinnamon rolls!

Prep Time: 30 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 30 minutes minutes

Additional Time: 1 hour hour

Total Time: 2 hours hours

Servings: 20 slices

Ingredients 

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For the dough:

• ▢ 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour divided
• ▢ ⅓ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 envelope Fleischmann’s® RapidRise™ Yeast
• ▢ 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ ¼ cup milk
• ▢ ⅓ cup unsalted butter
• ▢ 1 large egg

For the apple layer:

• ▢ ⅓ cup unsalted butter
• ▢ 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
• ▢ 3 cups thinly sliced apples cored, skin on or off

For the streusel:

• ▢ 2 Tablespoons unsalted butter softened
• ▢ ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ▢ ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ ¼ cup light brown sugar packed
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

For the glaze:

• ▢ 1 cup powdered sugar
• ▢ ⅓ cup heavy whipping cream
• ▢ 1 teaspoon Cinnamon

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Instructions 

• Grease a 13×9 baking dish with baking spray. Set aside.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine 3/4 cup of the flour, sugar, undissolved yeast and salt.
• In a small saucepan, combine water, milk and butter over medium heat until very warm (about 120F). Add to flour mixture. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed of an electric mixer, scraping down sides of the bowl if needed.
• Add egg and 1 more cup of the flour. Beat an additional 2 minutes on high speed. Add in remaining 1/2 cup of flour and beat until a stiff batter forms. Turn into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with about 1 Tbsp of flour and press gently with fingertips until spread evenly in pan.
• Arrange sliced apples over dough. In a small skillet, melt butter, sugar and cinnamon for the apple layer. Heat until bubbly and immediately pour over apples.
• In a small bowl, combine streusel ingredients until crumbly. Sprinkle over apples. Cover pan with a clean, dry towel and let rise in a warm, draft-free place for about an hour. Dough should double in size.
• Uncover and bake in a 375 degree F oven for about 25-30 minutes. Cool on wire rack before adding glaze.
• For the glaze, whisk together the sugar, cream and cinnamon until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake. Slice and enjoy!

Notes

Gather and measure out all your ingredients for the cake ahead of time. Not only will it save time, but you’ll be less likely to forget an important ingredient.

Feel free to keep the skin on your sliced apples for added visual appeal!

To prevent your apples from browning once they’re sliced, toss them with a teaspoon of lemon juice. 

Keep an eye on your rising dough. Depending on how warm it is in your kitchen, it may rise faster or slower than indicated.

Nutrition

Calories: 207kcal, Carbohydrates: 30g, Protein: 2g, Fat: 9g, Saturated Fat: 6g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g, Cholesterol: 33mg, Sodium: 72mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 17g

Course: Breakfast and Brunch

Cuisine: American

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