Easy Applesauce Streusel Coffee Cake
Apple cake that tastes like an apple fritter!
Servings 8
Cost 5
Ingredients
- 1 ⅔ cups cake flour or 1 ½ cups all purpose (190 grams)
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon allspice
- ¾ cup packed light brown sugar (150 grams)
- ½ cup melted salted butter (114 grams)
- ¾ cup applesauce (170 grams)
- ¼ cup sour cream (56 grams)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 large egg
Streusel
- ¼ cup cake or all purpose flour (35 grams)
- ¼ cup brown sugar (50 grams)
- ¼ cup granulated sugar (50 grams)
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly grated or ground nutmeg ⅛ tsp
- 4 tablespoons salted butter, cold or room temperature (56 grams)
- ¼ cup chopped pecans don’t need to toast
- ⅓ cup dried apple chips (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8-inch glass dish or pan. Alternatively, you can use a 9-inch round pan of springform.
- Stir together flour, baking soda, cinnamon, allspice and brown sugar; set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, mix melted butter, applesauce, sour cream, vanilla and egg. Add the dry ingredients to the liquid ingredients and stir until mixed. Pour into pan.
- Make streusel. In a mixing bowl or food processor, mix together all streusel dry ingredients, then cut in butter. If you'd prefer, you can use slightly soft butter and just stir it in, then freeze briefly so that the mixture will crumble. Mix in the nuts and the dried apple slices (if using). Sprinkle evenly over the batter.
- Bake for 30- 35 minutes (may take longer, but check at 30) or until golden brown around edges. Let cool, then serve.