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Apple Pecan Coffee Cake

August 1, 2021 by Great Grub, Delicious Treats

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Apple Pecan Coffee Cake is a delicious coffee cake that is easy to make and loaded with apples and pecans. It’s moist, sweet, and full of flavor. This recipe uses simple ingredients you most likely have in your pantry at home.

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Apple Pecan Coffee Cake

This coffee cake is the perfect dessert for any occasion! Serve it warm out of the oven or cold from the fridge. This is such a delicious and easy cake to make. The possibilities are endless when you bake this moist cake.

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What types of apples should you use for baking?

There are a lot of apples that you can use in this recipe. I am using Granny Smith apples because I like the sweet and tart combination.

Some of my other favorites are Pink Lady, Fuji, or Braeburn apples! Just be sure the apples that you are using are baking apples. If not, some apples will not get soft while others will get too soft.

How to Store Coffee Cake

This coffee cake keeps well in the fridge for up to 5 days. You can leave the cake at room temperature but it will not last as long. Covering with plastic wrap will help keep the cake fresh and delicious.

A close up picture of a bite of Apple Pecan Coffee on a fork.

How to Freeze Coffee Cake

If you do not think that you will finish the cake in time, you can freeze it. Apple Pecan Coffee Cake freezes well. Make sure to wrap it well in plastic wrap. You can freeze it as a whole or you can freeze it in individual pieces.

When you are ready to eat a piece, just defrost in the refrigerator and then serve. Apple Pecan Coffee Cake is great served warm or cold depending on your tastes.

Does Coffee Cake Have Coffee in it?

No, Apple Pecan Coffee Cake does not have coffee in it. It is named that because of the crumb topping and how it reminds you of a cup of coffee. This cake and a cup of coffee go together perfectly.

Coffee cake is most often eaten for breakfast or after dinner while you are enjoying a hot cup of coffee or tea.

A piece of apple pecan coffee cake on a white plate, with the dish of coffee cake in the background.

What is Apple Streusel?

Streusel is a sweet and crunchy topping or filling that goes on Apple Crumb Coffee Cake. Streusel is made out of brown sugar, flour and butter and for this streusel topping and filling, pecans were added.

Variations to this Cake

Adding a caramel drizzle will add more sweetness to this coffee cake and give it a caramel apple flavor that is perfect for fall. Caramel drizzle can also be added to the center of the cake along with the streusel filling for an added treat.

Ingredients Needed to Make Apple Crumb Coffee Cake

  • Granny Smith apples
  • Brown sugar
  • Sugar
  • All purpose flour
  • Cinnamon
  • Vanilla extract
  • Butter
  • Pecans
  • Sour cream
  • Eggs
  • Baking powder
  • Baking soda
  • Salt

How To Make Apple Crumb Coffee Cake

For the Streusel Topping and Apple Streusel Filling

  1. Whisk brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, and pecans together. Reserve ¾ cup for the filling.
  2. Add flour, butter, and vanilla to the remaining mixture and form a crumble streusel topping.

For the Coffee Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 350° and spray a 8×8 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
  2. In a small bowl, mix egg yolks and about ⅓ cup of the sour cream and vanilla. Set aside.
  3. Add butter and remaining sour cream. Mix until well combined.
  4. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  5. Gradually add egg mixture, a little at a time, into dry ingredients, mixing well. Batter will be thick and lumpy.
  6. Add ⅔ of the cake batter into prepared baking dish and smooth out the batter.
  7. Sprinkle streusel filling over the top of batter, followed by chopped apples.
  8. Add remaining batter on top of the apples.
  9. Top with remaining streusel.
  10. Place in the oven. Bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Set on cooling rack.
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Try This Delicious Apple Crumb Coffee Cake Today

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Here are a few more delicious apple recipes that can be found on the blog:

  • Apple Cinnamon Pretzel Salad
  • Apple Cobbler
  • Homemade Apple Pecan Cinnamon Rolls
  • Apple Streusel Blondies

And here is a delicious Blueberry Streusel Cake from Deliciously Seasoned you might enjoy as well.

Apple Pecan Coffee Cake

Great Grub, Delicious Treats
This apple pecan coffee cake is moist, delicious, quick to make and a favorite coffee cake recipe.
4.5 from 6 votes
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Prep Time 25 mins
Cook Time 55 mins
Course Dessert, Desserts
Cuisine American
Servings 9
Calories

Ingredients
  

For The Coffee Cake

  • 4 egg yolks
  • ⅔ cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • ½ baking soda
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 1 ½ sticks butter, (¾ cup) room temperature

For The Streusel Topping and Apple Streusel Filling

  • ⅓ cup brown sugar, packed
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped
  • 1 ½ tsp cinnamon
  • ½ cup flour
  • ¼ cup butter, (4 tbsp) room temperature
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1 ½ cups small chopped apples

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350° and spray an 8 x 8 baking dish with nonstick spray.

For The Streusel Topping and Apple Streusel Filling

  • Whisk brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, and pecans together. Reserve ¾ cup for the filling.
  • Add flour, butter, and vanilla to the remaining mixture and form a crumble streusel topping.

For The Coffee Cake

  • In a small bowl, mix egg yolks and about ⅓ cup of the sour cream and vanilla. Set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  • Add butter and remaining sour cream. Mix until well combined.
  • Gradually add egg mixture, a little at a time, into dry ingredients, mixing well. Batter will be thick and lumpy.
  • Add ⅔ of the batter into prepared baking dish and smooth out the batter.
  • Sprinkle streusel filling over the top of batter, followed by chopped apples.
  • Add remaining batter on top of the apples.
  • Top with remaining streusel and bake for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Set on cooling rack.

Notes

Recipe adapted from my Blueberry Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Keyword Apple Crumb Coffee Cake, Coffee Cake
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

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A slice of Apple Pecan Coffee Cake on a small white plate with pecans in the foreground and whole apples and cinnamon sticks in the background.

Enjoy, Terri

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Breakfast, Brunch, Cake, Desserts, Fall Desserts Tagged With: apple pecan, Apples, Coffee Cake, Fall Recipes, Pecans

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  1. Anne

    August 7, 2021 at 9:34 pm

    This cake looks amazing! I can’t wait to try this recipe, but one question. Should the butter for the cake and the streusel be cold, at room temperature, or melted? I’m guessing room temperature but.just want to confirm to get the best possible results. Thanks.

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      August 8, 2021 at 3:31 pm

      Hi Anne, we hope you enjoy this coffee cake. Yes, room temperature is correct. I will fix this in the instructions. :)

  2. gayle i cappelluti

    August 1, 2021 at 4:37 pm

    You don’t mention the bytter in your instruxtions for the batter.

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      August 1, 2021 at 7:36 pm

      Hi Gayle, I added the instructions for the butter. Thanks for letting me know. :)

  3. Heather N

    August 1, 2021 at 4:32 pm

    In the cake ingredient list it states to use 2/3c sour cream. But the directions say to use 1/3c of sour cream. Was it a typo in the directions?

    • Great Grub, Delicious Treats

      August 1, 2021 at 7:39 pm

      Hi Heather, the instructions have been corrected. You will use about half of the sour cream (1/3 cup) when mixing with the eggs and the remaining sour cream in the flour mixture. :)

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