Apple Coffee Cake

Apple Coffee Cake

Ingredients:

Cake Batter

• ½ cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1 ½ cups granulated sugar

• 3 large eggs

• 2 tsp vanilla extract

• 1 cup milk

• 2 cups (296g) Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

• 1 Tbsp baking powder

• ½ tsp kosher salt

• 3 apples, skins peeled (gala, macintosh, pink lady)

• 2 Tbsp Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

Cinnamon Center

• ½ cup (74g) Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

• ½ cup light brown sugar, lightly packed

• 2 tsp cinnamon

• ½ tsp kosher salt

Crumble

• ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened

• 1 ½ cups (222g) Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour

• 1 cup light brown sugar, lightly packed

• 2 tsp cinnamon

• ½ tsp kosher salt

Topping

• 1 Tbsp powdered sugar

Yields 16 servings

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 45-50 minutes

Preheat the oven to 350F.

Peel the apples and carefully cut into ½” pieces. If you have an apple corer, use that and then dice from there. If not, halve and then quarter the apples, remove the cores, and dice. Toss the apples in 2 Tbsp of Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, and reserve. 

To start the cake batter, in a large bowl or standing mixer, cream together the butter and sugar. Whip in the eggs until light and frothy, then add the vanilla extract and slowly add the milk. The wet ingredients may appear curdled, but this will resolve when the dry ingredients are added. Combine the Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, baking powder, and kosher salt together, and then slowly add them into the wet ingredients. Be sure everything is homogeneous. Fold the apples into the batter and reserve.

Next, prepare the cinnamon center. In another bowl, whisk together the Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and kosher salt until a pale brown sand-like texture is achieved. Reserve for later. 

Next, prepare the crumble topping. In another large bowl or standing mixer, beat together the butter, brown sugar, Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour, cinnamon, and kosher salt until beautiful, aromatic crumble clumps. 

Grease and line a 9x13” pan with parchment paper, and pour half of the apple cake batter evenly to the bottom. Evenly sprinkle the cinnamon center on top of that layer of cake. Then, add the remaining batter, noting that the cinnamon center may make it a little tricky to spread. Go slowly and be patient. Any imperfections will be covered by the heavy layer of crumble topping which goes all over the top. 

Bake at 350F for 45 minutes, and cool before finishing with a generous sprinkle of powdered sugar (and cinnamon if desired).