There are a few things that confuse the hell out of a non-English speaker. I was in second grade when we arrived, knew a few basic words, but could not, for the life of me, understand 1. Phil Collins’s song Sussudio (it’s not a real word), 2. why Americans called them French braids when we called them American, and 3. Coffee Cake. I wouldn’t touch it and could not understand why kids would beg for cake that had coffee in it. Until I had one. Meet the classic, super-moist and altogether non-caffeinated coffee that’ll pair well with a cup of brew. C’est trop bon!
Ingredients
Coffee Cake Base
3ozMelted butter84g
1/4cupVegetable oil56g
1cupSugar200g
2Eggs
1tspVanilla extract
1cupSour Cream240g
2/3cupAll purpose flour80g
1cupWhole wheat flour120g
1TbspBaking powder
1/2tspBaking soda
1tspKosher salt
Apple Cinnamon Filling
2/3cupBrown sugar135g
1/2cupAll purpose flour60g
1/2cupWhole wheat flour65g
1TbspGround cinnamon
1/2tspKosher salt
6ouncesMelted butter168g
2Applesor 1 really large one
Crumble Topping
1/3cupBrown sugar72g
1/2cup All purpose flour60g
1/3cupWhole wheat flour45g
1/2tspKosher salt
3ozCold butter84g
Instructions
Coffee Cake Base
Preheat your oven to 350F. Line am 8"x8" square baking pan with two strips of parchment paper, each the width of the pan. Criss cross them in the pan and start making your batter.
In a large bowl, whisk together your melted butter, oil, sugar, eggs, extract and sour cream. Sift all of your dry ingredients over the wet and whisk until just combined. Set the batter aside.
Apple Cinnamon Filling
Mix all ingredients together. Dice up your apple, leaving it unpeeled, into 1/2" pieces. Set these aside.
Crumble Topping
Place all ingredients in a medium bowl and rub the butter into the dry ingredients until even crumbles form.
Scoop 2/3 of the cake batter into your pan and spread to the edges. Sprinkle the filling and the apples over the batter.
Scoop the remaining batter over the filling, spreading that to the edges. Sprinkle the crumbles over the batter and bake for about 50 minutes.