Cooking with Apples
by Crystal
This month’s recipe is an easy, but delicious coffee cake. So if you need a special recipe for that morning staff breakfast, or for that special afternoon friend, this is the prefect Apple Coffee Cake recipe. Just on a side note you will use all the batter, so get ready to scrape that bowl. All the sugar you sprinkle on the top will make a perfect crunchy topping. Also bake the coffee cake until the apples starts bubbling around the sides, this way you make sure that are cooked through. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as we have, this is a keeper. This recipe serves 6 and it comes from Simply Recipes (
www.simplyrecipes.com).
Apple Coffee Cake
Ingredients
1 cup flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
5 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter, room temperature
1 egg, beaten
1/2 cup whole milk
1 medium Cortland or other baking apple, peeled and sliced
Instructions
1. Set the oven to 170C. Grease a square baking dish (around 20x20cm) with or pie pan a 4-cup capacity.
2. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt.
3. In a bowl, combine 1/2 a cup of the sugar with the cinnamon, set aside.
4. In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter with the remaining 1/2 cup sugar. Beat in the egg until blended. Add the flour mixture in three additions, alternating with the milk, beating until just combined.
5. Spread half the batter in the baking dish. Lay the apple slices on the batter so they just cover the batter (you may have to overlap some slices). Sprinkle the apples with half of the cinnamon-sugar mixture. Spread the rest of the batter over the apples. Sprinkle the remaining cinnamon-sugar on top.
6. Bake the cake for 25 minutes or until it is golden brown and apples start to bubble at the edges.