APPLE STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

This cake is great for brunch on a lazy Sunday morning because it stays
flavourful and moist if you bake it a day ahead. Granny Smith apples are tart,
so they don’t make the cake overly sweet.

HANDS-ON TIME
25 minutes
TOTAL TIME
2½ hours
MAKES
9 servings

Ingredients:

• Cinnamon Streusel:
  • ¾ cup all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • ¼ cup each packed brown sugar and granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
• Apple Filling:
  • 2¾ cups thinly sliced peeled Granny Smith apples (2 or 3)
  • 1 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 tbsp all-purpose flour
• Cake Batter:
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2½ tsp baking powder
  • ¼ tsp cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • ½ tsp vanilla

Directions:

1. Cinnamon Streusel:

• Stir together flour, butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar and cinnamon until mixture resembles fine crumbs; set aside.

2. Apple Filling:

• Toss together apples, sugar and flour; set aside.

3. Cake Batter:

• In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt.
• Whisk together eggs, milk, sour cream, butter and vanilla; stir into flour mixture until smooth.

4. Assembly:

• Spread half of the batter in parchment paper–lined 9-inch (2.5 L) square cake pan.
• Arrange filling over batter.
• Pour remaining batter over top, spreading evenly to edges of pan; smooth top.
• Sprinkle with streusel.
• Bake in 350°F (180°C) oven until golden and cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean, about 1 hour.
• Let cool in pan on rack.

Nutritional Information, Per Serving:

• About 510 cal, 7 g pro, 21 g total fat (13 g sat. fat), 75 g carb, 2 g fibre, 94 mg chol, 184 mg sodium, 180 mg potassium.
• % RDI: 10% calcium, 18% iron, 19% vit A, 2% vit C, 43% folate.