Cream Cheese Apple Coffee Cake

We just picked two peck bags of apples at Treworgy Family Orchards and I wanted to post a recipe today that included some of those awesome apples!  Our recipe today comes from Yammie’s Noshery.  The only modification to the recipe I made was the addition of 1/4 cup of oatmeal in the streusel topping.

Cake Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups chopped apples (chopped small)

Cream Cheese Layer Ingredients:

• 8 oz. softened cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons white sugar

Streusel Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons cold butter
• 1/4 cup of oatmeal (***my addition)

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 350°
• Grease 8×8″ square pan
• In stand mixer combine butter, brown sugar, and white sugar – beat until fluffy.

• While this is mixing chop up apples (I used three medium Cortland apples)
• Add the egg, oil, and vanilla and mix until combined
• Add the flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon directly to the stand mixer – mix until fully combined
• Add the already chopped apple and mix briefly

• Spread the batter into the greased pan
• Wash stand mixer and paddle to make cream cheese layer
• Combine cream cheese, sugar and vanilla – mix on high speed for 2 minutes

• Spread cream cheese mixture over cake layer in pan (this was difficult for me – the mixture didn’t fully cover the cake layer)
• In a bowl combine all streusel ingredients (white sugar, brown sugar, flour, ***oatmeal***, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, and cold butter) – use a pastry cutter or fork to mix until fully combined.

• Sprinkle streusel over the top of the cream cheese layer

• Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean
• Store in refrigerator after fully cooled

I hope you guys are enjoying Fall as much as I am!!  Below find a printable version of the recipe:

[recipe title=”Cream Cheese Apple Coffee Cake from Yammie’s Noshery”  servings=”1 – 8 inch cake” time=”prep 20 minutes, baking 45 minutes” difficulty=”moderate”]

Cake Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups chopped apples (chopped small)

Cream Cheese Layer Ingredients:

• 8 oz. softened cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 tablespoons white sugar

Streusel Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons cold butter
• 1/4 cup of oatmeal (***my addition)

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