Grammy's Kitchen · Coffee Cake · Apple Coffee Cake
One of 78 coffee cake recipes we measured
from tastesbetterfromscratch.com
132 cooks on tastesbetterfromscratch.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 76% | 63% |
| total sugar | 167% | 109% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 85% | 42% |
| egg | 33% | 30% |
| leavener | 3% | 2% |
| salt | 0% | 1% |
| liquid | 77% | 69% |
| mix-ins | 32% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 57 g | 1/4 cup butter (, softened) |
| 160 g | 3/4 cup light brown sugar |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 115 g | 1/2 cup sour cream (, or plain Greek yogurt) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 120 g | 1 cup all-purpose flour |
| 2 g | 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking soda |
| dash of salt | |
| 1 1/2 cups diced, peeled Granny Smith apples | |
| 227 g | 8 ounces cream cheese (, softened) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
| 38 g | 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar |
| 57 g | 1/4 cup unsalted butter (cold, diced) |
| 30 g | 1/4 cup all-purpose flour |
| 20 g | 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon |
| 27 g | 1/4 cup chopped pecans (, optional) |
Method: 8 steps, published by tastesbetterfromscratch.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Oh boy this was delicious!!! I am a nanny to 2 year old twins and they went crazy for it. My husband loved it too and he's not too big on cream cheese. I will absolutely be making this again. I did simplify it by using a premafe cheesecake filling but otherwis” — a cook, 5.0★
“Apple Coffee Cake - this recipe was DELICIOUS! I topped it with a salted caramel sauce to take it over the top. Thank you for this recipe. Exactly what I was looking for :-)” — a cook, 5.0★