Remember my banana coffee cake with pecan brown sugar streusel?
If you don’t, I’ll just let you know that it was incredibly good. I ate for afternoon snacks, I crumbled it over yogurt and ate it for breakfast, I ate it over ice cream with a scoop of peanut butter for dessert…
Needless to say it didn’t last very long.
Anyway, that’s just a really long way of telling you that when I made that, it got me SO excited to make a version of it with apples for Fall!
And because Sunday was the Autumnal Equinox (or as commoners such as myself like to call it, ‘the first day of Fall’) – I decided there was no better way to celebrate than to sit down at my table with my peeler, a few apples and a Friends DVD on in the background and bake up this coffee cake!
It was a pretty perfect kick off to Autumn if I do say so myself.
{whole grain apple coffee cake with walnut streusel} – adapted from Food Network
serves: 9
ingredients:
for the coffee cake:
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat or white whole wheat flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup soymilk (regular or other non-dairy alternatives would work here too)
- 1/4 cup canola oil
- 1 1/2 cups chopped apples, peeled (2 to 3 small apples)
for the streusel topping:
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup whole wheat or white whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons earth balance
- 1/2 teaspoon apple pie spice
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts
directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Grease an 8-inch square pan.
- Combine first 6 ingredients in a bowl.
- Beat egg then add soymilk and canola oil. Mix together.
- Add wet ingredients into dry and mix until just combined.
- Gently fold in apples.
- Using a spatula, transfer the dough to a baking pan and spread evenly throughout.
- Combine ingredients for the streusel topping and sprinkle evenly over the cake.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Note: With the streusel this recipe is pretty high in sugar. While I strongly believe that everything can be enjoyed in moderation, if you want to cut down on it a bit you can either cut the streusel ingredients in half or omit it all together!
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Liz @ I Heart Vegetables says
Oh my goodness, that looks like the perfect way to kick off fall!
Cait says
Agreed! It definitely was for me 🙂
Erica says
I’m all in when streusel is involved YUM!!!
Cait says
Haha – same! It totally makes the dish!
Lauren Paradis says
Everything about this post makes me happy… because well… I just LOVE FALL.
Everything about fall makes me all giddy inside! The apples, desserts, bitter crisp air, EVERYTHING!
<3 <3 <3
yum. yum. yum.
Cait says
You and me both! It’s just the best! 🙂
Katie says
love that walnut streusel on there…and the rest of it, too. CAKE!
Happy fall, lady.
Cait says
Thank you friend, you too!
Rachel @ The Pescetarian and the Pig says
The streusel makes this look truly incredible. I’ve only recently discovered that I actually love apple desserts and pastries (I always thought I didn’t like them, so I’ve always passed them up). The photos are beautiful, as well!
Cait says
Oh my – I’m glad you gave them a chance. They’re one of my favorites! Glad you like the photos!
Heather @ Kiss My Broccoli says
Sweet (and spicy) PERFECTION!! Dear lord, it’s been forever since I’ve had a slice of coffee cake…mmm, streusel!! 😉
Cait says
I’m a firm believer that streusel makes just about anything better! 🙂