Autumn Apple Coffee Cake
By: Yuna Wu
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 3:58pm

Ingredients




2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pound cooking apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 tablespoons fresh orange juice
1 cup dark brown sugar, divided
1/2 cup sliced almonds, finely chopped
2 tablespoons cinnamon, divided
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/8 teaspoon cloves
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 stick butter, room temperature
6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces and chilled well
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
2 eggs
1/2 teaspoon almond extract

Preparation

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees 2 Grease and flour a 9 inch springform pan, tap out excess flour. 3 In large bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt, whisking to combine. 4 Remove 3/4 c. flour mixture and place into a medium bowl. 5 Add almonds, 1/2 c. brown sugar, 1 tsp cinnamon and chilled butter pieces. 6 Cut butter into the flour and sugar mixture with the pastry cutter until it resembles the texture of cornmeal. 7 Place mixture into fridge until ready to use. 8 In another bowl, combine diced apples, orange juice, 1/3 c. brown sugar 2 tsp cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. 9 Stir to combine well and set aside. 10 In bowl of stand mixer add granulated sugar, room temperature butter and cream cheese. 11 Beat to combine until light in color and fluffy, about 1 minute. 12 Add eggs, one at a time, beating to combine thoroughly between additions. 13 Add extract and beat to combine well. 14 Scrape down sides of bowl and add large bowl of flour mixture. 15 Mix until just combined. 16 Remove bowl from mixer, add apple mixture and fold in to batter lightly. 17 Add half of batter to springform pan, smoothing out evenly. 18 Combine remaining brown sugar, cinnamon and sprinkle evenly over batter, spreading almost to edges. 19 Add remaining batter to pan, smoothing out evenly. 20 Remove almond streusel from fridge and sprinkle evenly over top of batter. 21 Place springform pan into oven and bake until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 60-70 minutes.