Apple Coffee Cake

Course Breakfast

Ingredients

  • 1 3/4 cups sugar divided
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 6 oz block-style regular cream cheese softened
  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 3 cups Rome apples (peeled & chopped)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350° F degrees.
  • Beat 1 1/2 cups sugar, butter, vanilla, and cream cheese at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended (about 4 minutes). Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and salt. Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, beating at low speed until blended.
  • Combine 1/4 cup sugar and cinnamon. In a separate bowl, coat apples with 2 tablespoons of the cinnamon mixture, then stir apple mixture into batter. Pour batter into the Large Round Mold and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture.
  • Bake for 50-60 minutes . Cool the cake on wire rack and unmold by folding down sides and transfer to serving platter of choice.