Gluten Free Apple Coffee Cake
This gluten free apple coffee cake is moist, cinnamon-swirled, and topped with a buttery crumble. Made with fresh apples (homegrown or store-bought!), it’s the perfect fall baking recipe.
Ingredients
Streusel
- 126 Grams Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour
- 56 Grams Brown Sugar
- 7 Grams Cinnamon
- 1 Gram Salt
- 78 Grams Butter
Cinnamon Apples
- 48 Grams Sugar
- 10 Grams Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour
- 3 Grams Cinnamon
- 400 Grams Apples - peeled, cored and cut into pieces (about 6-8 apples)
Cake
- 132 Grams Butter
- 118 Grams Sour Cream
- 1 Gram Salt
- 52 Grams Buttermilk
- 2 Eggs
- 146 Grams Honey
- 3 Grams Vanilla
- 225 Grams Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour
- 4 Grams Baking Powder
- 3 Grams Baking Soda
Instructions
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- In a glass bowl, add in the butter. Put the bowl into the microwave and melt it for about 30 seconds.78 Grams Butter
- Once the butter is melted, add in the rest of the ingredients and stir to combine everything. It should be crumbly and chunky.126 Grams Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour, 56 Grams Brown Sugar, 7 Grams Cinnamon, 1 Gram Salt
- Place the bowl into the fridge or freezer to firm up the butter while you make everything else.
Apples
- Peel, core and chop all the apples up and place in a large glass bowl.400 Grams Apples - peeled, cored and cut into pieces
- Stir in sugar, flour and cinnamon with the apples. It should be generously coated. Set aside.48 Grams Sugar, 10 Grams Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour, 3 Grams Cinnamon
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a glass bowl, melt the butter in the microwave for around 30 seconds.132 Grams Butter
- In a large glass bowl, add in sour cream, salt, buttermilk, eggs, honey, and vanilla. Whisk until it is fully incorporated.118 Grams Sour Cream, 1 Gram Salt, 52 Grams Buttermilk, 2 Eggs, 146 Grams Honey, 3 Grams Vanilla
- Stir in the melted butter to the mixture.
- Fold in the dry ingredients. Mix until it is just combined.225 Grams Bob’s Red Mill 1-1 Gluten Free Flour, 4 Grams Baking Powder, 3 Grams Baking Soda
- In a spring form pan, pour half the batter into it. Sprinkle HALF the apple mixture over it. Then add the rest of the batter on top. Dump the rest of the apple mixture overtop of the batter.
- Remove the crumble mixture from the fridge. Crumble it up and sprinkle it all on the top of the cake. You should use all of it.
- Place it in the oven for around 55 minutes. Check around that time to ensure it is baked by sticking a toothpick into it and it should come out clean with a couple crumbs. The baking time will depend on how much moisture are in the apples you decided to use.
- Remove from the oven. Let it cool in the spring form. Once it is cooled, remove it from the spring form pan and enjoy.