Apple Coffee Cake With Brown Sugar Sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 apples - peeled, cored and chopped
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ready Time: 1 hr 30 mins


• preheat oven to 375 degrees f (190 degrees c). butter a 9 inch round cake pan or 9 1/2 inch springform pan.
• using a fork, work flour with brown sugar and butter in a large bowl until crumbly. stir in nuts. divide mixture in half. evenly press half into pan bottom to form a crust.
• stir baking soda, cinnamon, and salt into remaining crumb mixture until blended, then make a well in the center. in a small bowl, lightly beat egg with sour cream and vanilla until smooth. add to flour mixture, stirring just until combined. fold in apples.
• evenly spread batter over crumb mixture. bake until a cake tester inserted into center comes out fairly clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. if top gets too brown before cake is baked, lightly lay a piece of foil over top for last 10 to 20 minutes of baking. cool in pan on a rack. serve with brown sugar sauce. cake keeps well at room temperature for a day. covered, it freezes well and is easily cut while still frozen.