Apple Brown Sugar Coffee Cake

This may not be my last apple post but it will be my last for at least a week (even though it's been about two weeks since my last post but whatever).

M and I are going on vacation!  We are cruising to the Bahamas and we leave tomorrow.  Can I tell you how excited we are?  We haven't had a vacation since our honeymoon five years ago.  It's time to hit the water!

There will be lots of sleeping, relaxing, eating, and swimming to be done and we plan to do them all with full dedication.  We've never been on a cruise before but have heard good things.  Pictures to follow.

This coffee cake was super delicious and another way for me to use up the apples I picked.  I made this a couple of weeks ago first thing in the morning on the weekend and we had a nice freshly baked breakfast with our coffee.  It was so good.  I brought the rest of it to work the next day and it went fast.  

The original recipe was gluten free but I didn't have any gluten free flour so I just used good old all-purpose flour.  It also called for chocolate chips but I wasn't feeling that and left them out.  Didn't miss them at all.

See you in a week or two! 

Apple Brown Sugar Coffee Cake
Adapted from Taste of Home

1 cup plus 2 tsp flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 cup packed brown sugar, divided
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1 tsp cinnamon
2 large eggs at room temperature
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
2 large apples, cored, peeled, and chopped into 1/2 in pieces or so

Preheat oven to 375.  Spray a 9in round baking pan with cooking spray.

In a large bowl, whisk together 1 cup flour, baking powder, and salt.  In a small bowl, stir together the remaining 2 tsp flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, walnuts, and cinnamon to make a crumb mixture.

In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, granulated sugar, and remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar until smooth.  Whisk in the oil and vanilla.  Stir into the flour mixture until just combined.  Pour half the batter into the prepared pan, top with half of the apples and half the brown sugar/walnut crumb mixture.  Repeat with the remaining batter, apples, and crumb mixture. 

Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30-35 minutes.

Let cool slightly and serve.  This was still great the next day with a big cup of coffee.