Apple Crumb Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

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OMG! Apple Crumb Cream Cheese Coffee Cake!  Enjoy a delectable cream cheese filling, cinnamon and baked apple slices throughout this buttery, lush coffee cake with the yummiest brown sugar crumb topping!

I went there…and OMG….I’m crushing so hard right now on this apple coffee cake recipe!  More coffee cakes you’ll want to browse?  This Apple Butter Coffee Cake and this Peach Coffee Cake!

Can you imagine?  This apple crumb coffee cake is addictive and soooo luscious!  LOL! Yea, and why wouldn’t it be? It has swirls of cream cheese in luscious coffee cake!

Everyone loves cream cheese in everything, so it’s going to be addictive! Apples and cinnamon make it even better! Plus, it’s one of those desserts that you could enjoy any time of the day.

This is one dessert that is really nice to have on hand when entertaining out-of-town guests for breakfast, brunch, snack time or after dinner as dessert.  Weekends are always acceptable!

Consequently, if you’ve ever tried the Awesome Country Apple Fritter Bread, this coffee cake is a spin off of that. It’s such a Fall classic and one of my favorite quick breads ever, so I wanted to incorporate it into a coffee cake with the additions of cream cheese and brown sugar crumble topping.  It worked out beautifully!

Ingredients You Need

Coffee Cake

• granulated sugar
• unsalted butter, softened
• eggs
• vanilla extract
• all-purpose flour
• baking powder
• milk or almond milk
• baking apples, any kind peeled and sliced thin, I used Granny Smith

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling:

• cream cheese softened
• egg
• granulated sugar
• cinnamon

Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture

• brown sugar
• cinnamon

Brown Sugar Crumble Topping

• all-purpose flour
• brown sugar
• cinnamon
• salt
• unsalted butter, melted and cooled

How to Make Apple Cream Cheese Coffee Cake  

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9 inch baking pan or spring-form pan or and spray with non-stick spray.

Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture

1. Mix together the cinnamon and brown sugar together, set aside.

Brown Sugar Crumble Topping

1. Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Pour in the melted butter and stir with a fork until large clumps form. Set aside.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling

1. Using mixer, beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar and cinnamon together until creamy. Set aside.

Coffee Cake Assembly

1. In another medium-sized bowl, beat white sugar and butter together using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
2. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until blended in; add in vanilla extract.
3. Combine & whisk flour and baking powder together in another bowl and add into creamed butter mixture and stir until blended.
4. Mix milk into batter until smooth.
5. Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
6. Pour ⅔rds of the cinnamon cream cheese filling on top of the cake batter.
7. Place the sliced apples in a bowl with the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture and place ½ of them on top of the cream cheese layer.
8. Add the rest of the cake batter, then add the rest of the cream cheese filling by dollops scattered about, then add the rest of the brown sugar cinnamon coated apples.
9. Add the brown sugar crumble topping and bake for 50-60 minutes.
10. Let coffee cake come to room temperature.  Serve, keep remainder refrigerated.

So, pour some coffee and slice yourself some apple cream cheese coffee cake heaven.  Enjoy it while you can!

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OMG Apple Crumb Cream Cheese Coffee Cake

Kim Lange

OMG Apple Crumb Cream Cheese Coffee Cake is the next best thing to heaven!  Enjoy anytime of the day!

4.11 from 29 votes

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 50 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Servings 8 Servings

Calories

Ingredients

  

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Coffee Cake:

• ⅔ cup white sugar
• ½ cup butter softened
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ¾ teaspoons baking powder
• ½ cup milk or almond milk
• 2-3 apples any kind peeled and sliced thin

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling:

• 1 8 oz cream cheese softened
• 1 egg
• ¼ cup sugar
• ½ teaspoon cinnamon

Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture

• ⅓ cup light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Brown Sugar Crumble Topping:

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter melted and cooled

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9 inch baking pan or spring-form pan or and spray with non-stick spray.
• Brown Sugar/Cinnamon Mixture:
• Mix together the cinnamon and brown sugar together, set aside.

Brown Sugar Crumble Topping:

• Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt in a small bowl. Pour in the melted butter and stir with a fork until large clumps form. Set aside.

Cinnamon Cream Cheese Filling:

• Using mixer, beat the cream cheese, egg, sugar and cinnamon together until creamy. Set aside.

Coffee Cake:

• In another medium-sized bowl, beat white sugar and butter together using an electric mixer until smooth and creamy.
• Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until blended in; add in vanilla extract.
• Combine & whisk flour and baking powder together in another bowl and add into creamed butter mixture and stir until blended.
• Mix milk into batter until smooth.
• Pour half the batter into the prepared loaf pan.
• Pour 2/3rds of the cinnamon cream cheese filling on top of the cake batter.
• Place the sliced apples in a bowl with the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture and place 1/2 of them on top of the cream cheese layer.
• Add the rest of the cake batter, then add the rest of the cream cheese filling by dollops scattered about, then add the rest of the brown sugar cinnamon coated apples.
• Add the brown sugar crumble topping and bake for 50-60 minutes.
• Let coffee cake come to room temperature.  Serve, keep remainder refrigerated.

Keyword apple, coffee cake, cream cheese, fall desserts

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