Apple Pie Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Pecan Streusel

nine slices of apple pie coffee cake on parchment with streusel, a knife, and flowers

Apple Pie Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Pecan Streusel

The perfect way to celebrate the Fall season! This Apple Pie Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Pecan Streusel is easy to make, absolutely delicious, and SO. GOOD.

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 25

Cook Time: 55

Total Time: 1 20

Servings:

Calories: 830kcal

Ingredients

Cake

3 cups all purpose flour
¾ teaspoon baking soda
1 Tablespoon baking powder
1½ cups salted butter
¾ cup sugar
¾ cup brown sugar
4 large eggs
1½ teaspoons vanilla
1½ cups sour cream
4 cups apple pie filling

Streusel Topping

½ cup pecans chopped
¼ cup brown sugar
½ teaspoon cinnamon
1½ teaspoons flour
pinch of salt

Instructions

Streusel Topping

In bowl of food processor, pulse together pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and salt. Set aside.

Cake

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Spray an 8"x12"x3" pan with baking spray. Set aside.
In bowl of food processor, pulse apple pie filling until finely chopped. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, and baking powder. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until fluffy, 3-5 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Stir in vanilla.
Add half of flour mixture. Stir to combine.
Mix in sour cream.
Add rest of flour mixture. Stir to combine.
Spread half of batter evenly in prepared pan.
Top with apple pie filling, leaving at least 1/2" around the edges.
Spread other half of batter of top.
Sprinkle with streusel topping.
Bake for 50-55 minutes, until cake tests done.

Notes

Substitutions:

You can use store-bought apple pie filling for this recipe.
Walnuts or almonds can be used in place of the pecans for the streusel.

Expert Tips:

This cake batter is very thick. It might be a little hard to spread.
You don't have to use all of the streusel on top of the cake!
Don't let the apple pie filling touch the sides of the pan. It will burn and cause the cake to stick!
Slide a knife around the edges of the cake before turning it out of the pan.
Some of the streusel will fall off when you turn the cake out.

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