Easy Apple Coffee Cake

Total Time
Prep: 15 min. Bake: 40 min. + cooling

Updated on Oct. 15, 2022

This layered coffee cake comes together easily with canned pie filling and other pantry staples. "I enjoy making it for my family or even to celebrate co-workers' birthdays," writes Joan Kuderer from Sparta, Wisconsin.

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Easy Apple Coffee Cake

Yield: 12-15 servings
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 40 min

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 large eggs
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 cups whole milk
  • 1 can (21 ounces) apple pie filling
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • topping:
    • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
    • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
    • 2 tablespoons butter, melted
  • glaze:
    • 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar
    • 1 tablespoon butter, softened
    • 3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 to 3 teaspoons water

Directions

  1. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Beat in eggs. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Pour half into a greased 13x9-in. baking dish. Combine pie filling and cinnamon; spoon over batter. Drop remaining batter over filling; spread gently.
  2. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Combine glaze ingredients; drizzle over warm or cooled coffee cake.
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