The Best Apples for Apple Coffee Cake
Choose apples that hold their shape when baked. The recipe calls for a tart apple, and these tart apples will hold up well during baking.
- Cripps Pink
- Winesap
- Granny Smith
To add a little sweetness to the cake, try one of these sturdier sweet apples.
- Honeycrisp
- Gala
- Braeburn
- Jonagold
Ingredients
Cake:
2 cups baking mix, such as Bisquick
2/3 cup milk or water
2 tablespoons sugar
1 large egg
1 tart green apple, cored, peeled, sliced
Topping:
1/3 cup baking mix, such as Bisquick
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
4 tablespoons butter, thinly sliced
Directions
1. Preheat the oven and prepare the pan:
Preheat the oven to 400°F. Grease an 8" square pan or a 9" round pan.
2. Mix the ingredients:
In a large
bowl, mix together the 2 cups of baking mix, water or milk, sugar, and
egg until just combined. Spread the batter in pan. Insert the apple
slices into the batter evenly throughout the cake.
3. Make the topping:
In a medium bowl, combine the 1/3 cup of Bisquick mix with the brown sugar and cinnamon. Spread the topping mix over top of the batter in the pan. Place slices of the butter all over the top.
4. Bake:
Bake 20 minutes at 400°F, or until golden brown, and a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.