Every bite of this Applesauce Coffee Cake is pillowy soft, without distracting textures. It tastes just like your favorite slice of a coffee-shop-baked-treat, but you can make it for pennies per serving! Plus, there are no chunky bits in it (a huge plus for people with aversions).
Imagine a sheet cake that tastes like a cinnamon roll, melts in your mouth, and has a divine brown sugar crumble topping. This coffee cake is as easy as a boxed cake, but tastes a million times better!
Why you'll love this Applesauce Coffee Cake Recipe
Do you have a sweet tooth and wish you could find a recipe that hits the spot, without spending hours sifting and measuring? Then this is the perfect cake recipe for you.
You don't have to frost it, because you'll use a brown sugar crumble topping instead. And the entire recipe only takes about 15 minutes. The hardest part is waiting the 40 minutes for it to bake!
Since you bake it in a rectangular pan, it's the perfect breakfast dessert to share. Serve it at brunch or at a baby or bridal shower!
Are you looking for other Brunch recipes to serve like my Healthy Coffee Cake Recipe?
Check out these super delicious brunch dessert recipes that I have shared over the years, like my Salted Caramel Apple Scones Recipe. I think you will love them all, especially our Apple Pecan Breakfast Bake Recipe!
How to make this Applesauce Coffee Cake Recipe
When you follow these ingredients and instructions, the apple spice coffee cake will taste just like an apple pie - but without the chunks of apple!
Ingredients you need to make Applesauce Coffee Cake
Cake Ingredients:
- 1-½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup apple sauce
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup butter, melted
Topping Ingredients:
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
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How To Make The Brown Sugar Topping
Mix together sugars, flour and cinnamon.
Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the dry mixture until small pieces, about pea sized, form. Set aside.
How To Make The Coffee Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
In a small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and mix well. Set aside
In a separate bowl, combine apple sauce, brown sugar, sour cream, egg, vanilla and butter and mix well.
Add dry ingredients to the wet and mix just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan and spread evenly.
Sprinkle topping on top of the batter, spreading evenly.
Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand to cool until warm. Cut into 9 squares and serve warm.
How to Store your Apple Spice Coffee Cake
Let the coffee cake cool completely to room temperature before storing in a sealed container. Keep it in the container for up to three days.
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Applesauce Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- Cake Ingredients:
- 1-½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup apple sauce
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup sour cream
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup butter melted
- Topping Ingredients:
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoons butter softened
Instructions
- Topping Directions:
- Mix together sugars, flour and cinnamon. Using a pastry blender, cut the butter into the dry mixture until small pieces, about pea sized, form. Set aside.
- Cake Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt and mix well. Set aside
- In a separate bowl, combine apple sauce, brown sugar, sour cream, egg, vanilla and butter and mix well. Add dry ingredients to the wet and mix just until combined. Spoon batter into prepared pan and spread evenly. Sprinkle topping on top of the batter, spreading evenly.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and let stand to cool until warm. Cut into 9 squares and serve warm.
Mary Bills says
The recipe for the cake calls for 1 stick ½ butter, melted. Do you mean 1 1/2 sticks butter melted? Please let me know before I try this recipe.
Jennifer says
Thank you for that question - it's 1 stick (which is 1/2 a cup)!
Tes says
Is 1 t ground black pepper shown above correct??