We’ve outlined all the ingredients and directions for you to make the perfect Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake. This dish qualifies as a Easy level recipe. It should take you about 2 hr 50 min to make this recipe. The Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake recipe should make enough food for 8.
You can add your own personal twist to this Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake recipe, depending on your culture or family tradition. Don’t be scared to add other ingredients once you’ve gotten comfortable with the recipe! Please see below for a list of potential bakeware items that might be necessary for this Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake recipe.
Ingredients for Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Pinch fine salt
- 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for buttering the pan
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon fine salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tablespoons bourbon
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 2/3 cup apple butter
Directions for Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake
- Combine the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a small bowl and mix to combine. Add the butter and mix thoroughly with your fingers or a fork until all of the butter has been evenly distributed and incorporated into the flour. Form into small to medium clumps with your fingers.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-inch square cake pan.
- Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a small bowl.
- Beat the butter and granulated sugar together in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the bourbon and vanilla. Reduce the speed to low and add the flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, beating until just incorporated.
- Spoon half of the cake batter (it will be very thick) into the prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula. Dollop the apple butter on top and carefully smooth with the spatula. Spoon the remaining cake batter on top and smooth the top. Sprinkle on the crumb topping.
- Bake until the cake and topping are golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about an hour. Let cool in the pan 20 minutes, then invert onto a plate; re-invert onto a rack to cool completely.
Bakeware for your recipe
You will find below are bakeware items that could be needed for this Apple-Bourbon Coffee Cake recipe or similar recipes. Feel free to skip to the next item if it doesn’t apply.
- Cooking pots
- Frying pan
- Steamers
- Colander
- Skillet
- Knives
- Cutting board
- Grater
- Saucepan
- Stockpot
- Spatula
- Tongs
- Measuring cups
- Wooden Spoon
Categories in this Recipe
- Coffee Cake – Coffee cake may refer to a sponge cake flavored with coffee or, in the United States, a sweet cake intended to be eaten with coffee or tea (similar to tea cake). A coffee-flavored cake is typically baked in a circular shape with two layers separated by coffee butter icing, which may also cover the top of the cake. Walnuts are a common addition.
