This easy and terrific Apfelkuchen Overnight Coffee Cake is another from Wilma Taylor Schmidt. It's perfect for the morning of a snowy outing, as you set it up the night before and pop it in the oven in the morning. Overnight the cinnamon soaks into the chopped apples and your whole house will smell warm and inviting.
Prep Time20 minutesmins
Cook Time45 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr5 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Apfelkuchen, Apple Cake
Servings: 15servings
Author: Wilma Taylor Schmidt
Ingredients
1cupSugar
1cupBrown Sugardivided
2/3cupButtersoftened
2lgEggs
1cupButtermilkor Sour Milk
2cupsAll-Purpose Flour
1tspBaking Powder
1tspBaking Soda
1tspSalt
2tspCinnamondivided
1cupApplespeeled, cored and chopped
1/2cupBlack Walnuts or Pecansoptional
Crystal Sugar for toppingoptional
Instructions
Combine by whisking, flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon in a medium bowl. Set aside.
Cream sugar and 1/2 cup of brown sugar with butter.
Mix in eggs, buttermilk and flour mixture just until well-combined. Fold in apples with a spatula.
Pour batter into a 9X12" greased baking pan or Bundt pan.
Combine remaining brown sugar and nuts with 1 tsp cinnamon. Sprinkle over the batter.
Cover pan with foil and refrigerate overnight. When ready to bake, uncover and let stand for 30 minutes while oven is heating.
Bake at 350F for 45 minutes.
You can drizzle the cake with a thin powdered sugar icing, if desired.