American · Breakfast

Apple Hazelnut Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Name: Apple Hazelnut Sour Cream Coffee Cake
Total time: 2 h 54 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 110 g apples, peeled and diced to 2 cm; 10 g cinnamon sugar; 5 g unsalted butter, melted; 85 g brown sugar; 8½ g pastry flour; 15 g unsalted butter, cold, cubed; 75 g hazelnuts, roasted and coarsely chopped; 20 g brown sugar; 15 g pastry flour; 15 g unsalted butter, cold, cubed; 15 g hazelnuts, coarsely chopped; 75 g unsalted butter, softened; 40 g sugar; 40 g brown sugar; 50 g eggs, about 3 large, at room temperature; 0.38 tsp vanilla extract; 100 g pastry flour; 0.38 tsp baking soda; 0.38 tsp baking powder; 85 g sour cream

A tender sour-cream cake layered with roasted apples and a brown-sugar hazelnut streusel, then topped with more crumb. Best baked in a wide pan and cut into squares for a crowd.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on1 h 5 min
Total2 h 54 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

Roasted apple filling

110 gapples, peeled and diced to 2 cm
10 gcinnamon sugar
5 gunsalted butter, melted

Streusel filling

85 gbrown sugar
8½ gpastry flour
15 gunsalted butter, cold, cubed
75 ghazelnuts, roasted and coarsely chopped

Hazelnut streusel topping

20 gbrown sugar
15 gpastry flour
15 gunsalted butter, cold, cubed
15 ghazelnuts, coarsely chopped

Cake batter

75 gunsalted butter, softened
40 gsugar
40 gbrown sugar
50 geggs, about 3 large, at room temperature
0.38 tspvanilla extract
100 gpastry flour
0.38 tspbaking soda
0.38 tspbaking powder
85 gsour cream

Diet

Vegetarian (lacto-ovo)

Contains

Gluten
Dairy
Egg
Tree nuts
Hazelnut
Birds' eggs (any)
Wheat
Corn (maize)
Pome fruits (any)
Apple
Cinnamon
Vanilla
Fructose
FODMAPs (any)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Sour / bright
Salty
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Texture

Crunchy

Equipment

Oven
Stand mixer
Kitchen scale

Season

Fall
Winter

Occasion

Weekend project
Entertaining

Effort

45–90 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Make-ahead friendly
Leftovers-friendly
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: low
Carbs: high
Fat: high
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: low

Budget

Budget: moderate

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