Apple Pumpkin Coffee Cake

Today we’re preparing a Pumpkin Coffee Cake, which combines some of our favorite autumn flavor combinations, such as brown sugar and vanilla, with a dusting of nutmeg. We’ll topping it with homemade streusel crumbs, and finishing it off with a super-simple two-ingredient homemade icing.

Apple Pumpkin Coffee CakePhoto byLiving the Gourmet

Ingredients

• 3 cups flour - sifted
• 1 cup shredded fresh apple - (about 2 medium sized apples)
• 15 oz. can of pure solid pumpkin
• 3 egg yolks
• 3 egg whites
• 1/4 cup of fresh orange juice plus about 2 tsp. orange zest
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 tsp. vanilla
• Fresh grated nutmeg - about 1/2 -1 tsp.
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 cup sugar
• Butter for greasing the pan

For the Streusel Crumbs:

• 4 tbs. softened butter
• Heaping 1/4 cup of flour
• Heaping 1/4 cup of brown sugar
• For the Icing:
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• About 2 -3 tbs. milk

Instructions

For the Streusel Crumbs:

1. Combine the softened butter, flour and brown sugar and mix until combined and able to form crumbs. Set aside.

For the Cake:

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees F.
2. In a medium sized bowl whisk the pumpkin, shredded apple, brown sugar, egg yolks, oil, orange juice, nutmeg, orange zest and vanilla.
3. In a separate larger bowl sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and sugar.
4. In a separate bowl, using an electric mixer beat the egg whites until soft peaks form.
5. Prepare a bundt pan with the butter.
6. Combine the wet ingredients with the sifted ingredients, then fold the egg whites into the batter.
7. Place the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
8. Top the batter with the streusel.
9. Bake 45 – 50 minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean.
10. Cool the cake then remove from the pan.

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