Umbrian Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake Recipe
This Umbrian Apple Cinnamon Breakfast Cake combines tender chopped Granny Smith apples with warm cinnamon and a rich cream cheese batter, perfect for a comforting morning treat or brunch.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Total Time: 1 hour 45 minutes
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
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Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 2 Teaspoons Cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cups Sugar
- 1/2 cup Softened Butter
- 1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 6 ounce Container Cream Cheese Softened
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
- 1 1/2 cup All-purpose Flour
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon Salt
- 3 cups Peeled & Finely Chopped Granny Smith Apples
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Lightly grease an 8 or 9 inch spring-form pan.
- Beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy with a hand mixer, then add the cream cheese and vanilla and continue to beat until smooth.
- Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
- Add the flour, cinnamon, baking powder and salt and beat at low speed just until mixed.
- Fold the chopped apples into the batter and pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Mix together the remaining 1/4 cup sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon and sprinkle this mixture over the batter in the pan.
- Bake for 55 minutes to 60 minutes, or until the cake begins to pull away from the pan and a skewer poked into the center comes out clean.
- Cool to room temperature before serving.