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Apple Buttermilk Spelt Coffee Cake - serve this warm for breakfast or as a snack - it's the ultimate essence of Fall

Buttermilk Apple Spelt Coffee Cake

Ingredients

  • 2 apples thinly sliced ( ~ 1 1/2 cups)
  • 3 tablespoons organic brown sugar
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 cup spelt flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 1/3 cup coconut sugar
  • 2 tablespoons organic butter softened
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
  • Cooking spray
  • 2 tablespoons sliced almonds
  • Glaze:
  • 1/4 cup sifted organic powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon low-fat buttermilk
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. To prepare the cake, combine the first 4 ingredients in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook 5 minutes or until syrupy, stirring frequently; cool.
  3. Lightly spoon flour into a dry measuring cup; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Combine granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well-blended; add egg and extracts, beating well. Add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture; beat well after each addition.
  4. Spoon the batter into an 8-inch round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Arrange apple mixture over cake. Sprinkle with almonds. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
  5. To prepare glaze, combine powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon buttermilk, and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla in a small bowl; stir with a whisk. Drizzle glaze over cake. Serve warm or at room temperature.