Mrs Js International Recipe for the Perfect Apple Coffee Cake
A recipe showing US, (UK) and [metric] measures.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour (8 oz) [240gms]
- ¼ cup sugar (2 oz) [60gms]
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ cup soft shortening (margarine) (2 oz) [60gms]
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup milk (¼ pint) [140ml]
- 2 cups thinly sliced apples (8 oz) [240gms]
- ½ cup firmly packed brown sugar (4 oz) [120gms]
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/3 cup butter melted (2 oz) [60gms]
- ½ cup slivered almonds (4 oz) [120gms]
Method
- Sift the dry ingredients into a mixing bowl and cut in the shortening.
- Add the milk and eggs and barely mix.
- Pour the mix into s greased eight inch [20 cm] square pan.
- Lay the apple slices evenly across the top and sprinkle with the brown sugar and spices.
- Drizzle the melted butter evenly over the apples.
- Top by sprinkling the almonds over the apples.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 400°f or gas mark 6 for twenty-five minutes.
For best results serve warm.
Enjoy!
This cake does not have a coffee flavour as the name suggests, but is a cake to have with a coffee.
It also make a tasty dessert

# 1 by Joshua Miguel
October 27th, 2008 at 5:13 am #
this recepie makes me hungry. yum yum
# 2 by mdegenhardt
October 27th, 2008 at 6:46 am #
I saved this already with plans to make this Friday, either I or my wife will give it a try. Thank you for sharing. Michael
# 3 by nobert soloria bermosa
October 27th, 2008 at 6:51 am #
sounds good to me,
# 4 by Lindalulu
October 27th, 2008 at 8:54 am #
It sounds so good, I love apples.
# 5 by goodselfme
October 27th, 2008 at 7:01 pm #
Oh, this sounds too good to not try. I will bake it soon.
# 6 by Darlene McFarlane
October 27th, 2008 at 8:54 pm #
This sounds really good. I like that you have posted both measurements, it helps a lot.
# 7 by Anna Ski
October 27th, 2008 at 9:20 pm #
Thanks, I must try it out!
# 8 by Anna Ski
October 27th, 2008 at 9:42 pm #
I forgot to add and this will be a popular one with the ladies!!!
# 9 by Lauren Axelrod
October 28th, 2008 at 3:29 pm #
I’m a sucker for coffee cake. This sound awesome C.
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# 10 by Poetic Enigma
October 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm #
coffee cake is good heh,
so one that is meant to eat with coffee should be good too,
sounds tasty
# 11 by gabbic1219
October 31st, 2008 at 12:26 am #
oh wow..apple coffee cake,i love all fruit and i am a sucker 4 my coffee,i might try this 4 thansgiving!!!thanx
# 12 by thestickman
November 3rd, 2008 at 3:46 pm #
Sounds pretty doggone good to me!
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# 13 by Chris Stonecipher
November 8th, 2008 at 10:15 pm #
Chris,
This one sounds great and I love coffee cake! I will try this one.