Wendy's Favorite Recipes from www. ClickOnCuernavaca.com

Apple Coffee Cake
This is a fantastic coffee cake, very easy to make.  I prefer the 9x13 cake, but you can make muffins just as easy. 

          Streusel topping (optional)
1 tablespoon unsalted butter
1/3 cup brown or white sugar
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts

         Batter
2/3 cup brown sugar - packed firmly
2/3 cup white sugar
2/3 cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon citrus zest - finely minced
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons pure vanilla
2 1/2 cups to 2 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
tiny pinch salt
1 3/4 cups coarsely chopped Apple slightly packed

Prepare citrus zest and streusel and set aside.

Preheat oven to 350 F.  .

In a large bowl, whisk together oil, brown sugar, citrus zest and egg. Do not over beat. Mixture should be pasty. Add vanilla and buttermilk.

In a separate bowl, stir together flour, soda and cinnamon. Blend gently. Once partially blended, fold in fruit.  If batter seems too loose, add a few tablespoons of flour (no more than 4) to make batter a bit stiffer. Scoop batter into oiled 9 x 13 pan. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.

Bake for 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. .