Apple Spice Coffee Cake

I love fall. The smells, the flavors, the colors, the weather! I love it all! Every year I look forward to the apples and the squash at our local farmer's market. I mean, come on, what's better than a juicy, crunchy, freshly picked apple on a chilly fall day? But it's also my favorite season for baking! The apples and the pumpkin and the spices... Mmmm...

So, imagine my excitement when one of our favorite chemical-free farmer's market vendors had apples! (Thanks Jill!) And so it begins... :D

So, you can pretty much look forward to lots of apple and pumpkin recipes for the next 3 months! I will try to hold off on the pumpkin stuff until closer to October... But we'll see...

This week's recipe is Apple Spice Coffee Cake, and I gotta tell ya, I could eat the WHOLE pan!!!

Apple Spice Coffee Cake

2 granny smith apples, diced

1/3 c coconut sap sugar

1 tsp cinnamon

1 stick butter, softened

1/2 c honey

2 TBSP coconut sap sugar

4 eggs

1 1/2 TBSP vanilla

3/4 tsp salt

1 3/4 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp baking soda

1 1/2 tsp psyllium husk powder

1 c + 3 TBSP chestnut flour

3 1/2 TBSP coconut flour

3/4 c yogurt

First dice the apple, divide them in half and set both halves aside. In a small bowl combine the 1/3 c of coconut sugar and cinnamon. Stir and set aside.

Place the softened butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat on low for about 20 seconds (this helps the honey not pool at the bottom). Add the honey and coconut sugar and beat on medium until well combined. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing thoroughly before the next addition. The mixture might begin to look curdled, that's okay. In a small bowl whisk together the rest of the ingredients, except the yogurt. Slowly add the dry mixture and mix thoroughly. Add the yogurt and beat on medium-high for about a minute. Add half of the apples and mix.

Pour the batter into an 8"X8" pan lined with parchment paper and sprinkle with the cinnamon sugar mixture and the remaining apples. Using a butter knife, lightly swirl the apples and cinnamon into the top of the cake. Bake at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (be careful not to hit a pocket of cinnamon sugar!) and the cake springs back when lightly pressed.

And the Bible verse of the week!

"Jesus said to him in reply, “Blessed are you,

Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not

revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father.

And so I say to you, you are Peter,

and upon this rock I will build my church,

and the gates of the netherworld shall

not prevail against it.

I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.

Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound

in heaven; and whatever you loose on earth

shall be loosed in heaven.”

Matthew 16:17-19