Apple Nut Coffee Cake Recipes

Apple Nut Coffee Cake Recipes (Serves 12)

ingredients:

CAKE:

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1-1/2 cups sugar
• 1 container (16-oz.) sour cream (2 cups)
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 4 large eggs
• 1 Tbs. baking powder
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 2-1/2 cups flour (I used white whole wheat flour)
• 4-5 medium apples (Gala, Granny Smith, or Golden Delicious)

STREUSEL:

• 1 cup walnuts or pecans, chopped
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 2/3 cup flour 
• 4 Tbs. butter

DIRECTIONS: 
Prepare streusel topping by combining in a medium size bowl the chopped walnuts or pecans, brown sugar, cinnamon, 2/3 cup flour, and 4 tablespoons butter until mixture forms large pieces.  Next peel, core, halve, and thinly slice apples, then toss apples with 2 tablespoons white sugar.  Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease 14x10-inch roasting pan. 

In a large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat 1 cup butter with 1-1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy.  Add sour cream, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, eggs, and  2-1/2 cups flour.  Beat mixture at low speed until blended, occasionally scraping bowl.  Increase speed to medium; beat 1 minute.  Spread batter in pan to corners.  Arrange apple slices on top to edge of pan (it took me 4-1/2 apples to cover).   

Crumble streusel topping over apple layer.

Bake 45-50 minutes, until cake pulls away from sides of pan.  Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes.  Serve warm or cool.