Sep.
23 2012

Apple Walnut Coffee Cake #SundaySupper

Posted in #SundaySupper, Breakfast, CSA, Desserts, Fruits, General, Recipes • Comments: 55

Confession time. For the longest time I refused to eat cooked apples. In all honesty, I refused to eat any cooked fruit.

I don’t know what it was, the texture, the fact that it was warm, but I just didn’t like it. Therefore up until the last year or so I didn’t really appreciate pie. I know, PIE. If pie was around me, I’d eat the crust and leave the rest.

Then something changed, call it maturing (I refused to say getting older), but I started to like cooked fruit. The mushy apples didn’t bother me as much. Pass over that apple pie. Apple cake? Sure, I’ll have a slice! Homemade applesauce? You bet! The jarred stuff? Eh, still not a fan, too sweet and baby foodish for me.

Fall is in the air and apples are finding their way into my CSA basket. I love apples, and now I don’t mind cooking with them.

Apple Walnut Coffe Cake #SundaySupper

5.0 from 3 reviews

Recipe type: Dessert, Breakfast, Fruit

Author: Susan Palmer

I’ve had the base recipe for this cake sitting around for years. I originally scribbled it down from my Aunt after she served it for brunch one afternoon. My husband loved it so much, he insisted that I get the recipe. Where the source is from, I have no idea! All I know is that it was a kosher cookbook because there was no dairy listed. A few swaps, plus some apples and walnuts and we have a new cake!

Ingredients

1 cup granulated white sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
3 large eggs, room temperature
3 cups all-purpose flour
3 teaspoons baking powder
¾ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1¼ cups whole milk
1 lb. apples, peeled, cored and cut into ½ inch dice
¾ cup toasted walnuts, chopped
½ cup granulated white sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon
3 teaspoons cocoa powder

Instructions

Pre-heat your oven to 375 degrees and grease and flour a bundt pan.
Using a stand or hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until light and airy – about 2-3 minutes
Add the eggs one at a time until well combined and then whisk in the vanilla extract.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and soda, and salt.
Alternating between the dry ingredients and the milk in three parts – starting with the dry, beat together until combined, careful not to over mix.
In a small bowl, combine the filling for the cake, stir together the walnuts, remaining ½ cup sugar, cinnamon and cocoa powder. Set aside.
To build your cake, spoon about ¼ of the batter into the bottom of your bundt pan. Spread ½ of the apples around the batter and add another ¼ of batter. Scatter the walnut mixture over the batter, then more batter (it will be difficult to smooth out, it is okay if it isn’t perfect). Finally, add your remaining apples and smooth the remaining batter on top.
Next take a long skewer and insert it into your cake batter and carefully make small swirls – this will give you the lovely swish once the cake is baked.
Bake for 45-50 minutes, insert a toothpick to test that the cake is done.
Let cool completely before inverting the cake from the bundt pan onto a platter.

Happen to have an abundance of apples sitting in your pantry or plans to go apples picking? No fret, here is a long (and I mean long!!! ) list of apple recipes to keep you company.

Soups, Salads, Starters and Breads

Cinnamon Apple Chips- Shockingly Delicious
Apple Celery Salad- In the Kitchen with Audrey and Maurene
Mini Apple Pumpkin Pancakes – The Daily Dish Recipes
Overnight Apple Cinnamon French Toast- In the Kitchen with KP
Curried Apple and Leek Soup-Soni’s Food for Thought
Endive Spears Topped With Apple, Blue Cheese and Hazelnut Salad- The Hand That Rocks the Ladle
Homemade Apple Jam – My Trials in the Kitchen
Caramel Apple Butter Cheesecake Dip- Chocolate Moosey
Caramel Apple Bread – famfriendsfood
Apple Pie Bread Baker Street
Apple, Bacon & Brie Popovers- I Run for Wine
Apple and Almond Brie Puff Pastry- Family Foodie
Apple, Leek and Gruyere Tarts- There and Back Again

Main Meals

Slow Cooker Honey Apple Pork Loin- The Meltaways
Apple-Glazed Meatballs- The Messy Baker
Apples & Buttons (Ham, Apples and Dumplings)- Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
Skillet Pork with Sweet Spiced Apples- Mama Mommy Mom
Chicken Apple Meatloaf with Tarragon Tomato Sauce – Diabetic Foodie
Baked Tilapia Apple Crisp- Daddy Knows Less
Pork Tenderloin with Calvados Cream Sauce Sustainable Dad
#SundaySupper Pulled Pork Sandwich With Pickled Red Onions Kwistin’s Favorites

Sides

Harvest Rice- Webicurean
Wild Rice with Apples, Dried Cranberries, and Walnuts – Ruffles and Truffles
Apple Topped Sweet Potato Mash- Momma’s Meals
Warm Spice Pecan Raisin Apple Chutney- Sue’s Nutrition Buzz

Desserts

Double Apple Pot Pie- What Smells So Good?
Apple Walnut Coffee Cake- The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
Apple Streusel Cobbler- Big Bear’s Wife
Apple & Moroccan Cinnamon Gooey Sticky Buns- Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
Spiced Caramel Apple Pie-Chelsea’s Culinary Indulgence
Apple Pear Kuchen for #SundaySupper (Apfel Birnen Kuchen)- Galactosemia in PDX
Apple Strudel - Magnolia Days
Old Fashioned Apple Crisp with Caramel Sauce-Noshing with the Nolands
Apple Cheesecake- Vintage Kitchen
Caramel Apple Crumble Bars- Hezzi D’s Books and Cooks
Apple Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting- From Fast Food to Fresh Food
Cinnamon Apple Dessert Chimichangas- Juanita’s Cocina
Nutella Apple Quesadilla- Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
Apple Crisp Ice Cream- Cravings of a Lunatic
Bavarian Apple Torte- The Lovely Pantry
Streusel Apple Crumb Pie + Pie Freezer Kits- Meal Planning Magic
French Apple Cobbler with Cinnamon-Maple Whipped Cream Weekend Gourmet
Chunky Apple-Apricot Bread Pudding- Comfy Cuisine
Apple Butter Spice Cake – Home Cooking Memories
Apple Pie and Custard- Happy Baking Days
#GlutenFree Deep Dish Carmel Apple Pie- Cooking Underwriter
Apple Brownies That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Country Apple Dumplings- Mom’s Test Kitchen
Apple-Gingersnap Cookies- Tora’s Real Food
Apple and Cranberry Turnovers- Flour on my Face
Applesauce Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake with Caramel Glaze- Hip Foodie Mom
Caramel Frosted Apple Cookies- No One Likes Crumbley Cookies
Apple and Pecans Cake- Basic N Delicious
Apple Pull Apart Monkey Bread- Gotta Get Baked

Beverages

Spiced Apple Ale Small Wallet Big Appetite
Apple Chia Tea- Pippi’s in the Kitchen Again

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