Cinnamon Walnut Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Walnut Coffee Cake, the perfect fall Comfort Cake. Full of the taste of Cinnamon and Walnuts. Eat it for Breakfast, Snack or even Dessert. This is a Cake everyone will love.

I love the combination of nuts and cinnamon and it really is moist and don’t you just love when a cake rises so high that you need to take two bites from one fork full of cake. Don’t forget the yummy centre filling and streusel topping. I have to say this is the queen of Coffee Cakes!

Recipe Ingredients

For the Topping

• Sugar
• Cinnamon
• Walnuts – roasted and coarsely chopped

For the Cake

• Flour – cake/pastry flour
• Baking powder
• Baking soda
• Salt – a pinch
• Butter – softened
• Sugar – granulated
• Eggs – room temperature
• Greek yogurt – room temperature
• Vanilla

How to roast nuts

Place nuts in a single layer on an ungreased baking / cookie sheet. Bake 5 to 8 minutes in a pre-heated 350F (180C) oven or until they are golden brown, remove immediately from pan to cool. Then coarsely chop.

How to make homemade cake flour

For every cup of all purpose flour, remove two tablespoons and replace with two tablespoons of corn starch. Be sure to sift the flour and cornstarch together a couple of times, this way it is sure to be properly combined and lump free. Cake flour in cakes will give you a very tender texture and fine crumb, it will also help the cake to rise.

Why use room temperature ingredients?

With cakes and other baking, it’s always better to use room temperature ingredients. So, take any cold ingredients out of the refrigerator an hour ahead of time or sooner if it’s cool in your kitchen. Room temperature ingredients blend easier, creating a silky batter, which will help to create a light tender baked good.

How to make the Walnut Cake

Pre-heat oven to 350° (180° celsius), grease & flour a 10″ (4 liter) tube/bundt pan.

For the topping

In a small bowl combine the sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.

For the cake

In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.

In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar at medium speed until fluffy 2-3 minutes, add the eggs, one at a time, beating until light and creamy, 2 minutes.

Add the dry ingredients alternately with the greek yogurt and vanilla to the creamed mixture, beat until smooth.

Spread half the batter in the prepared tube pan, spoon ⅔ of the topping over batter. Cover with remaining batter and top with remaining topping.

Bake for approximately 50-60 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean. After 45-50 minutes if it is not done but is becoming too brown cover with foil until baked. Cool in the pan, then remove to a plate.

What are Coffee Cakes?

Coffee Cakes are meant to be served with coffee and are usually flavored with fruit, cinnamon or nuts. And quite often they have a streusel topping. They can be baked in a round, square or even in a bundt pan.

Why does my cake fall?

• There are a lot a reasons a cake may fall, but the most common ones are, your oven temperature is off, you can always check it with an oven  thermometer to check this.
• You open the oven door too early. Never open the oven door before 25-30 minutes of baking.
• Once the batter is mixed it should be baked, letting a cake batter sit too long can cause it to fall. The baking powder or baking soda usually start acting immediately and will only last for a very short period of time, therefore if the cake batter is left to stand before baking then there is always a risk that the baking powder or soda will have expired by the time that the cake goes into the oven.
• Your baking powder or soda has expired and is no long active.
• Use room temperature ingredients.
• The pan size might not be the correct size, sometimes using a bundt pan will help.

FAQs

Oh how I love cinnamon,  as far as I am concerned nothing beats cinnamon, ok maybe Chocolate. So if you are looking for a tasty cake to make you won’t be disappointed with this Cinnamon Walnut Coffee Cake. Enjoy!

More delicious Coffee Cakes

• Easy Carrot Coffee Cake
• Simple Crumb Coffee Cake
• Sourdough Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Re published from December 2014.