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Dana Vento

Walnut Orange Coffee Cake

Earthy flavors of walnut mixed with orange zest amp up your everyday basic coffee cake!
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Course: Breakfast, brunch, Dessert
Cuisine: dessert
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 cups all purpose flour (sifted & leveled)
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 c softened butter refer to post
  • 1/4 c brown sugar
  • 1 c white sugar
  • 1 c sour cream Refer to post for substitute ingredient
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract optional
  • 1/2 c chopped walnuts
  • 1 large orange washed, dried, for zesting. Reserve orange
STREUSEL FILLING
  • 1 3/4 c brown sugar you'll initially add 1 1/2 c in and wait until you are done combining to see if you NEED the extra 1/4 c
  • 2 tablespoons cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract optional but Yum!
  • 2 1/2 c All-purpose flour you'll use 2 c to start and then add in the last bit after you are done combing IF Needed
  • 1 1/2 sticks butter salted softened not completely melted

Method
 

  1. Coffee Cake
  2. Preheat Oven to 350°F
  3. Prepare baking pan. If using springform, make sure to use a brush and coat with nonstick spray on the interior of pan rim.
  4. Zest orange and set the zest aside.
  5. Slice zested orange VERY thin
  6. In bottom of preared springform,sprinkle to coat base, a tablespoon of sugar and then place orange pieces on the bottom atop the sprinkled sugar. Set aside
  7. In small mixing bowl, place flour, baking soda and powder. Set aside.
  8. Using a large mixing bowl place eggs, butter, brown sugar, white sugar, sour cream, and vanilla extract. Mix to combine well.
  9. Once combined add in flour mixture. Combine again. Make sure to scrape down sides to incorporate all ingredients evenly.
  10. Add in 3/4 of the orange zest. Mix to combine.
  11. Now fold in the walnuts.
  12. Set coffee cake mixture aside and now make the struesel
STREUSEL
  1. in one large bowl combine all streusel ingredients: brown sugar, cinnamon, vanilla, flour and butter. Mix to combine. If the mixture is Too wet, add in the rest of the flour and brown sugar. However, if it is good (see images in post) don't add in extra flour or sugar. Set aside once mixed.
Construction The Walnut Orange Coffee Cake
  1. Using the prepared baking pan, scoop out 1/2 of the batter and evenly distribute the mixture using a spatula or clean fingers.
  2. Now, use almost 3/4 of the prepared streusel topping evenly distributing it around the prepared walnut orange coffee cake batter.
  3. Follow that with the remaining walnut orange coffee cake batter, again, distributing the batter evenly around the pan, using a spatula.
  4. take the remaining orange zest/peel and sprinkle across the top of the cake, then follow with the remaining streusel.
  5. Place in oven and bake for 55-65 minutes at 350°F or until a toothpick placed in the center comes out clean.
  6. Once the walnut orange coffee cake is done baking, remove from oven and serve warm or allow to cool.