This delicious Apple Walnut Coffee Cake is sweetened with maple syrup and topped with a delicious brown sugar walnut topping. Perfect for breakfast, brunch, afternoon tea, or dessert!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
Low sugar: the coffee cake is sweetened with pure maple syrup with just a little bit of sugar in the walnut topping.
Simple ingredients: this apple coffee cake is made with fresh apples an pantry staples.
Versatile: this apple walnut coffee cake can be enjoyed as part of breakfast, as a snack or after dinner dessert.
🥘 Ingredients
Apples: good ones to use would be cortland or granny smith apples
All purpose flour
Milk
Large egg
Vanilla extract
🔪 Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9-inch round baking pan with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix the walnuts, sugar, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, using a hand mixer, combine the milk, egg, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Stir in the grated apple.
- In another large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add flour mixture to apple mixture and stir gently just until combined.
- Transfer the batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with the pecan mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and cool slightly.
🥄 Equipment
Round baking pan (9-inch)
Small bowl
Medium bowl
Large bowl
Electric mixer
Box grater (for grating the apple)
Measuring spoons
Measuring cups
🥫Storage
Room temperature: store coffee cake in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Freeze: store in a freezer safe, airtight container, up to 3 months.
Reheat: warm thawed coffee cake in the microwave for 5-10 seconds.
📖 Variations
- Substitute white whole wheat flour for the all purpose flour.
- Use pecans in place of walnuts.
- An equal amount of brown sugar can be substituted for the maple syrup.
💭 Tips
- For a precise sized parchment round to line the baking pan, place pan on parchment then trace around the bottom of the pan with a pencil. Cut the circle on the inside of the pencil mark. The parchment round will fit perfectly into the baking dish.
- If chopping your own walnuts, use about 1-½ cup walnut halves to equal 1 cup chopped walnuts.
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🍽 Serve with..
Serve as a part of breakfast or brunch or as an afternoon snack or dessert with hot coffee or tea.
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📖 Recipe
Apple Walnut Coffee Cake
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Ingredients
- 2 medium apples peeled, cored and grated
- 1 ¾ cups white whole-wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup walnuts finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon divided
- ⅔ cup 1% milk
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9-inch round baking pan with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix the walnuts, sugar, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the milk, egg, and maple syrup. Stir in the grated apple.
- In another large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add flour mixture to apple mixture and stir gently just until combined.
- Transfer the batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with the pecan mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and cool slightly.
Nutrition
📖 Recipe
Apple Walnut Coffee Cake
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
Ingredients
- 2 medium apples peeled, cored and grated
- 1 ¾ cups white whole-wheat flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ cup walnuts finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon divided
- ⅔ cup 1% milk
- 1 large egg
- ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a 9-inch round baking pan with cooking spray.
- In a small bowl, mix the walnuts, sugar, and ¼ teaspoon cinnamon. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the milk, egg, and maple syrup. Stir in the grated apple.
- In another large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, remaining cinnamon, salt, and nutmeg. Add flour mixture to apple mixture and stir gently just until combined.
- Transfer the batter into prepared pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle with the pecan mixture.
- Bake for 30 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Transfer the pan to a wire rack and cool slightly.
teresa says
loving the cake, it's so perfect for this time of year!
Shelby says
Thanks everyone!
Lizzie, I hope you enjoed the cake!
lizzie says
This cake is in the oven as we speak,err as I type;can't wait to try it 🙂 Love your blog!!
Cristine says
Glad you are starting to get back to normal! The cake looks great!
tamilyn says
I'm glad you are settling in and starting to feel 'at home'. I'm sure the boys will not complain about the amount of hugs!
bellini valli says
I am so happy for you that you are enjoying this new chapter in your lives.Life really does get better and better and if there is apple and cake in the same sentence then it is all the better!