This delicious maple walnut coffee cake is a good idea anytime. It’s great to serve for breakfast, brunch, or as a dessert. It’s a very simple cake to prepare and full of flavor. We love the combination of walnuts with the maple syrup. If you need a smaller cake for gathering, this is the perfect one to serve.
Ingredients Needed for this Maple Walnut Coffee Cake:
All-purpose flour
Brown sugar
Chopped walnuts
Baking powder
Baking soda
Maple syrup
Melted butter
Heavy whipping cream
Eggs, beaten
Sour cream
Powdered sugar
Recipe Notes: You could certainly replace the walnuts with pecans in this recipe. I have never doubled this recipe and we’ve never frozen it.
If you like this cake, you may want to try our Honey Bun Cake. It’s a super simple cake that starts with a cake mix. It’s one of our most popular desserts for a reason!
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Maple Walnut Coffee Cake
The combination of the walnuts and the maple syrup is fantastic in this easy coffee cake. Don’t forget that glaze!
Servings: 6 servings
- 2 cups of all- purpose flour
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda
- 1/2 cup of real maple syrup
- 1/2 cup of melted butter
- 1/4 cup of heavy whipping cream
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1/2 cup of sour cream
Topping
- 1/2 cup of brown sugar
- 1/4 cup of all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup of chopped walnuts
- 2 tablespoons of butter melted
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
Glaze
- 1/2 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
- 2-3 tablespoons of heavy whipping cream
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8X8 baking pan. In a large bowl stir together flour, baking powder, and soda, brown sugar, and walnuts. In another bowl mix together beaten eggs, syrup, butter, whipping cream, and sour cream.
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Stir wet mixture into dry ingredients. Pour into the baking pan.
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Mix all topping ingredients together and sprinkle over the cake.
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Bake for 30-35 minutes until cake tests done. Let the cake completely cool.
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Mix together glaze ingredients and drizzle over cake.
You may have to add more whipping cream to the powdered sugar to get it to a pourable consistency. Remember that all oven temperatures vary so baking times may vary.
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