Heart-healthy Apple Coffee Cake

"A healthy low-fat coffee that is sure to please everyone."
 
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photo by Kit Katchen photo by Kit Katchen
photo by Kit Katchen
photo by PaulaG photo by PaulaG
Ready In:
55mins
Ingredients:
17
Serves:
10
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ingredients

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directions

  • Lightly coat a 9-inch baking pan with cooking spray; set aside.
  • In a medium bowl combine the 2/3 cup flour, 1/2 cup whole flour, soda, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and salt, set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl toss together the chopped apple and egg product; stir in the 3/4 cup sugar, the 1/4 cup nuts and applesauce;Add flourmixture and stir JUST until combined.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan; For TOPPING, stir together the brown sugar the remaining flour, whole wheat flour and cinnamon; Cut in butter until crumbly, stir in remaining nuts, sprinkle topping over batter in pan.
  • Bake in 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean; cool in pan for 10 minutes, serve warm.

Questions & Replies

  1. Do you add 1/2 cup of nuts to batter and 1/4 cup of nuts for topping? In directions it says 1/4 cup in batter and remainder in topping.
     
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Reviews

  1. I'm confused about the nuts, is it 1/2 cup in batter and 1/4 for topping?
     
  2. We really enjoyed this cake! I love that it uses whole wheat flour but that the taste from it doesn't overwhelm the cake. I ended up using closer to 2 cups of apples and unfortunately I had to omit the nuts but that would have made this even more delicious! I also used 1/2 cup of Splenda with 1/4 cup of sugar to help reduce the calories and sugars. I did dust the bottom of the pan with a tablespoon of sugar & cinnamon mix. By the way, with my brands and very slight alterations this comes to 2 WW points per piece. I should mention that the cake mix was VERY thick. I was a little bit concerned but it came out very nicely. It's moist, dense, and delicious! I think that next time I might mix in some oats to the topping mixture, which I had meant to do this time! Thanks for this wonderful recipe. It's definitely a keeper!
     
  3. smelled great & easy to put together!
     
  4. Delightful! Made me a hit with my in-laws! Thank you!
     
  5. This cake is scrumptious! I love the fact that something so delicious can be so good for you too! I used another reviewer's suggestion for the topping and used oats in place of the nuts, simply because DH is not a big fan of nuts in/on his cake. I also omitted the nuts from the cake and used extra apple. Yummy! Thank you!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This cake is scrumptious! I love the fact that something so delicious can be so good for you too! I used another reviewer's suggestion for the topping and used oats in place of the nuts, simply because DH is not a big fan of nuts in/on his cake. I also omitted the nuts from the cake and used extra apple. Yummy! Thank you!
     
  2. I just brought these into work for the guys to eat up and they all love it! It's all smiles around here this morning that's for sure. This is a great recipe for a healthy coffee cake, everyone in my office thanks you Barb. Ps. I substituted spelt flour for all purpose, and splenda for sugar.
     

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