Apple-Nut Coffee Cake Recipe from GourmetFoodPlaza.com

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Apple-Nut Coffee Cake
This easy to make coffee cake "quick breads" are just right for weekend brunches, mid morning coffee breaks, or not to rich desserts. With it's luscious fruit filling, there's a homemade baked treat to tempt every taste. Serve warm or at room temperature.
1 Cake - Serves 18
1 cup	walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup	packed brown sugar
1 tsp	ground cinnamon
3 1/3 cups	all-purpose flour
4 tbsp	butter, softened
1 cup	butter, softened
3	medium golden delicious apples
2 tbsp	granulated sugar
1 1/2 cups	granulated sugar
16 oz	sour cream
1 tbsp	baking powder
2 tsp	baking soda
2 tsp	vanilla extract
4	large eggs

	Prepare Streusel Topping
-	In bowl, knead walnuts, brown sugar, cinnamon, 2/3 cup flour, and 4 tbsp butter until mixture forms large pieces

-	Peel, core, and thinly slice apples.
-	In medium bowl, toss apples with 2 tbsp granulated sugar.
-	Preheat oven to 350 F
-	Grease 14" x 10" roasting pan

-	In large bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat remaining 1 cup butter with remaining 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar until light and fluffy
-	Add sour cream, baking powder, baking soda, vanilla, eggs, and remaining 1 1/2 cups flour

-	Beat mixture at low speed until blended, occasionally scraping bowl.
-	Increase speed to medium, beat 1 minute.
-	Spread batter in pan to corners.
-	Arrange apple slices on top, to edge of pan (otherwise batter will bake up and over apples).

-	Crumble streusel topping over apple layer.
-	Bake 45 - 50 minutes, until cake pulls away from sides of pan.
-	Cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes to serve warm, or cool to serve later

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