Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake

Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake is delicious baked in cast iron but any pan will do. Deliciously elegant and easy, it is sure to be a favorite!

Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake - Mmmmmmm! Who loves coffee cake? Everyone at my house! I do have to confess though, Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake is not served for breakfast around here - it is dessert!

Oh, it would be delicious for breakfast. But, I normally serve it as an evening treat before bed. What a great time for a sugar high - right?

It also makes a great snack when taking a break from vineyard work. There are just so many times when a good coffee cake fits the bill!

Here in west Texas, we start pruning the vineyard in March while it is still cold. Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake makes a delicious treat when we go inside to escape the cold. It really hits the spot with a hot cup of cinnamon coffee while we warm up our toes!

I love baking in my cast iron skillet. You might be able to see from the photo that I have a 17" Lodge cast iron skillet. I got it FREE using my points from Swagbucks that I used for Amazon gift cards. If you are not familiar with it, see 10 Sites that Earn You Money from Home to learn how it works.

The Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake recipe is sized for a 9" cast iron skillet but tripled fits nicely in my 17" skillet!

Tip for Making This Coffee Cake:

If you keep your cast iron well seasoned, it has a coating that will prevent sticking. I do keep mine seasoned but still like to use parchment paper just to be sure ! ;)

Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake - Variations

• You can substitute walnuts for any nuts such as pecans or hazelnuts
• You can also add chopped fruit to this cake such as pineapple

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📋 Recipe

Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake

Cultured Palate

I won't tell if you eat this for breakfast with a hot cup of coffee.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 45 minutes mins

Total Time 1 hour hr

Course Breads, Breakfast

Cuisine American

Servings 12 servings

Calories 666 kcal

Ingredients

  

Caramel

• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 3 tablespoon water
• ½ cups heavy whipping cream
• ¼ cups butter softened

Topping

• ⅓ cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 tablespoon unbleached flour
• ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 tablespoon melted butter
• ½ cups walnuts chopped

Cake

• ½ cups butter softened
• 1 cups sugar
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cups sour cream
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 1 ½ cups unbleached flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cups walnuts chopped

Instructions

 

For Caramel

• In a large skillet stir together the sugar and water. Cook over medium heat without stirring until the mixture is ambe colored - about 10 mins.
• Remove from heat.
• Stir in cream and butter.
• Let cool in the skillet stirring frequently.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Line a 9" cast iron skillet with parchment paper.

For Topping

• Whisk the brown sugar, flour and cinnamon in a medium bowl.
• Using a spoon or hand mixer, stir in butter until crumbly. Add in the walnuts.
• Set aside.

For Cake

• Using a hand mixer, beat the butter and sugar at medium speed until fluffy - scrape sides as needed.
• Add eggs and beat well.
• Add sour cream and vanilla.
• In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add flour mixture to flour/butter mixture beating just until combined.
• Spread half the batter into prepared skillet.
• Drizzle with ¾ of the caramel and sprinkle with pecans.
• Top with remaining batter.
• Spread the remaining caramel on top.
• Sprinkle with topping.
• Bake 45 - 50 minutes until a fork inserted in the center comes out clean.

Notes

For a larger cake, use a 17" cast iron skillet and triple the recipe. I also line my skillet with baking parchment to be extra safe.

Caramel Walnut Coffee Cake - Variations

• You can substitute walnuts for any nuts such as pecans or hazelnuts
• You can also add chopped fruit to this cake such as pineapple

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