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Aunt JoAnn's Coffee Cake

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time43 minutes
Cooling time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 43 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: coffee cake, pudding cake
Servings: 8
Calories: 570kcal
Author: A. JoAnn

Equipment

  • Bundt cake pan

Ingredients

Topping

  • ½ c. sugar
  • 2 tsp. cinnamon
  • ¾ c. chopped pecans or walnuts

Cake

  • 1 box yellow cake mix
  • 1 4 oz. pkg. instant pudding mix - vanilla, banana, etc.
  • ¾ c. vegetable oil
  • ¾ c. water
  • 1 tsp. butter or rum flavored extract
  • 4 large eggs

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Spray a bundt cake pan with cooking spray.
  • Mix the cinnamon and sugar together in a small bowl. Mix in chopped nuts and set aside.
  • To a large mixing bowl, add all remaining ingredients except eggs. Beat to mix.
  • Add eggs, one at a time, until the cake batter is thoroughly mixed.
  • Spread half of batter in a bundt pan. Sprinkle with half of sugar and nuts mixture.
  • Spread the remaining cake batter over the sugar/nut mixture. Use a rubber spatula to get all of the batter into the pan.
  • Sprinkle remaining sugar and nuts over the batter.
  • Bake at 350° for about 45 minutes. Cool on a rack for about ½ hour.
  • Invert cake onto a large serving plate to serve.
  • Afterthe cake cools, you may want to turn it over to show off the cruncy topping.
    coffee cake on a footed cake stand with crunchy sugar cinnamon topping