Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Vegan Walnut Orange Coffee Cake

This is for a little end of summer party with some friends. It is a great mix of summer flavors and autumn hardiness! Coffee cake is so versatile and yummy feel free to experiment with variations on this recipe and get back to me if you come up with something great!
Ingredients:
Cake:
• 1 cup quick-cooking oats
• 1 1/2 cups orange juice
• 1/3 cup vegan butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 3 tsp egg replacer dissolved in
• 4 tbsp warm water
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/2 cup walnuts
• 1 tbsp orange zest (grated orange peel)
Topping:
• 1 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup vegan butter
• 3 tbsp orange zest
• 1/4 cup orange juice
• 2 1/2 cups flaked coconut
• 1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

dry ingredients in mixer

wed ingredients added
Directions:
Mix oats and orange juice in a small bowl until softened and set aside. In large mixing bowl cream butter and sugars, then add the egg replace and vanilla until well combined. Next add the flour about a half cup at a time then add the baking powder and soda, salt and cinnamon. Add the oat mixture in next that you previously set aside. Finally add the walnuts and orange peel. Pour into a greased 13'' by 9'' pan, bake at 350 for about 25 minutes.
cake done
topping ready!
When your cake is almost done about five minutes or so left start on the topping. Put sugar butter, orange zest and juice in a small sauce pan and bring to boil. Remove from heat and stir in the coconut and walnuts. Broil for about two minutes or until topping is browning nicely. Enjoy!

finished and yum!

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