Makeover Streusel Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 14
• 2/3 cup chopped walnuts
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups sugar
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups reduced-fat sour cream
• 4 egg whites
• 2 teaspoons confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 in a small bowl, combine the nuts, brown sugar, butter and cinnamon; set aside.
• 2 in a large mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and crumbly. beat in the egg yolks, oil, applesauce and vanilla.
• 3 combine the dry ingredients; add to the sugar mixture alternately with sour cream.
• 4 in another mixing bowl, beat egg whites on high speed until tiff peaks form. fold into batter.
• 5 pour half of the batter into a 10-in. fluted tube pan coated with nonstick cooking spray and floured; sprinkle with nut mixture. pour in remaining batter.
• 6 bake at 350° for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 7 cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• 8 sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.