I was thinking coffee cake…..Then I was thinking about a few really great tasting wedges of apple pie I made with a crumbly walnut topping (that is on my site) and sort of combined them into a cake. The addition of the two pie wedges is THE SURPRISE! That’s how I came up with the SURPRISE cake…….I bet I can come up with many more variations….I got BUNCHES of ideas in my head. …………Serving size is always hard to tell because I don’t know if you want a smaller taste (12 servings) or a full size piece (more like 9 servings). I like my servings on the smaller side so for me this is 12 servings but I will say 9 servings so nobody feels short changed.

Ingredients for at least 9 servings

4 oz unsalted butter – soft

1/2 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon sea salt (if you have pink Himalayan use that)

1/2 cup heaping – Greek yogurt

1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract

4 oz unsalted butter – melted

1 Tablespoon cinnamon

1/2 cup dark brown sugar

2 smaller wedges of frozen apple walnut crumb pie – cut up in small blocks

non stick spray

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

Spray a 9 in pan (I used a square pan) with non stick spray

In a large bowl combine the soft butter, white sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, yogurt, and vanilla and mix well with a fork and set to the side.

In a medium bowl combine the melted butter, cinnamon, and brown sugar.

Use HALF the batter and place it evenly into the bottom of your non stick sprayed pan. Then add the apple pie crumbles as evenly as you can. Pour and spread HALF of the medium bowls syrup on to the top.

On top of that add the remaining half of batter and spread as evenly as possible.

Next do a layer of pie pieces.

Add the walnuts to the remaining syrup and mix well. Spread this mixture over the top as evenly as you can.

In my oven this took 45 minutes. Yours might slightly more or less.

It’s done when it looks like this.

It’s moist and delicious! You don’t need ice cream or whipped cream. It’s also not too sweet.

Walnut Apple Coffee Cake Surprise

ENJOY!!!