Did you guys have a great Easter? We didn't celebrate but certainly enjoyed spotting several cute little bunnies running around with a colorful egg basket in their tiny hands. There were some joyful cheers and lots of laughter. The sky was bright blue and beautiful spring air carried several families to the park. It was pretty clear that people were relishing the Easter weekend. And while you guys were busy boiling, painting, hiding and hunting eggs, I cracked a few and baked a cake!
Every once in a while, I crave for a crumbly cake, one that doesn’t demand any extraordinary baking skills or requires any fancy gadget. I want it easy-going and a little bit healthy, if possible. Thankfully, I have few such recipes that save my day and makes baking effortless.
Filled with dried fruits, nuts and a hint of coffee, this crumbly cake absolutely won my husband’s heart. He has a challenging palate when it comes to cake, trust me! If he finds fresh fruits in a cake, he will neatly fish it out. If the cake is too moist or too dense, he will not eat it. He doesn’t like frosting and if the cake has dark chocolate in it, he would taste a tiny bite just to keep me happy. So, this time when he said ‘good job’ at every slice he ate plus cleaned the plate to the last crumb, you can imagine my excitement. I felt like a winner! Normally, a cake lasts for few days in our home. This one was licked clean in less than two days. It's good I used olive oil instead of butter, which made us feel little less guilty.
Chasing the Easter bunny would have definitely helped burning the calories but we lazy bones decided to save that act for next year!
Fruit and Nut Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup oil
- ¼ cup walnut (roughly chopped)
- ¼ cup walnut (roughly powdered)
- ¼ cup cashew (roughly powdered)
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup dried fruits (I used raisins and cranberries)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Brush some oil in a loaf pan and dust it with some flour. Pre heat the oven to 350F.
- Whisk all the wet ingredients (egg, sugar, oil) in one bowl and dry ingredients (powdered cashew and powdered walnut, flour, baking powder and coffee) in a separate bowl.
- Pour mixed dry ingredients to the wet ingredients bowl and whisk. Add dried fruits, chopped walnut, vanilla extract and give it one more whisk.
- Pour batter in the loaf pan and bake it at 350F for 50 minutes. Poke a knife in the center and if it comes out clean, the cake is done.
- Let it cool down for few minutes before you take it out of the pan.
Notes
If the cake turns too brown on top and the cake is not yet baked through, leave the oven partially open and continue baking until it’s baked completely.
Nutrition
Reem | Simply Reem
Beautiful..
The light from the window is gorgeous.
You know I have been seeing this gorgeous cake on Fb and pinterest again n again... last 2 days were crazy you know ... so got late here... But now that I am here all I need is a slice of this!
Kitchen Belleicious
what a perfect combination of sweet and salty with a perfectly baked loaf of bread. Love this
Wizzy
Love the new look of the blog. Several holidays were celebrated her not just Easter. All were fun. Lovely looking coffee cake.
Abbe@This is How I C
Looks like a winner! Love the addition of coffee.
erin @ yummy supper
Oh I like all the nuts you use in this cake. I bet is makes for an especially moist crumb.
And yes Easter was great. I still get to play Easter Bunny at my house and I love the magic.
Hope you're well!
xoxo
E
Abby
This cake looks delicious! Such gorgeous photos!! 🙂
Manju
That's my kind of cake too...not too fussy, moits, tender crumb and lovely yet healthy flavors. N my hus doesnt prefer icing too. I wanna give this cake a try..will let u know when i do 🙂
Colette @ JFF!
This cake looks great.
Love the pics, too, with the red berries!
Shema George
This cake look stunning ..Love the texture and the clicks 🙂
Archana
beautiful cake....i'm a huge fan of crumbly cakes....they are just so perfect with coffee or tea! I love the way you set the scenes in your shots!
Shri
That looks delicious; love the colours Kanakana
Sanjeeta kk
Such lovely cake..beautiful from inside and am sure would have tasted yum!
Sarvani
Oo nice!! I love baking cakes with this method... dry into wet ingredients.. its so fuss free and you can play around with the flavour combinations.. for me .. that's what home baking is all about!!!
Rosa
A wonderful cake and combination!
We didn't celebrate Easter, but nonetheless had a great time and aet some good food...
Cheers,
Rosa
Liren
This is my kind of cake! And if your hubby approves, then obviously it is as perfect as it looks!
Rose from Magpies Re
So gorgeous K! Your photos are just stunning. Love that crumbly texture of the cake and it's got me itching to bake!May have to bust out the bakeware I just finished packing away!
Priyanka
Looks great sis.... love the pics, fresh and bright
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
What a delicious coffee cake, I love the fruit and nuts!
Divya Shivaraman
Lovely photos...i love your blog. extremely happy to follow you through FB
Kankana Saxena
Thank you Divya and glad you dropped by 🙂
Heather
Gorgeous photos. I love the colors. The bread also looks amazing.