Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake

This is an easy coffee cake made with a standard vanilla cake mix, dressed up with a swirl of cinnamon, brown sugar and walnuts in the middle. The addition of instant pudding mix makes it super moist.

CINNAMON SWIRL COFFEE CAKE

INGREDIENTS:
1 (18.25 oz) box Golden Vanilla cake mix
1 (3.5 oz) box instant vanilla pudding mix
4 eggs
1 cup applesauce
1 cup light sour cream
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped walnuts


DIRECTIONS:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously spray a 10-cup bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.

2. In a large mixing bowl combine cake mix, pudding mix, eggs, applesauce and sour cream. Using a handheld mixer, beat until well combined.

3. In a small mixing bowl combine brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts.

4. Spoon half of cake mix mixture into bundt pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle brown sugar mixture over cake layer, and top evenly with remaining cake mix. Bake for 50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for 15 minutes, then invert onto serving platter. Garnish with powdered sugar glaze and chopped walnuts if desired.