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Low Carb Carbalose Pecan Walnut Coffee Cake

Course Breakfast, Others
Servings 16 peoples

Ingredients

Nut Topping

  • 1/4 cup butter softened, dropped in small pieces
  • 1/4 cup carbalose flour ***
  • 1/2 cup just like sugar brown ***
  • 1 tsp cinnamn
  • 1/4 cup pecans finely chopped (see notes)
  • 1/4 cup walnuts finely chopped (see notes)

Cream Cheese Filling

  • 4 oz cream cheese softened
  • 1/4 cup just like sugar brown ***
  • 3/4 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/3 cup pecans finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup heavy cream barely warmed

The Cake

  • 2 cup carbalose flour ***
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup just like sugar brown ***
  • a few drops EZSweets ***
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp butter for greasing pan

Instructions

Crumb Topping

  • Combine all the crumb ingredients in a small bowl.
  • Mix with a fork (or, go on and get your hands into it) until the mixture resembles crumbs. Set aside.

Cream Cheese Swirl

  • Beat the cream cheese and brown sugar until fluffy.
  • Mix in the vanilla, cinnamon, and gently add the heavy cream. Stir in the pecans. Set aside.

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350°F. Lightly butter a 10”x10 pan.
  • Mix the flour, baking powder, & baking soda. Set aside.
  • With an electric mixer beat the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating just until combined after each addition. Mix in the vanilla.
  • Gradually add flour mixture ⅓ at a time alternating with sour cream and mixing just until combined.
  • Transfer the batter (it will be thick) to the prepared pan. Top the batter with spoonfuls of the cream cheese filling and using an up and down motion with a knife or better yet, a small offset spatula, to swirl.
  • Sprinkle the nut topping evenly over the top of the cake.
  • Bake 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Make sure to check center as sometimes a cake looks done but will fall after coming out of the oven and these do not rise too much anyway. They are very dense….and good.
  • Also to test for doneness look at the edges of your pan and when finishing, the coffee cake will begin to pull away from the pan.

Notes

Low Carb Carbalose Pecan Walnut Coffee Cake. You may wonder why this coffee cake looks so dark and it’s because I used Just Like Sugar Brown for most all the sugar-free sweetener in the cake. The sweetener, when wet, becomes darker than you think it should.  I just particularly like the product and its flavor.  If you prefer, you can always use Just Like Sugar which is snow white. Rest assured they taste differently. Anyway…still very easy to make and really good eats.
  1. When I say finely chopped nuts this is what I did. I have a small Cuisinart that runs in reverse to chop instead of grinding, so this process is very easy. Grinding makes it too fine but pulsing when on chopping works well.
  2. I would be careful trying to eat two of these as they are very high in fat. If you do attempt it just, be aware you may feel awfully full unless it is all you eat and...even then...
  3. One of the things I love about low carb baking, and there are many, it that nothing is sticky and these are no different. Looks sticky but…not. Not to the pan and not to you.
  4. If you are feeling particularly decadent add a teaspoon of melted butter on top as you serve them.