Apple Coffee Cake 1
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Cakes
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 1
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2 3/4  cups          all-purpose flour
   2      tablespoons   sugar
     1/2  teaspoon      salt
     1/2  teaspoon      lemon peel -- grated
     1/2  cup           margarine
     1/4  cup           warm water -- (105 to 115 f.)
   1      package       active dry yeast
     1/2  cup           warm milk
   1                    egg
     1/2  cup           black walnuts or english walnuts -- chopped
   2      cups          {1-lb. 4-oz. can} canned apple slices -- drained
                        peanut oil
     1/2  cup           sugar
   1      teaspoon      ground cinnamon
                        confectioners' sugar frosting
 

Preparation:

Makes two 8-inch cakes 1. Combine flour, 2 tablespoons sugar, salt and lemon peel; cut in margarine with pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. 2. Measure warm water into small warm bowl. Sprinkle in yeast; stir until dissolved. 3. Add warm milk, egg and dissolved yeast to flour mixture; beat until well blended. Stir in walnuts. 4. Cover bowl with plastic wrap, then a towel; let rest 20 minutes. 5. Spread dough evenly in 2 greased 8-inch round cake pans. Arrange half of apple slices in circles over each pan of dough. 6. Cover loosely with waxed paper brushed with peanut oil, then top with plastic wrap. Refrigerate 2 to 24 hours. 7 When ready to bake, remove from refrigerator, uncover dough and let stand at room temperature 10 minutes. 8. Combine 1/2 cup sugar and cinnamon; sprinkle half of mixture over each cake. 9. Bake in preheated 350 F. oven about 45 minutes, or until done. 10. Remove from pans and cool on wire racks. 11. Drizzle with confectioners' sugar frostin