Vanilla Nut Coffee Cake

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 (18.25 ounce) box yellow cake mix*
• 1 small box instant vanilla pudding mix
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup water
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon butter extract
• 1/4 cup butter (NO butter)
• 1/3 cup ground nuts
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 4 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/2 cup ground nuts

Glaze

• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 tablespoons milk
• Scant 1/2 teaspoon butter extract

Instructions

Cake

1. Mix together cake mix, pudding mix, vegetable oil and water.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg addition, then beat 6 minutes at high speed.
3. Add vanilla and butter extracts, then mix.
4. Grease Bundt pan with butter and sprinkle the 1/3 cup ground nuts over butter covering sides and bottom.
5. Mix together sugar, cinnamon and the 1/2 cup ground nuts and sprinkle between layers of batter beginning and ending with batter.
6. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, cool for 6 minutes, then glaze.

Glaze

1. Mix ingredients together.
2. After cake has cooled for 6 minutes, glaze.

Notes

* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.