Coffee Walnut Date Cake
A super simple short-cut bundt cake recipe, featuring coffee-soaked dates, crunchy walnuts, butterscotch flavor, and strongly-brewed coffee! With a sweet coffee glaze to top it off, this Coffee Walnut Date Cake begs to accompany a latte or coffee beverage!
Servings 8
Ingredients
For Cake:
- 10 oz. chopped dates
- 1 1/4 cup strongly brewed hot coffee
- 1 box white or vanilla cake mix
- 3.4 oz. box instant butterscotch pudding mix
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 4 eggs
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
For Glaze:
- 1/4 cup strongly brewed coffee
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 tsp. instant coffee granules, or 1/2 packet Starbucks Via
- 4 tbsp. melted butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
For Cake:
- In a medium bowl, combine dates and coffee.
- Set aside for about 10 minutes, and meanwhile, prepare other ingredients.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- Add the date and coffee mixture to the cake mix mixture.
- Fold in walnuts.
- Pour batter into a greased bundt pan.
- Bake at 325 for 40-50 minutes, or until edges are golden brown, and a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Remove from heat, and cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate. Do not cool completely in pan - cake will stick.
- Prepare glaze.
For Glaze:
- In a medium bowl, combine the coffee, vanilla, and coffee granules.
- Stir until coffee granules are dissolved.
- Whisk in butter and powdered sugar until glaze is smooth.
- Drizzle glaze over cake. Cut and serve.