Vegan Apple-Cinnamon Coffee Cake

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Crumble (layer and topping)
½ cup brown sugar
¾ cup all-purpose flour
5 tbs vegan butter (earth balance)
3 Tbs ground cinnamon
½ cup walnuts, chopped

Cake
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 ½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
3 Tbs cinnamon
½ tsp ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
¼ tsp all-spice
1 cup almond milk
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
1 ½ cup apple sauce
1/3 cup oil
½ cup brown sugar
¼ cup granulated sugar

Glaze
½ cup powdered sugar
2 Tbs almond milk
1 tsp maple syrup
1 tsp vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350.  Oil a glass baking pan.

To make topping: mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pecans.  Stir in butter with fork or your fingers, until the mixture looks crumbly.

For cake: sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and all spice.  Wisk in the milk and ACV, then stir in apple sauce, sugar, and oil.

Spread half of the batter into pan, top with a  thin layer of crumble.  Pour in the remainder of the batter and spread evenly.  Finally top with rest of crumble and any additional walnuts.

Bake for 50 minutes, remove from oven and let cool on wire rack.  Once cake has cooled about 10 minutes, drizzle the glaze on top of cake.

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