I went a few weeks without having any coffee. It was a sad few weeks. I wanted to take a little break from the caffeine because I was starting to need more and more before it would have an affect on me. Now, I am buzzing from a single cup again haha!

But anyway, that isn’t the only reason I made some coffee cake. The main reason is because Ascent just release their new Cappuccino flavored Native Fuel whey protein. I wasn’t quite sure what to expect when I got the samples about a month ago, but it turned out awesome. They really did a good job of capturing that cappuccino flavor without making it overbearing.

I know not all coffee cake actually tastes like coffee, but I figured what the heck. If it’s called coffee cake, it might as well have coffee flavor. I added 3/4 cup of brewed coffee (cooled of course) and the cappuccino protein to give it some awesome coffee flavor.

And, of course, every good coffee cake has a streusel. I decided to change it up from a typical streusel and go with a walnut streusel. I am really happy with how it turned out. And, lastly, I drizzled it with a little glaze for the looks and a little extra flavor.

Overall, if you like coffee cake but you don’t like all the extra calories and bad things that are in most coffee cakes, you gotta make this one. You won’t even be able to tell the difference from an unhealthy one.