Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Ingredients:
For the Streusel:
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- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
For the Coffee Cake:
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 2 Tablespoons of heavy cream or whole milk
Instructions
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- Preheat oven to 350F
- Grease and flour, or line an 8×8-inch square baking dish.
Start by making the struesel:
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- Combine flour, brown sugar and cinnamon in medium bowl.
- Cut in butter with pastry blender or two knives until mixture is crumbly, set aside.
For the Cake
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- Combine the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, baking soda and salt in small bowl.
- Beat butter and sugar in large mixer bowl until creamy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Beat in pumpkin and vanilla extract. Gradually beat in flour mixture. Spoon half of batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle 3/4 cup Streusel Topping over batter.
- Spoon remaining batter evenly over Streusel Topping; sprinkle with remaining Streusel Topping. Bake the coffee cake for 45 to 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
Make the Glaze
- Whisk the powdered sugar along with the heavy cream/milk together until smooth.
- You may need to add more powdered sugar if you think its to thin or more milk if too thick
- Drizzle over cake
- ENJOY!
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Happy” farming” to all the farm girl sisters out there.
See you next time down on the farm..