Pecan Streusel Coffee Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground mace
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice
• 6 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces
• 2 cups coarsely chopped pecans
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 2 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f grease bottoms and sides of 8-inch cake pan; dust with flour.
• 2 to make streusel topping: mix together brown sugar, sugar, flour, cinnamon, mace, ginger, and allspice.
• 3 using pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. add pecans and work some of the mixture onto the nuts; set aside.
• 4 to make cake: cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar until light and fluffy. add eggs and vanilla, mixing until smooth.
• 5 separately combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; mix well.
• 6 mix together dry ingredients with creamed butter and buttermilk, alternating with each, blending well after each addition.
• 7 pour half of batter into pan and smooth out; sprinkle half of streusel over batter.
• 8 pour remaining batter into pan and cover with remaining streusel. bake at 350°f for 30-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• 9 remove cake from oven and cool in pan 15-20 minutes.
• 10 to remove from pan, invert plate over top and turn, remove pan, replace with plate and invert again. replace dropped toppings to the top. cut into wedges and serve.