Quick Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup light brown sugar, packed (2 1/3 ounces)
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar (2 1/3 ounces)
• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted and cooled
• 1 cup pecans or 1 cup almonds or 1 cup walnuts, chopped coarse
• 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon table salt
• 1 3/4 cups buttermilk or 1 3/4 cups plain yogurt
• 1 cup packed light brown sugar (7 ounces)
• 1 cup granulated sugar (7 ounces)
• 3 large eggs
• 7 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled

Recipe

• 1 for the streusel: mix sugars, cinnamon, and melted butter together in medium bowl until mixture resembles wet sand; stir in nuts and set aside.
• 2 for the cake: adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. generously coat 13 by 9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray.
• 3 mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt together in large bowl. whisk buttermilk, sugars, eggs, and melted butter in separate bowl until smooth.
• 4 using rubber spatula, gently fold egg mixture into flour mixture and stir until batter looks smooth and well combined.
• 5 using rubber spatula, scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top.
• 6 sprinkle streusel evenly over batter.
• 7 bake until streusel is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out with just a few crumbs attached, 40 to 45 minutes.
• 8 cool cake on wire rack for 15 minutes before slicing and serving.
• 9 serves 8.