Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping (Perfect Fall Recipe)
Spice up your fall with our pumpkin coffee cake recipe! It’s moist, flavorful, and perfect for cozy fall mornings. Easy to make and absolutely delicious!
Let’s start by learning how to make a delicious crumb topping, often known as a streusel topping. This topping adds a crunchy texture to your cake, and the best part is that it’s quite simple to prepare.
Firstly, gather your ingredients - flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin pie spice. Start by combining these ingredients in a large bowl. Next, add in the butter. Using a fork, mix everything together until you achieve a crumb-like texture. Once your streusel topping is ready, set it aside for later use.
How to Make Pumpkin Coffee Cake Batter
Next, let’s make the pumpkin coffee cake batter. Begin by sifting your all-purpose and almond flour into a medium-sized bowl.
To this, add the rest of your dry ingredients - a blend of cinnamon, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda, and a dash of sea salt. Use a whisk to stir all these ingredients together until they are well combined. Once mixed, set this bowl aside as well.
Next, it’s time to preheat your oven to a temperature of 350 ℉. While the oven is warming up, beat your eggs together with both white and brown sugar on high speed until the mixture becomes foamy and pale in color. Once achieved, reduce your mixer’s speed to low, and add in your vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, and cooled melted butter.
After these wet ingredients are well combined, remove the bowl from the mixer stand. Gradually add your previously prepared dry ingredients to this wet mixture in three separate additions. Using a rubber spatula, gently fold in the dry ingredients, taking care not to deflate too many air pockets in the batter. This helps to maintain the fluffy texture of your cake.
As the final prep step for your pumpkin coffee cake, pour the batter into a greased 8-inch round baking dish. You can use either a regular cake pan or a springform pan. Once the batter is in the pan, evenly distribute the crumb topping you prepared earlier over the batter.
How to Bake Pumpkin Coffee Cake
Now, it’s time to bake your cake. Place it in the preheated oven at 350 ℉ for about 30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cake. After baking, remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool in the baking dish for about 5 minutes.
Finally, remove the cake from the baking dish and transfer it onto a wire rack to cool down further. If you wish, you can dust it with some confectioners’ sugar before serving to add an extra touch of sweetness.
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