Cinnamon-Pecan Coffee Cake. Oh my gosh, the cake was amazing! The recipe was great as is, and I think you'll all enjoy it. I know the guests at the brunch did! (Tip: Now that I've made the recipe once, I do think that it I found this recipe ages ago in a magazine, and didn't try it until I was requested to bring a coffee cake to Easter brunch.
Just like a regular cake mix, you will need eggs and oil, instead of the liquid in the cake mix, you simply add coffee. Top it off with a combination of brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Enjoy this moist coffee cake for breakfast, or serve it with coffee for a great after-dinner dessert! You can cook Cinnamon-Pecan Coffee Cake using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Cinnamon-Pecan Coffee Cake
- You need 1 box of yellow cake mix (18.25 oz).
- It’s 2 of boxes instant pudding (3.4 oz).
- It’s 4 of eggs.
- It’s 1 cup of vegetable oil.
- You need 1 cup of water.
- It’s 1 cup of brown sugar.
- Prepare 1 cup of pecans, chopped.
- Prepare 1 tbsp of cinnamon.
This coffee cake is also a fantastic gift for neighbors and loved ones. Take a loaf with you for a brunch date on the weekends. Cinnamon and pecan are swirled in through the center of this coffee cake then drizzled with a delicious glaze! Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake is moist and rich, with sweet ribbons of cinnamon, and pecans enhancing the vanilla extract that is used in this recipe.
Cinnamon-Pecan Coffee Cake step by step
- Preheat oven to 350. Lightly grease 9×13 baking pan..
- Chop pecans..
- In small bowl, mix brown sugar cinnamon and pecans. Set aside..
- Mix cake mix and pudding mix in large bowl, breaking up any clumps. NOTE: Use a mix without pudding in it already, such as Duncan Hines.).
- Stir in eggs, oil and water..
- Pour 1/2 of batter into pan and sprinkle with 1 cup of sugar-pecan mixture. Repeat with remaining batter and topping, lightly pressing into batter..
- Bake for 20 minutes at 350, then reduce oven temperature to 325 and bake for additional 35-45 minutes until toothpick in center comes out clean..
There is something very special and incredibly delicious about a really good coffee cake. The perfect way to start, or end, any day! Vanilla yogurt makes this coffee cake moist and delicious! It's best served warm with a hot cup of coffee or tea. This cake delivers a mild sweetness and crunchy topping that can delight nearly any guest.
