Prep Tim: 15 minutes

 Cook Time: 35 minutes

 Total Time: 50 minutes

 Author: Kristen | Ella Claire & Co.

Ingredients:

Coffee Cake

·     2 cups flour spooned, leveled

·     3/4 cup granulated sugar

·     2 tsp. baking powder

·     1/2 tsp. salt

·     1 T pumpkin pie spice **see below for link to recipe for homemade pumpkin pie spice

·     1 cup pumpkin puree

·     1/2 cup milk

·     1/2 cup oil vegetable or canola

·     1 tsp. vanilla

Topping:

·     1/2 cup brown sugar

·     2 T butter melted

·     2 T flour

·     2 tsp. cinnamon

·     1/2 cup pecans chopped

Instructions:

For Cake:

1.   Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2.   Whisk together dry ingredients in a mixing bowl. Dump in pumpkin puree, milk, oil, and vanilla and then mix until well incorporated.

3.   Pour into a lightly greases 9x9 pan. 

For Streusel:

1.   Melt butter in a microwave safe bowl. Add brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon and mix until incorporated. Mix in chopped pecans. 

2.   Sprinkle evenly on top of cake batter. Note: You can leave it on the top when cooking, or I prefer to lightly poke it (with a finger- poke, do not stir) into the batter in several places. I like the taste of having the streusel areas within my cake. The texture is so good. 

3.   Bake for 30-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with just a few moist crumbs. 

Recipe Notes

**Homemade pumpkin pies spice is super easy to make and better than store-bought! See recipe HERE.

Store covered for 2 days, or refrigerate for longer. Can Freeze in an airtight container or bag for up to a month. 

SOURCE: https://www.ellaclaireinspired.com/pumpkin-pecan-coffee-cake/