Pumpkin Coffee Cake

What a way to welcome Fall! Better than Entenmann's (& we grew uo with Entenmann's!) Got up early today & made for DH & our houseguest - Wonderful texture! Creamed the butter & sugar for a couple of minutes & then added the eggs one at a time beating well. Sifted the dry ingredients & added 1/3 at a time, alternating with the sour cream - used 1 1/2 cups sour cream. Reduced sugar in pumpkin mix & topping (used 1/2 cup in pumpkin & 1/2 cup in topping) - this is simply outstanding. Perfect cakey texture with the smooth pumpkin & crunchy top contrast - 4 people ate over 1/2 in one brunch (lottsa calories to work off today!). Thank you Carol for a real keeper - easy enough to make in the am (I am not a good am person) & turns out fancy enough for guests!

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This recipe is almost like one of my favorite recipes I've been using for years from the "Best of the Best from Virginia" cookbook. The differences are: in the pumpkin layer: use 16 oz (2 c) of pumpkin, only 1/3 c sugar, only 1 egg, and no liquid added. The streusel layer calls for brown sugar instead of white. Also, 1/2 of the streusel is sprinkled over the first layer of batter (before the pumpkin layer is added. For easy speading of the 2nd layer, I place the batter in evenly spaced dollops, then spread with back of spoon. Worked well for me. Funny thing is: years ago someone brought a pumpkin coffee cake to work that I loved...only it was made with a yeast dough. No one knew who brought it in. I probably spent a year searching for a recipe similar to it and came across the one in the Best of..VA cookbook (which I truly love, but it's not the one I tasted from work). Today I began searching again for the yeast-dough-based pumpkin coffee cake.

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This is outstanding. I took it to work to share and everyone loved it. I used brown sugar in the topping.

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I made this for a church brunch and it was well received. I used the full amounts of sugar in this recipe and did not think it was too sweet at all. I did however, replace the white sugar in the topping with brown sugar.

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This coffee cake was outstanding, but I agree with one of the reviewers that you can't just mix together the first 8 ingredients. Cream the butter and sugar. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Sift dry ingredients and add alternately with sour cram. Then proceed with Step #3. Also, beacuse there is a lot of topping, I spread half on top of the first layer of batter, and spread the remaining topping on top of the final batter layer. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. Thank you, Carol.

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Yum! The most pleasant part of this recipe is that it is the best of both worlds. Tasty, tender coffee cake and spicy, creamy pumpkin pie. My main difference was in the mixing: I did not just mix the first eight ingredients together - I creamed the butter and sugar, added the eggs one at a time, added the vanilla, and added the sifted dry ingredients alternately with the sour cream. This resulted in a very airy and tender cake that was to die for on its own, not to mention with this very scrumptious pumpkin running through the middle. Thanks for sharing such a great recipe!

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Yum! DH loved it. I didn't add the evap milk after realizing I was out and reading Chef 412162's review (I also added less sugar like she suggested). It wasn't like pumpkin pie, but it was still excellent. Will definitely add the evap milk & the full amt of sugar next time. Thanks for this wonderful special recipe!

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This was excellent! I made exactly as written, except I used brown sugar in the topping instead of white. The result was a moist and delicious cake that wasn't too sweet. A perfect recipe for pumpkin lovers. It didn't last long!

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Excellent, easy to make and delicious. Thanks

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I love this recipe! My family all enjoyed it as I made it for one of our first fall treats! Delicious and I didn't change a thing.

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This is excellent. Made it for an Easter brunch, and everyone liked it. Wouldn't change anything, and will make it again. Thanks for sharing a delicious recipe.

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Delicious, thanks for sharing this recipe. Made exactly as directed and will be making again.

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The first time I made this I used a slightly smaller oblong pan than the recommended 9 x 13. The result was an undercooked cake BUT it was still delicious. I made it again using a 9 x 13 pan and it turned out great. Lots of sugar throughout this recipe but the folks at work didn't complain. Thanks for a great recipe.

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Very tasty, like a pumpkin-pie coffeecake. I used vegetable shortening in place of butter, maple syrup or maple sugar in place of sugar, goat yogurt in place of sour cream, evaporated goats milk in place of regular, and 1.5 cups rice flour and .5 cup tapioca starch in place of flour.

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Excellent, easy to make and delicious. I brought it to work and everyone wanted the recipe. Highly recommend you give it a try! Thank you for sharing.

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Well this was okay. I liked it but personally I think it has to much of a pumpkin pie taste. I think it would be better with some kind of glaze. I will say that my ten year old daughter loved it so I will make it again. Thank you.

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You are right! It si so yummy!! I followed almost all the exact ingredients except that I have to make few adjustments on the spices so my toddlers can eat. Overall, it is delicious. Thanks alot :-)

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This is such a delicious coffee cake! I followed SJMG when it came to the mixing of the first eight ingredients. I also only needed to cook mine for 40min and it was nice and brown. Thanks for this great recipe!

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This is my family's favorite coffee cake. We have it nearly every weekend. It really is easy, even with all the ingredients. This one's a keeper!

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I wish mine had turned out like one of the pictures. I was just able to stretch the batter out to fit a 9x13 pan, perhaps a 9x9 would have given me more success? Great while warm from the oven but got soggy the next day.

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