Strawberry Coffee Cake

ratherbeswimmin''s Note:

Good for a special occasion breakfast.

• Total Time: 55 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup sugar
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 egg , beaten
• ½ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla (optional)
• 2 tablespoons butter , melted
• 1 ½-2 cups sliced fresh strawberries

Topping

• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup sugar
• ¼ cup cold butter
• ¼ cup chopped pecans

Directions:

1. In a mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; stir to mix.
2. In a second bowl, add the egg, milk and butter; stir to mix; add to dry ingredients and stir just until moistened.
3. Pour mixture into a greased 8-inch square baking dish.
4. Place strawberries evenly over the top of batter.
5. To make the topping: Combine the flour and sugar in a bowl.
6. With a pastry blender, cut in the butter until consistency of coarse crumbs.
7. Stir in pecans.
8. Sprinkle mixture evenly over the strawberries.
9. Bake at 375° for 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick comes out clean.

Reviews

[ShaGun]

I made this with blackberries (with a tad bit more sugar) rather than strawberries. It was delicious! My husband (who will rarely eat desserts) ate a piece and asked me to make it again. It does get soggy rather quickly, but it still tastes good that way!

[Chef #275133]

Delicious! I bake a lot of cakes, and my friends rated this among my best. The first time I made it, I didn't have any pecans, so I substituted 1/4 cup of oats, which worked pretty well, although not quite as nice as pecans.

[Citruholic]

EXCELLENT! Strawberry season is here and this is but one great way to use them. I read all 66 reviews. :-) So I decided to replace the granulated white sugar topping with brown sugar and I added just one more tablespoon of cold butter. I used chopped pecans. I included in the topping a teaspoon of cinnamon and a few grates of fresh nutmeg. I used the ol' pastry cutter to cut in the cold butter I'd cubed up and it came together perfectly. The batter I left as is, except for 1/4 tsp. of cardamom (a nice touch!). And I did add the optional vanilla. I used 2 cups of sliced strawberries, which was plenty. I used a glass Pyrex 8x8 dish, and it took about 42 minutes. I checked it after 40, and it looked and tested a little wet. Two minutes more and it was perfect. Served it with a big scoop of fresh vanilla bean ice cream. It was delicious! Thanks for posting!!!!! So easy to put together (which I did in advance, before dinner and baked it off later in the same evening).