Coffee House Coffee Cake

A delicious coffee cake from the famed espresso chain. You'll earn brownie points with your co-workers if you bring this in to work with you!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• Topping

• 1  cup all-purpose flour
• 1  cup  packed light brown sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped pecans

• Cake

• 1  cup butter, softened
• 3⁄4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 2  large eggs
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2  cups all-purpose flour
• 1  teaspoon baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup milk

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325°.
2. Make topping by combining 1 cup flour with brown sugar, 1/2 cup softened butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl.
3. Mixture should have the consistency of moist sand.
4. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
5. In a large bowl, cream together 1 cup butter, 3/4 cup light brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.
6. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
7. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt.
8. Add this dry mixture to the moist ingredients a little at a time.
9. Add milk and mix well.
10. Pour the batter into a 9 x 13 baking pan that has been buttered and dusted with a light coating of flour.
11. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the batter.
12. Be sure the topping completely covers the batter.
13. Bake 50 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown. Cool.