Happy National Coffee Cake Day! This Maple Pecan Coffee Cake is made with maple syrup, pecans, and a classic streusel. Your morning menu just got better.
This Maple Pecan Coffee Cake is one of my favorites to bake and is a holiday season staple! This delicious, sweet cake makes an amazing gift for guests, friends, or family, and goes amazing with a nice hot drink on a cold, wintry morning!
Since it is National Coffee Cake Day I don’t think that there is a better way to celebrate than with these two things: coffee cake and my dad. For the last 8 months we have been living at my parent’s house while we patiently await for our home to be completed. We are approaching on the final 12 days… phew. The time together with my parents has been amazing. Most people cringe when we tell them we are living at my mom and dad’s and say something like “how it that going?” with a low-whisper like tone, like I should only be able to reply with a secret because it is “that bad”. But that’s hasn’t been the case at all.
One of the biggest things that my son Aiden and I will miss is the smell of my dad’s coffee. There is nothing more comforting to me. I grew up on that smell. It reminds me of home. So actually being home and smelling that “cup of Joe” brewed 2-3 times a day, not only do I feel nostalgic but I feel like a young child in my parents house, needing that comfort of the smell of that coffee. I walk into the house and take a big whiff and just love it. It honestly makes my heart melt that Aiden has come to love that smell as well. I tease my husband that will be getting a Keurig just so I can brew coffee for my dad and have that smell, he doesn’t find that funny.
If you know my dad, you know that anytime he eats cake, he soaks in milk. Doesn’t matter if the cake is moist or not, he adds milk. When I made this Maple Pecan Coffee Cake I pictured him pouring milk all over it, so before he even got the chance, I did it. It is so delicious and I was in love at first bite. So don’t be offended if the next time you have me over for cake and I ask for milk. Before you judge, you just have to try it.
I’ll be honest, I selfishly made this coffee cake just for my dad and I, well and my hubby too because nobody else in our family loves pecans. So I knew there would be a few pieces for me to eat and that it would last a day or two. I was pleased when I got three. I loved coming home from the gym and Starbucks to this beautiful cake sitting in front of me, begging me to indulge. So I did with a Big. Fat. Smile.
Growing up you don’t realize how good you have it until you are older. I appreciate my mom and dad WAY more now that I have kids of my own. These past 8 months have been an amazing, building memories for myself, my kids and my parents. I will always treasure the moments I had here not just as a child but as a grown-up. I appreciate my parents more every day seeing the love, generosity, and patience that only parents can have for their children. Cheers to the smell of coffee and to my dad for making me more proud every day, I am blessed that I can call him MY DAD.
Enjoy friends.
XOXO San
How do you make Maple Pecan Coffee Cake?
Prepare 10-inch tube pan by greasing and flouring it.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
In a small mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
In a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add in the eggs one at a time.
Stir in the maple syrup, extract and sour cream.
In another small mixing bowl add brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt to prepare streusel.
Work in butter until it makes a crumble and mix in the pecans.
Spoon half the batter into the prepared 10-inch tube pan.
Spread out evenly using a knife, top with ¾ cup of the streusel.
Add the remaining batter on top of the streusel and spread it evenly once again.
Top with remaining streusel and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a light golden brown
Let cake cool on a wire rack for 30-45 minutes, then remove cake from pan and transfer to a cake plate or dish.
While the cake is cooling, make the drizzle.
Whisk together confectioners’ sugar and maple syrup, adjusting the amount of maple syrup to your taste and the consistency you want for your icing.
Cut, serve and devour!
How do you store coffee cake?
Freshly baked coffee cake will last for about 1 to 2 days at normal room temperature.
While you can store it in the refrigerator, it lasts about 1 week.
Cover with foil or plastic wrap to prevent cake from drying out.
If you love coffee cake recipes, be sure to check these out: Caramel Apple Coffee Cake, Copycat Starbucks Coffee Cake, or a fun twist on “coffee cake” Coffee Cream Cake.
Be sure to pin this to your favorite Pinterest board for later.
Maple Pecan Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 1/2 sticks, at room temperature
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
- 3 extra-large eggs at room temperature
- 1 teaspoon maple extract
- 1 1/4 cups sour cream
- 2 1/2 cups cake flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
Streusel
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into pieces
- 1 cup chopped pecans optional
Glaze
- 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar
- 3 tablespoons real maple syrup
Instructions
- Prepare 10-inch tube pan by greasing and flouring it. Set oven to 350 degrees F and allow it to preheat while you prepare the coffee cake.
- In a small mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt, set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl and using an electric mixer, I used my stand mixer; cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add in the eggs one at a time, allowing each egg to mix in fully before adding the next egg. Stir in the maple syrup, extract and sour cream.
- Reduce the mixer to low and stir in the flour mixture until combined, scraping down the bowl as needed.
- Prepare streusel. In another small mixing bowl add brown sugar, flour, cinnamon and salt. Using a pastry blender or just your fingers work in the butter until it makes a crumble. Mix in the pecans.
- Spoon in half the batter into the prepared 10-inch tube pan. Spread out evenly using a knife, top with 3/4 cup of the streusel. Add the remaining batter on top of the streusel and spread it evenly once again. Top with remaining streusel and bake for 50-60 minutes. Or until a light golden brown and the cake is starting to pull away from the pan. If your cake tester comes out clean it is ready to remove from the oven.
- Let cake cool on a wire rack for 30-45 minutes. Remove cake from pan and transfer to a cake plate or dish, placing streusel side up.
- While cake I cooling on cake plate, make the drizzle. Whisk together confectioners' sugar and maple syrup, adjusting the amount of maple syrup to your taste and the consistency you want for your icing.
- Cut, serve and devour – the best kind of coffee cake is one that is shared. Enjoy!
Notes
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Wonderful recipes. Thank you.
What an amazing looking coffee cake! I’m glad you enjoyed your time with your parents. It’s amazing to me the things we grow to love if given a bit of time.
Awww….what a sweet story and what sweet memories you have created in these months! I also LOVE the smell (and taste) of coffee, and this coffee cake would be the perfect companion!
It looks simply stunning. Coffee cake is a delicious coffee recipe and it is a dream cake for so many coffee lovers. I personally like it for my breakfast.
Can’t wait to try the coffee cake!
I would like your opinion some clients would require the doukissa cake which is the biscuit chocolate cake no baking required just a simple question have you ever covered this type of no bake cake with fondant?
I am a big fan coffee.Looks the recipe is very delicious. I will definitely try this hope enjoy a lot.
I just love the picture and it looks very tasty and delicious.Thanks for the recipe.
Yummm…. My month is already filled with water by just reading that recipe. I’m sure I’m going to love that Coffee cake too. Will try it this weekend. And it’s really good to hear about those cheering memories you had with you parents, right now I’m also leaving with my mom and she’s just love.
It looks so delicious. I’m definitely going to try this.Thank you for this amazing recipe
I was looking for a coffee cake recipe on the internet and stumbled across your blog. Thanks for the list of coffee cake recipes especially the Maple Pecan Coffee Cake. It looks very delicious and I loved it. Definitely, I am going to try this weekend.
Awesome job really it’s a great article.
I want to make this for Easter but don’t have a tube pan – could I use a bundt pan? Thanks!
I’m sure a bundt pan would be fine as it’s a denser cake to begin with, it’s definitely worth a try! Let us know how it turns out.
Oh my God, it blew up my taste buds. I cooked it myself and it turned out to be just incredibly delicious.!! Thank you for the recipe waiting for more delicious recipes.
I am so glad you enjoyed it!
Love this recipe! Didn’t have an electric mixer, so had to resort to mixing by hand.. got a bit exhausting but I managed. Thanks and keep it up!
It’s worth it for sure! So glad to hear you love it!
I love the dessert
Definitely worth a try