Starbuck's Classic Coffee Cake

By jill3739

Ingredients

• Cake:
• Topping
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup chopped pecans
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup milk

Details

Servings 8

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 325°F.

2. Make topping by combining 1 cup flour with brown sugar, a stick of
softened butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl. Mixture
should have the consistency of moist sand. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans.

3. 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. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.

4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add this
dry mixture to the moist ingredients a little bit at a time. Add milk
and mix well.

5. Spoon the batter into a 9 x 13-inch baking pan that has been
buttered and dusted with a light coating of flour.

6. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the batter. Be sure the topping
completely covers the batter.

7. Bake cake for 50 minutes, or until the edges just begin to turn
light brown. Cool and slice into 8 pieces.