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Coffee Coffee Cake from Baking This Simple. This coffee coffee cake is sweet, bold, and dark, with a deliciously warm coffee flavor, finished with a sweet caramelized pecan glaze on top. It's perfect for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack time, and dessert. Grab the recipe from bakingthissimple.com.
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Coffee Coffee Cake

Bold, sweet coffee, coffee cake, with a caramelized, pecan glaze.
Prep Time15 minutes
Bake Time40 minutes
Total Time55 minutes
Course: Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 10
Calories: 145kcal

Ingredients

Coffee Coffee Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups Flour
  • 3/4 cup Sugar
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 1 Egg
  • 1/4 cup Extra Light Olive Oil
  • 1 cup 2% Milk
  • 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tbsp Espresso Powder
  • 1 tsp Vinegar

Pecan Glaze

  • 1/4 cup Pecans chopped
  • 1/4 cup Sugar
  • 3 Tbsps Butter
  • 1/2 tsp Half and Half

Instructions

For the Cake

  • Preheat the oven to 400° Fahrenheit.
  • In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, espresso powder, salt, and baking soda.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the egg, oil, milk, and vanilla.
  • Combine the wet and dry ingredients. Stir together, then stir in the vinegar.
  • Line the bottom of a large loaf tin with wax paper. Pour in the coffee cake batter.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool. Then take a knife and go around the edge of the loaf tin to loosen the cake. Place one hand on the top of the cake, and carefully flip the loaf tin over. The cake should fall out of the tin right into your hand. Remove the wax paper off the bottom of the loaf, and transfer the cake to a cooling rack.

For the Glaze

  • In a small sauce pan, melt the butter on medium-high heat, then add in the sugar, and chopped pecans.
  • Stir constantly, until the pecans and sugar beginning bubbling, and start to thicken. Stir in the half and half, and cinnamon. Remove from the heat.
  • Pour the glaze over coffee coffee loaf. Let sit for 10 minutes, until the glaze has cooled and set.
  • Save for later, or slice and serve immediately.