Get ready to fall in love with the ultimate Pumpkin Coffee Cake! It’s a delightful treat bursting with pumpkin spice flavor, topped with a crunchy brown sugar streusel, and drizzled with heavenly maple cream cheese frosting. This easy-to-make dessert is a must-have for pumpkin season!
Here’s why you’ll adore this Pumpkin Coffee Cake recipe:
- It’s packed with all the cozy flavors of fall. The perfect blend of pumpkin pie spice gives it that irresistible autumn taste.
- Prepare your taste buds for a soft and moist cake that melts in your mouth. Thanks to the combination of pumpkin and buttermilk, every bite is pure bliss!
- Indulge in the delightful crunch of the brown sugar streusel topping. It adds a sweet and satisfying texture to every delicious slice.
- And as if that wasn’t enough, we’re topping it all off with a drizzle of maple cream cheese frosting. It’s the icing on the cake, literally!
Ingredients
Method
For the Streusel:
- Mix softened butter and brown sugar in a bowl until combined using an electric mixer.
- Add flour, pumpkin pie spice, and salt, and mix until coarse crumbs form.
- Chill the streusel in the fridge while preparing the cake batter.
For the Pumpkin Coffee Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×9 inch metal baking pan and line it with parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Cream softened butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer.
- Mix in eggs and vanilla until smooth, then add pumpkin puree and buttermilk and mix until combined.
- Add dry ingredients to the pumpkin mixture and mix until just combined.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the chilled streusel on top.
- Bake for 60-70 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. If the top gets too brown, cover loosely with foil.
- Let the cake cool in the pan on a wire rack.
For the Cream Cheese Drizzle:
- While the cake cools, mix softened cream cheese and maple syrup in a small bowl until smooth.
- Sift in powdered sugar gradually, then mix in milk until smooth.
- Drizzle the cream cheese frosting over the cooled cake before serving. Enjoy!