Today we celebrate National Coffee Cake Day with guest blogger, Paula Patrick!
“To me, any day can be coffee cake day! It is absolutely delicious with a cup of hot coffee on a cold morning. It can even be dessert! My husband likes his served warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. There are so many yummy ways to enjoy this classic treat. ENJOY!
Coffee Cake Extraordinaire
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup canola oil
1 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup flaked coconut
1 cups chopped pecans
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
EXTRA ¼ cup brown sugar
EXTRA ¼ cup chopped pecans
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Pic 1 shows the cake dough that is ready to be poured into the Bundt pan. Dough is super easy to mix, because all ingredients are just dumped into a large mixing bowl and then blended using an electric hand mixer.
Pic 2 is the prepared Bundt pan that I have sprayed with non-stick coating, then added the EXTRA 1/4 cup of brown sugar and the 1/4 cup of chopped pecans. After pouring in the dough and spreading evenly throughout the pan, place on middle rack of oven and bake for 50-55 min or till inserted knife comes out clean.
Pic 3 shows the cake still in the pan right after it is removed from the oven–let sit in the pan to ‘set’ for 10 minutes before removing.
Pic 4 wanted to show the cake sitting on the serving platter to finish cooling–I usually wait about 30 minutes before drizzling the icing over the top.
Pic 5 wanted to show that I mix the icing pretty thin, that way it will ‘run’ down the sides and pool on the plate.
Icing:
4 ounces cream cheese room temp
1 cup powdered sugar
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
Up to ¼ cup milk
Using hand mixer and medium size bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, butter and extract till mixed well. Add milk a little at a time till desired consistency.
Pic 6 completed cake!!!! it always turns out so pretty with icing trails running down the sides.
Looks super yum! Never had coconut in coffee cake. Must try it!
Yum, never knew it was so easy to make coffee cake, thanks for sharing!
I want to try this, looks so pretty and yummy.