Bake
Pumpkin Coffee Cake With Maple Glaze
- Prep time 30 minutes
- Cook time 50 minutes
- makes one 9"x13" cake
Author Notes
My first experience with coffee cake was a slice of Wolferman’s Bakery cinnamon sour cream version—I, an elementary school-aged child, was hesitant to consume a baked good made with coffee, as this pre-dated my now-caffeine-fueled morning routine and years as a college barista. But my parents insisted I’d try it and perhaps, even like it. So they cut me a skeptical sliver and I dug in.
People say that when you win the lottery, your life changes in the blink of an eye (or more specifically, the exchange of a $2 bill for the golden ticket handed over by a bodega cashier). The same can be said for me and Wolferman’s cinnamon–sour cream coffee cake. I had never tasted anything so moist, so buttery, and so artificially delicious as this mail-order baked good. Ever since the aughts, I’ve morphed into a devoted coffee cake consumer. Whenever I have it, I cut myself a wedge, not a slice, and then another.
To celebrate the changing of the leaves, I developed an autumnal version of that Wolferman’s wonder: It features pumpkin purée, a bevy of warm ground spices, an oat-based streusel, and a subtle maple-infused glaze. I’m quick to scoff at a dry baked good (Wolferman’s would never be dry), so I made sure that this one was plenty moist—pure pumpkin purée, plus sour cream, eggs, canola oil, and milk make that happen. Best of all, there are no surprises here. With the exception of oat flour, you should have everything on hand already, meaning that you can make the coffee cake in far less time than it would take for one from Wolferman’s to arrive (though I might order one anyway). —Kelly Vaughan
Ingredients
- Pumpkin Coffee Cake
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2 cups
all-purpose flour
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1/2 cup
oat flour
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2 teaspoons
baking powder
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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2 teaspoons
ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon
ground nutmeg
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1/4 teaspoon
ground cloves
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1/2 teaspoon
ground ginger
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1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
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1 cup
packed light brown sugar
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3/4 cup
neutral-flavored oil, such as canola
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1 1/4 cups
pure pumpkin purée (not pumpkin pie filling)
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3/4 cup
sour cream
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2
eggs
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1/2 cup
whole milk
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1 teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
- Crumb Topping and Glaze
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1 cup
oat flour
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1 cup
packed light brown sugar
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1 tablespoon
ground cinnamon
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1/2 teaspoon
kosher salt
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10 tablespoons
unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch cubes, cold
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1 cup
chopped pecans (optional)
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1/2 cup
confectioners’ sugar
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1 tablespoon
heavy cream
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1 tablespoon
maple syrup
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1/2 teaspoon
pure vanilla extract
Directions
- Heat the oven to 350℉. Grease a 9”x13” square baking pan with baking spray or the remaining butter from a butter wrapper.
- Make the crumb topping: in a medium bowl, whisk together oat flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Add cold, cubed butter. Using your fingers or a pastry blender, mix until the butter resembles peas and the streusel forms large clumps. Cover and chill in the fridge.
- Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together both flours, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, ginger, and salt to combine.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together brown sugar, oil, and pumpkin purée. Add sour cream and whisk to combine until no lumps remain. Add eggs, one at a time, and whisk until combined. Add milk and vanilla and whisk.
- Fold wet ingredients into dry ingredients until the batter is mostly smooth (a few small lumps are okay), being careful not to overmix.
- Pour the batter into the baking pan and cover with streusel crumb topping, breaking up any large clumps of streusel. Bake in the oven for 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for at least one hour.
- To make the glaze: Whisk together confectioners’ sugar, heavy cream, maple syrup, and pure vanilla extract until smooth. Drizzle generously over the crumb topping.
- Serve at room temperature.
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