How to Make a Perfect Coffee Cake with Pecan-Cinnamon Streusel
Julia and Bridget uncover the secrets to the best Coffee Cake with Pecan-Cinnamon Streusel.
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Made this today! Love the recipe. Most others I found called for sour cream and I didn't have any! Enjoyed the "science lesson". Baking is one way I sneak education in with my son.
You are a good teacher.
OMG!!! It's so delicious 😋 I just meke 🥰💯 recipe is amazing 👏 thank you girls!
This cake looks delicious
Just made this today. It's good, nothing to write home about. I actually think the old Duncan Hines recipe (sock it to me cake) w/ brown sugar & cinnamon added is better.
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If you like a sweet cake the. This recipe could use more sugar. Otherwise it’s more SLIGHTLY sweet
I have a short cut with a cake mix but my streusel always sinks.to the bottom. Can I just add some extra flour? Don't have a food processor to try this recipe.
That was two whole eggs in the video.
I love you ladies.
LOVE your tutorials. Great teaching method, interesting and entertaining. This recipe looks so yummy, can't wait to try it. Thank you for sharing.
these ladies know what the fk is up with this cake
Excellent tutorial! This recipe looks so light and delicious. I will be baking small cakes and giving them as gifts. Thank you for sharing. LOVE this channel.
Great crumb cake!
This looks sooo DELISH!!!! yum! 😋
All right, I have some questions for you folks at 80k. I have been making your recipe for quick crumb coffee cake free many years, and loved it. This one looks somewhat similar, but there are some major differences. First of all, I'm of the opinion that when making a streusel, the butter should be ice cold. As in, right out of the refrigerator. The salted butter seems to make it much more flavorful and better textured streusel then one made with soft or melted butter. Second, the other recipe uses buttermilk, where this one uses regular milk. Seems to me you are trading something more flavorful for something less flavorful. Another major difference here is that with the quick crumb coffee cake, you're very careful to advise people not to test the doneness by poking a skewer into the center, as this may cause the whole cake to collapse. Why is it different in this recipe? Another key difference is that you finely grind the nuts with the brown sugar to make a fine meal, whereas in the other recipe, the nuts are supposed to be in larger pieces. Again, are you going for flavor over texture? Not trying to pick an argument here, I'm just genuinely curious. I am going to give this recipe a try, because I have never made a streusel using soft butter and water before. But I think I will have to leave the nuts in larger pieces. I definitely do not like a brittle and you definitely do not have that here. Thanks for giving me a new recipe to try.
Wondering if I can sub pecans for walnuts without altering flavor too much
Would it hurt to mash some of the strudel into the batter before baking?
Mmmm. That's my kind of cake. Wish I was there to eat it for y'all. Yep, I'm from Texas 🤠.
WOw, easy with home making a delicous cake for my hubby !!!!!!!
Recipe: https://www.kcet.org/shows/americas-test-kitchen-from-cooks-illustrated/recipe-coffee-cake-with-pecan-cinnamon-streusel
Looks are very deceiving! They weren't kidding when they said it was "not too sweet". They should have just said, it is "NOT SWEET". Imagine a salty butter cake…NOT good!
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Made this today and it was tender, moist, tasty, and easy to make. More importantly, it was gone really quick so no waste. The only downside is no leftovers for tomorrow’s breakfast!
Thanks for making a cake being easy to make! I can't wait to try making it!
I have my mother n laws coffee cake much like this. A couple of differences though all the dry combined, minus the soda, with the butter being cut in … and 3/4 of a cup reserved for the top. Add soda, egg and buttermilk. Moms recipes also called for all brown sugar … and baked in a iron skillet! A must!!! Uuummm ….
so much deliciousness. the cake looks great
These two remind me of an older and younger sisters. The older one is more serious and composed, the younger is kinda goofy and extroverted. You guess which is which!
It looks extremely easy. I'll see if I can screw it up.
Add a little melted butter over the top before serving and enjoy even more.😘
Looks yummy, can I use almond flour or coconut flour?
That sounds like a deal. Food processor recipe. 1 or 2 dirty dishes.