Description
A soft, spiced pumpkin coffee cake topped with buttery cinnamon streusel and a sweet vanilla glaze — cozy, moist, and perfect for fall mornings or dessert!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin purée (not pie filling)
- ½ cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
- 1 ½ tsp vanilla extract
- ¾ cup flour (for streusel)
- ½ cup brown sugar (for streusel)
- 1 ½ tsp cinnamon (for streusel)
- 6 Tbsp cold butter, cubed (for streusel)
- ½ cup powdered sugar (for glaze)
- 1–2 Tbsp milk (for glaze)
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract (for glaze)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease an 8×8-inch or 9×9-inch pan and line with parchment paper for easy removal.
- In a small bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon for the streusel. Cut in cold butter with a fork or pastry cutter until coarse crumbs form. Refrigerate topping while making the batter.
- In a large bowl, whisk melted butter with both sugars until smooth. Add eggs, pumpkin purée, sour cream, and vanilla, mixing until well combined. In another bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and spices together. Fold dry ingredients into wet until just combined — do not overmix.
- Spread half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle half the streusel topping over it. Add remaining batter, then top with remaining streusel. Bake for 38–42 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. The center may look slightly moist — that keeps it tender.
- Let cake cool for 20 minutes. For the glaze, whisk powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cake before serving.
Notes
Perfect with coffee or tea! Store leftovers covered at room temperature for up to 3 days or refrigerate for up to a week.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 28g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 8g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 43g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 55mg