spiced pumpkin yogurt coffee cake.
Let’s be honest: these days are heavy and sad and totally strange. The kind of days that make me want to hold onto my kids a little longer, pray more fervently, and spend more time with those I cherish most.
We had our first Christmas (of several) this weekend, celebrating by baking and browsing Christmas lights and opening gifts and making sand snowmen. As in at the beach. #ILoveMyLife
And the eating, oh the eating. This spiced pumpkin coffee cake was our go-to snacking cake while we opened gifts this weekend, but it’s great for snacking anytime over the holidays with those you love most.
This anytime cake is easy-breezy.
Cream the butter with the sugar until light and fluffy.
Add pumpkin, eggs, vanilla and yogurt.
A double layer of cake and cinnamony-crumb mixture.
WOWZA!!
You go. No really, just go. Right now. You HAVE to try this one.
An unbelievably moist and delicious coffee cake, perfect for snacking on while opening gifts on Christmas morning.
Ingredients
- Coffee Cake:
- ½ cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1 cup plain yogurt
- 2/3 cup pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- Crumb Topping and Filling:
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1 ½ teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Grease an 8"x8" baking pan.
- In a medium bowl, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add yogurt, pumpkin, eggs and vanilla and combine thoroughly, scraping the sides of the bowl as you go.
- Separately, mix flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg in a medium bowl. Add dry ingredients to the wet and mix until just combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix the filling ingredients until combined.
- Pour half the cake batter into the prepared baking dish. Top with half the crumb mixture. Add the other half of the cake batter, and top again with the remaining crumb mixture.
- Bake in the middle rack of the oven for 50-60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle comes out clean.
- Serve warm or at room temperature.
Notes
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION: 450 calories, 15 grams of fat, 74 grams of carbohydrates, 7 grams of protein, 2 grams of fiber (well that's something :)
Adapted from Heather Christo. She’s amazingly talented.
RECIPE TOTAL: $4.71, or $.52 per serving, based on this spreadsheet and the prices I find for the items I purchase most.
I’ve already made this twice! Delicious!!
Thanks Jeni! Glad it didn’t disappoint, either time