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Banana Pecan Coffee Cake Recipe

Banana Pecan Coffee Cake Recipe
  • Category

    Dessert

  • Cusine

    American

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Ingredients

For the Streusel

8 ounces chopped pecans

1/3 cup dark brown sugar

1/4 cup sugar

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour

10 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted

 

For the Cake

1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

6 tablespoons unsalted butter

3/4 cup sugar

2 eggs plus 1 egg yolk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

7 ounces Greek yogurt

2 cups diced banana, from about 2 medium bananas

Directions

Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease pan with butter.

In a medium bowl, combine pecans, dark brown sugar, sugar, cinnamon, and flour and stir to combine. Add flour and melted butter and mix until has the texture of wet sand. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment beat butter and sugar until fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs and egg yolk and beat to combine. Add vanilla and yogurt, then dry ingredients, beating until just mixed together. Gently fold in bananas with a spatula. Pour batter into pan and smooth top. Cover with pecan mixture. Bake until a tester inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean, 50-60 minutes. Let cool then release from springform pan and serve.