Banana Coffee Cake with Pecan Streusel
The pandemic has sure made banana bread a trendy favorite, and this recipe elevates the humble quick bread to a flavorful banana coffee cake with a sweet and crunchy swirl of pecans, cinnamon, and orange zest. If you're looking for a way to use up those overripe bananas, look no further.
Ingredients
- 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter at room temperature (6 ounces)
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream (8 oz. )
- 3 medium ripe bananas mashed
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- ¾ cup chopped pecans
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 Tablespoons grated orange zest
- 2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- Confectioners' sugar for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt cake pan.
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer on medium speed, beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time and beating well after each. Add the sour cream, bananas, and vanilla and beat until well blended.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and whisk to blend. Gradually add the flour mixture to the batter and beat until blended and smooth.
- In a small bowl, combine the pecans, brown sugar and cinnamon and mix well.
- Scrape about half of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with half of the pecan streusel. Spoon the remaining batter over the nut mixture and then sprinkle with the remaining streusel.
- Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Set the pan on a wire rack to cool for about 10 minutes before turning it out onto the rack to cool completely. Dust with confectioners sugar before serving.
Notes
Store the cake airtight at cool room temperature for up to 3 days.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1sliceCalories: 567kcalCarbohydrates: 80.3gProtein: 7gFat: 25.5gCholesterol: 87.2mgSodium: 206.9mgSugar: 45.7g
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