Coffee Cake With Brown Sugar Pecan Streusel Low Fat Recipes

PECAN SOUR CREAM COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Butter an 8-inch by 10-inch baking dish.
• Mix pecans, 1/3 cup white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, salt, and melted butter thoroughly in a mixing bowl until all components are coated with butter, 3 to 4 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
• In another bowl, mix together butter and 1 cup sugar with a spatula until well blended. Add 1 egg and whisk until mixture is smooth, 2 to 3 minutes. Whisk in second egg until thoroughly incorporated. Add vanilla and sour cream; whisk together. Add flour mixture to wet ingredients; whisk until flour disappears (do not over mix).
• Spread one half of the batter evenly into the bottom of the prepared baking dish. Scatter one half of the crumb mixture evenly over the top of the batter. Top with the rest of the batter and spread carefully to evenly distribute, trying not to disturb the crumbs. Top with the rest of the crumb mixture. Very gently press crumbs into batter. Bake in preheated oven until a bamboo skewer comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let cool slightly before serving.

SKINNY STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 9-inch square pan with cooking spray. In small bowl, mix streusel ingredients with fork until crumbly; set aside.
• In large bowl, mix flours, 3/4 cup brown sugar, the baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in remaining coffee cake ingredients until well blended.
• Spoon half of batter in pan, spreading evenly. Sprinkle 1/2 cup of the streusel evenly over batter. Drop remaining batter by spoonfuls over streusel; carefully spread. Sprinkle with remaining streusel.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool about 1 hour. Serve warm.

LOW-FAT COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. In another bowl, beat egg whites, applesauce and milk. Add to dry ingredients. Pour into a 9-in. square baking pan that has been coated with cooking spray. Combine topping ingredients; sprinkle over batter. Bake at 375° for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm.

PECAN STREUSEL COFFEE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F Grease bottoms and sides of 8-inch cake pan; dust with flour.
• To make streusel topping: mix together brown sugar, sugar, flour, cinnamon, mace, ginger, and allspice.
• Using pastry blender or fork, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add pecans and work some of the mixture onto the nuts; set aside.
• To make cake: cream together butter, brown sugar, and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla, mixing until smooth.
• Separately combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; mix well.
• Mix together dry ingredients with creamed butter and buttermilk, alternating with each, blending well after each addition.
• Pour half of batter into pan and smooth out; sprinkle half of streusel over batter.
• Pour remaining batter into pan and cover with remaining streusel. Bake at 350°F for 30-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Remove cake from oven and cool in pan 15-20 minutes.
• To remove from pan, invert plate over top and turn, remove pan, replace with plate and invert again. Replace dropped toppings to the top. Cut into wedges and serve.

COFFEE CAKE WITH BROWN SUGAR PECAN STREUSEL (LOW FAT)

Steps:

• Streusel and filling are the first five ingredients listed.
• Make the filling by combining the brown sugar, cinnamon, and cocoa in a bowl, set aside.
• Make the cake my stirring together the eggs, yogurt, vanilla and oil.
• In a mixing bowl, mix together 3 Tablespoons butter and white sugar. This will resemble crumbs.
• Add the wet ingredients, (egg mixture) to the sugar butter and mix together until well combined.
• Add the flours, (1 cup white and 3 tbls. whole wheat) baking powder, and salt to the batter and now mix all together until well combined. Batter will be on the thick side.
• Grease an 8 inch pan and add half the batter to the pan.
• Now take the brown sugar cinnamon cocoa mixture and sprinkle half of it on the top of the batter in the pan.
• Put the remaining cake batter on top of the filling. This might require you to spread it evenly over the filling.
• Add 1/4 flour, 2 Tablespoons butter, and finely chopped pecans to the remaining brown sugar mixture to make the streusel topping.
• Place streusel on top of cake.
• Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.