# Salted Pecan Coffee Cake

This incredibly fluffy, gluten-free, dairy-free, and kosher coffee cake tastes like a coffee cloud with a delicious caramel-like glaze.

- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 6 eggs, separated
- 1 cup sugar, divided
- 0.75 cup oil
- 2 packages vanilla sugar
- 0.75 cup potato starch
- 3 tsp coffee
- 1 Tbs hot water
- 0.5 cup chopped nuts
- 100 gram confectioners sugar
- 1 tsp coffee
- 2 tsp water
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 handful roasted, salted pecan halves
- flaky salt

## Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350c.
2. Beat egg whites with 1/2 cup sugar till stiff peaks form.
3. Set aside the beaten egg whites.
4. Whisk yolks with remaining 1/2 cup sugar till fluffy.
5. Add oil and coffee to the yolk mixture and whisk.
6. Add potato starch, vanilla, and nuts (if using) to the yolk mixture.
7. Fold the yolk mixture GENTLY into the whites, trying not to deflate the batter.
8. Pour the batter into a pan one size smaller than 9x13.
9. Bake for 40 minutes.
10. Let the cake cool.
11. For the glaze, mix confectioners sugar, 1 tsp coffee dissolved in 2 tsp water, and 2 tsp oil.
12. Add roasted, salted pecan halves to the glaze.
13. Pour the glaze over the cooled cake.
14. Sprinkle flaky salt.
15. Slice and enjoy.

## Equipment

- oven
- pan

## Tips

- Whip egg whites really good until stiff peaks form.
- Fold gently to avoid deflating the batter.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWhRj_2DDLx/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/6bfa8514-7408-4258-baf2-ce5439a245f8
- Extracted: 2026-03-30

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