# Brown Butter Pumpkin Coffee Cake

A fluffy, moist pumpkin spice cake with a touch of brown butter layered with brown sugar streusel and a maple glaze, perfect for fall.

- Total time: 45 min
- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 0.5 cup unsalted butter
- 1.25 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 0.5 cup plain Greek yogurt
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups AP flour
- 1 tbsp pumpkin pie spice
- 0.5 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1.5 cup brown sugar for streusel
- 1.5 cup AP flour for streusel
- 0.5 cup soft unsalted butter for streusel
- 1 tbsp cinnamon
- 1 pinch salt for streusel
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp milk or heavy cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract for glaze
- 1 pinch salt for glaze

## Instructions

1. Pour cooled brown butter into a large bowl.
2. Add brown sugar, Greek yogurt, eggs, and vanilla extract to the bowl.
3. Whisk the wet ingredients until well combined.
4. Add pumpkin puree to the wet mixture and mix.
5. Sift in the AP flour, pumpkin pie spice, salt, baking powder, and baking soda into the wet mixture.
6. Fold the dry ingredients into the wet mixture using a spatula until combined.
7. For the brown sugar streusel, add flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt to a small bowl.
8. Add soft unsalted butter to the streusel mixture.
9. Mix the streusel ingredients with your hands until it forms a clumpy crumble.
10. Line an 8x8 baking pan with parchment paper.
11. Spoon half of the pumpkin cake batter into the prepared baking pan and spread evenly.
12. Sprinkle a thick layer of the brown sugar streusel over the first layer of batter.
13. Spoon the remaining pumpkin cake batter over the streusel layer and spread evenly.
14. Top with another thick layer of the brown sugar streusel.
15. Bake at 375°F for 45-60 minutes.
16. Once baked and cooled, cut the coffee cake into squares.

## Equipment

- small saucepan
- large bowl
- whisk
- spatula
- small bowl
- 8x8 baking pan
- parchment paper
- spoon
- knife
- fork

## Tips

- Place a stick of butter in a small saucepan on medium-high heat, stir continuously until you have a golden foamy butter, then remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- Bake at 375°F for 45-60 minutes.
- The coffee cake is ready when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out dry.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMH55jCa/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/96fe0773-465b-4233-9966-1051111a7608
- Extracted: 2025-10-23

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