Brown Sugar-Buttermilk Coffee Cake with Pecan Topping

This old-fashioned coffee cake is tender and moist with a brown sugar and pecan topping that also drizzles down underneath the surface. Yummy for coffee or brunch. 

Brown Sugar-Buttermilk Coffee Cake with Pecan Topping  Yield: up to 24 servings

Cake:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 cups buttermilk 

2 teaspoons vanilla  

2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

3 cups  all-purpose flour

Topping:

6 tablespoons melted butter

1 cup light brown sugar 

1/4 cup milk

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2/3 to 1 cup diced pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9" x 13" cake pan. 
2. Beat the butter and brown sugar together until smooth. 
   
3. Add the eggs, beating until smooth.
   
4. Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla.
5. Add the baking soda, salt, and flour to the wet ingredients, beating till thoroughly combined.
   
6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
   
7. Bake the cake for 30 minutes or until the a toothpick inserted in center come out clean. Towards the end of the baking time, prepare the topping.
8. Heat the butter, brown sugar and milk just until butter is melted. Add salt, cinnamon and pecans. 
   
9. Remove the cake from the oven. Using a fork, poke holes in the top the cake.
   
10. Pour topping over cake and spread to even.
    

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Brown Sugar-Buttermilk Coffee Cake with Pecan Topping  Yield: up to 24 servings

Cake:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 large eggs

2 cups buttermilk 

2 teaspoons vanilla  

2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon salt

3 cups  all-purpose flour

Topping:

6 tablespoons melted butter

1 cup light brown sugar 

1/4 cup milk

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

2/3 to 1 cup diced pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly grease a 9" x 13" cake pan. 
2. Beat the butter and brown sugar together until smooth. 
3. Add the eggs, beating until smooth.
4. Stir in the buttermilk and vanilla.
5. Add the baking soda, salt, and flour to the wet ingredients, beating till thoroughly combined.
6. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
7. Bake the cake for 30 minutes or until the a toothpick inserted in center come out clean. Towards the end of the baking time, prepare the topping.
8. Heat the butter, brown sugar and milk just until butter is melted. Add salt, cinnamon and pecans. 
9. Remove the cake from the oven. Using a fork, poke holes in the top the cake.
10. Pour topping over cake and spread to even.