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The World’s Best Coffee Cake

Last updated on May 18th, 2023 at 12:55 am

This is without question the best coffee cake in the whole entire world. I know. ย That’s a big statement to make. ย But it’s true. ย Cake and pudding combine with brown sugar and nuts to create an explosion of crumbly, buttery, nutty and sugary goodness. ย The recipe makes two, one for you and one for the rest of the family.

The World’s Best Coffee Cake

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Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings: 24

Ingredients

  • 1 Boxย  Duncan Hinesย yellow cake mix (I use theย deluxe moist one)
  • 1 smallย  box Instant vanilla pudding
  • 4 eggs
  • 3/4 cupย  vegetable oil
  • 3/4 cupย  water
  • 2 tspย  vanilla
  • 1/2 cupย  sugar
  • 1/2 cupย  light brown sugar
  • 2 Tbspย  cinnamon
  • 1/2 cupย  chopped pecans

For the Icing:

  • 1 1/2 cupย  powdered sugar
  • 1 tspย  vanilla
  • 1/4 cupย  milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • In a standing mixer mix the first 6 ingredients for about 5 -8 minutes. You want them to be extremely well blended!
  • While the batter is mixing, prepare the cake pans and the nut/sugar mixture.
  • In a separate bowl, combine the 2 sugars, cinnamon and pecans. Set aside.
  • Grease and flour 2 round orย square cake pans.ย 

To assemble the coffee cake:

  • Put 1/3 sugar mixture into bottom of each pan. Divide 1/2 cake batter between each pan.ย  Then sprinkle 1/3 sugar mixture over cake batter in each pan. Add the rest of the cake batter to each pan.ย  Top each pan with remaining sugar mixture.ย  Take a knife and swirl through cake and sugar mixtures to make it look like marble.ย 
  • Bake for about 30-35 minutes. Test by inserting a toothpick into the center. They are done when the toothpick comes out clean, or with a few crumbs.
  • Cool the cakes thoroughly on a wire rack before icing them.

For the icing:

  • In a small bowl whisk together the sugar, vanilla and milk.
  • Drizzle icing over cooled cakes.

Notes

I promise you that once you make this coffee cake, you wonโ€™t make ANY other recipe EVER again! This recipe makes TWO coffee cakesโ€ฆ..DO NOT adjust the recipe if you only want to make one. Don’t worry about the exact proportions when adding the sugar mixture and batter to each cake pan. As long as half the batter winds up in each pan, and half the sugar mixture winds up in each pan the recipe will turn out perfectly!
Have you made this recipe?I’d love to know! Leave a comment or recipe rating and tag me @amenuforyou on social media!

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2 Comments

    1. Yes! You absolutely can make this in a bundt pan! I’d add about 10 minutes cooking time and keep checking until a toothpick comes out clean. It’s deeper than the cake pans, so it will take a bit longer. Let me know how it turns out!

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