Coffee House Coffee Cake

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A delicious coffee cake from the famed espresso chain. You'll earn brownie points with your co-workers if you bring this in to work with you!!

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Steps

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Preheat oven to 325.

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Make topping by combining 1 cup flour with brown sugar , 1 / 2 cup softened butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a bowl.

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Mixture should have the consistency of moist sand.

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Add 1 / 2 cup chopped pecans.

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In a large bowl , cream together 1 cup butter , 3 / 4 cup light brown sugar and 1 / 2 cup granulated sugar with an electric mixer until smooth and fluffy.

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Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.

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In a separate bowl combine flour , baking powder and salt.

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Add this dry mixture to the moist ingredients a little at a time.

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Add milk and mix well.

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Pour the batter into a 9 x 13 baking pan that has been buttered and dusted with a light coating of flour.

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Sprinkle the crumb topping over the batter.

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Be sure the topping completely covers the batter.

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Bake 50 minutes or until the edges just begin to brown.

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Cool.

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Ingredients

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all-purpose flour, light brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, pecans, granulated sugar, eggs, vanilla, baking powder, salt, milk