witchy_recipes | Starbucks Classic Coffee Cake (Reply)

A good coffee house will have good coffee cake, and Starbucks is no
exception. The world's biggest coffee house chain offers cake that is tasty
and moist, with a perfect cinnamon streusel crumb topping that goes great
with a hot cup of coffee. You may find slight variations of the cake at
different Starbucks locations. Sometimes there is a ribbon of cinnamon
running through the middle of the cake, and sometimes the cake is dusted
with a bit of powdered sugar. You'll also find some versions with a few
chopped pecans in the topping like this one.

Topping
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 cup chopped pecans
1 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup granulated sugar
2 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup milk

Directions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
2. Make topping by combining 1 cup flour with brown sugar, a stick of
softened butter and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl. Mixture should
have the consistency of moist sand. Add 1/2 cup chopped pecans.
3. 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.
Add eggs and vanilla and mix well.
4. In a separate bowl combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add this dry
mixture to the moist ingredients a little bit at a time. Add milk and mix
well.
5. Spoon the batter into a 9 x 13-inch baking pan that has been buttered and
dusted with a light coating of flour.
6. Sprinkle the crumb topping over the batter. Be sure the topping
completely covers the batter.
7. Bake cake for 50 minutes, or until the edges just begin to turn light
brown. Cool and slice into 8 pieces.