About
Honey's Best Coffee Cake is destined to become your best coffee cake, too! This ultra-moist, ultra-sweet coffee cake is tender and light, with plenty of crunchy, buttery pecans mixed in. Served with coffee, tea, or as a snack all on its own, Honey's Best Coffee Cake is the perfect way to celebrate the bees' bounty with neighbors and friends!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup honey, plus more, to taste, for serving
- 1/3 cup plus 1/4 cup butter, melted, divided
- 2 tablespoons light-colored corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons lemon zest
- 4 teaspoons lemon juice
- 1 cup pecans, chopped, divided
- 1 1/2 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
Step 2 -Coat a 9x9-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray or line it with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides.
Step 3 -In a small bowl, add 1/2 cup of the honey, 1/3 cup of the melted butter, the corn syrup, the lemon zest, and the lemon juice and whisk to combine.
Step 4 -Add 1/2 cup of the chopped pecans to the honey mixture and stir to combine.
Step 5 -Pour the pecan mixture into the prepared baking dish and set it aside.
Step 6 -In the bowl of a food processor, add the oats.
Step 7 -Cover the processor and process until the oats are finely ground.
Step 8 -Transfer the ground oats to a large bowl.
Step 9 -Add the all-purpose flour, the brown sugar, the remaining chopped pecans, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt to the ground oats and stir to combine.
Step 10 -Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients mixture.
Step 11 -In a medium bowl, add the buttermilk, the beaten eggs, the remaining melted butter, and the vanilla.
Step 12 -Add the egg mixture to the well in the flour mixture and stir until just combined. The batter will be lumpy.
Step 13 -Spoon the batter evenly over the pecan mixture in the baking dish.
Step 14 -Bake the coffee cake until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
Step 15 -Transfer the coffee cake from the oven and immediately invert the cake onto a clean serving plate.
Step 16 -Let the cake cool for about 10 minutes.
Step 17 -Serve drizzled with the extra honey.
