Sweeten Summer with Stawberry-Pecan Coffee Cake

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Allison wanted to start her own little mini garden last year, so I bought her a few strawberry plants to tend to. She opted to plant them in an over sized flower pot and did  pretty good with them, but for some reason they didn't grow again this year. The funny thing is, I think a chipmunk must have buried some of the strawberry seeds in other parts of MY garden because I have noticed several patches of strawberry plants popping up in a few different areas where I normally plant my tomatoes and peppers. No worries, since I can just dig them up and replant them, but if anyone has any ideas on how to keep those pesky chipmunks out of my garden, I'm all ears. I do have chicken wire around the perimeter, but so far it's proving not to be very helpful at keeping sly critters out.

Our berries aren't red and ripe yet, but we have been lucky at finding big, juicy berries on the cheap at the market this month. When they go for a little over a buck for a container, I load up. Some I'll pack in the girl's lunches, some we freeze for smoothies, and some we'll use for baking, like we did last week when we made this Strawberry-Pecan Coffee Cake.

This coffee cake is loaded with sweet strawberries and crunchy pecans, and topped with an oh, so sweet streusel crumble. It's so yummy, I bet it becomes your favorite summertime dessert after your first bite.

 

Author: Theresa Mprint recipe

Strawberry-Pecan Coffee Cake

INGREDIENTS:

Streusel Topping

• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup all purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup cold butter, cubed

Cake

• 1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 ½ cups strawberries, mashed

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. In a small bowl, combine the sugar, flour and cinnamon. Use a fork or pasty cutter to cut in butter until crumbly. Set aside.
2. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a1 11 inch coffee cake pan with cooking spray. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a large bowl, stir together melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar. Stir in buttermilk and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients, stirring until just moistened. Fold in the strawberries and pecans.
4. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Using a rubber spatula, smooth the top of the cake. Sprinkle the streusel mixture over the the top of the cake.
5. Bake 50 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Allow to cool. Top with halved strawberries if desired. Serve.

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What are you baking with summer fruit this year?