Banana Coffee Cake with Pecans

The cinnamon-brown sugar-pecan topping makes this banana cake a crowd pleaser.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 45 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 5 mins
• Calories: 313 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 cup mashed ripe banana
• 1 cup superfine sugar
• 3 tablespoons brown sugar, or more to taste
• 0.25 cup sour cream
• 0.5 cup butter, melted
• 1.5 cups cake flour

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.

Step 2

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9-inch square baking dish.

Step 3

Beat superfine sugar and butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating until each egg is fully incorporated before adding the next. Mix baking soda into sour cream in another bowl and stir into butter mixture until combined.

Step 4

Stir bananas into butter mixture; add cake flour and baking powder and mix well. Stir in vanilla extract. Pour banana cake batter into prepared baking dish.

Step 5

Mix pecans, brown sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl; sprinkle over cake batter.