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Chocolate Chip Pumpkin Spice Coffee Cake

Fluffy & moist chocolate chip pumpkin cake with a sweet cinnamon filling, buttery pecan streusel topping, and maple icing.

Course Dessert
Keyword coffee cake, fall dessert recipe, pumpkin spice
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 55 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 12 servings
Author Taavi Moore

Ingredients

Pecan Streusel

  • ½ cup (68g) all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup (30g) finely chopped pecans
  • ¼ cup (52g) packed brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • ¼ tsp kosher salt
  • 4 tbsp cold vegan butter, cubed

Cake

  • 2 cups (282g) all-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 ½ tsp pumpkin spice
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • 6 tbsp room temperature vegan butter
  • ¾ cup (158g) granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup (187g) unsweetened, plain non-dairy milk
  • 1 tsp lemon juice
  • ½ cup (126g) pumpkin puree, blotted to remove excess moisture
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • ½ cup (60g) chocolate chips

Cinnamon Filling

  • ½ cup (103g) packed brown sugar
  • ½ cup (68g) all-purpose flour
  • 3 tbsp vegan butter, softened
  • 2 tsp ground cinnamon
  • 1 tsp pumpkin spice

Maple Icing

  • ¼ cup (30g) powdered sugar
  • 1 tbsp vegan butter, melted
  • 1-2 tbsp non-dairy milk
  • ¼ tsp maple extract

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Line an 8×8" pan with parchment paper.

  2. Start by making the streusel. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, pecans, sugars, and salt. Add the cold butter. Use your fingertips to pinch the butter into the dough until well distributed and mixture is sand-like. Store in fridge while preparing the cake.

  3. In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, pumpkin spice, and salt. Whisk together non-dairy milk and lemon juice in a liquid measuring cup. Set aside.

  4. In a separate larger mixing bowl, use a handheld mixer or stand mixer to beat together the butter and sugars until light and fluffy then mix in the pumpkin puree and vanilla. With the mixer on low speed, add a third of the milk and a third of the flour to the butter mixture at a time. Mix until all the milk and flour is incorporated and a smooth batter forms (make sure not to overmix or the cake will be too dense). Fold in chocolate chips. 

  5. To make the cinnamon filling, in a separate small bowl pinch together the softened butter, flour, sugar, cinnamon, and pumpkin spice until soft crumbs form.

  6. Pour half the cake batter into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle filling over the top, then pour over remaining cake batter. Sprinkle over streusel topping and lightly press so it sticks.

  7. Bake for 50-55 minutes or until top is golden brown and toothpick inserted comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs. While cake is cooling, whisk together all icing ingredients until creamy. Let cool for at least 30 minutes before slicing, serving, and topping with icing. Enjoy!