Brown Butter Pumpkin Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Swirl
Recipe: https://recipestripper.com/recipes/cc2c001a-df3d-4d9a-8676-1de0a9f4ea0a
Original source: https://livingthegourmet.com/2025/11/brown-butter-pumpkin-coffee-cake-with-cinnamon-swirl.html
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This cozy coffee cake combines the nutty richness of brown butter with pumpkin puree and a homemade cinnamon swirl. Topped with a buttery brown sugar crumb and finished with a drizzle of icing, it’s the perfect autumn or holiday bake.
Yield: 1
Prep time: PT15M
Cook time: PT50M
Total time: PT1H5M

Ingredients
- ½ cup Tipperary unsalted butter
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
- 1 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 3 tablespoons Tipperary unsalted butter, melted
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup Tipperary unsalted butter, melted
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- ½ cup confectioner's sugar
- 1 teaspoon corn syrup
- 2 teaspoons whole milk, divided

Instructions
1. [For the cinnamon swirl:] In a small bowl, mix the melted butter, sugar, and cinnamon until a thick paste forms. Set aside.
2. [For the streusel topping:] In a small bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and melted butter until crumbly. Set aside.
3. [For the cake:] Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line an 8x8 square baking dish with parchment paper. Set aside.
4. [For the cake:] In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and continue cooking until it begins to foam and brown. Set aside.
5. [For the cake:] In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
6. [For the cake:] In a large bowl, whisk together sugars, pumpkin puree, vanilla, eggs, browned butter, cinnamon, and milk.  Add the dry ingredients and mix until everything is incorporated.
7. [For the cake:] Divide half of the cake batter into the prepared baking dish.
8. [For the cake:] Swirl half of the cinnamon swirl paste through the batter.
9. [For the cake:] Top with the remaining cake batter and repeat the process of swirling the cinnamon paste through the top layer.
10. [For the cake:] Top with the prepared streusel topping and bake for about 50 minutes or until your cake tester comes out clean. Bake time may depend on your oven range.
11. [For the cake:] Remove from the oven and transfer the cake to a wire rack. Let cool to room temperature.
12. [For the cake:] In a small bowl, whisk the ingredients for the icing. Drizzle over the cake and serve.