Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake Mug Cake

cinnamon coffee cake with icing drizzled on top in a white mug atop a metal plate with two spoons and small white flowers around.

Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake Mug Cake

This Cinnamon Pecan Coffee Cake Mug Cake is soft, tender, and layered with brown sugar cinnamon pecan streusel. Made from scratch and ready in just 7 minutes, it’s the perfect single-serving coffee cake!

Course: Breakfast

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 2

Total Time: 7

Servings: serving

Calories: 807kcal

Ingredients

Streusel

2½ Tablespoons brown sugar firmly packed
½ teaspoon all purpose flour
½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch salt
¼ cup chopped pecans

Cake

¼ cup all purpose flour
1 Tablespoon granulated sugar
1 Tablespoon brown sugar firmly packed
⅛ teaspoon baking powder
1/16 teaspoon baking soda
1/16 teaspoon salt
1 large egg room temperature
2 Tablespoons sour cream
4 teaspoons vegetable oil
1¼ teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Streusel

Whisk brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt together in a small bowl.
Stir in pecans. Set aside.

Cake

Whisk flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a small bowl.
Add egg, sour cream, vegetable oil, and vanilla.
Whisk until smooth.

Assembly

Spray a 10-ounce mug with baking spray.
Spoon half of the cake batter into the mug.
Top with half the streusel.
Spoon the rest of the cake batter over the top of the streusel.
Top with the rest of the streusel.
Microwave on high power for 2 minutes.

Notes

Our microwave is 1250 watts. If yours is higher or lower wattage, you may have to adjust the cook time.

If you would prefer, you can spoon all the cake batter into the mug and top with all the streusel.

You can top with a simple icing of powdered sugar and milk, if you would like.

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