Pumpkin Coffee Cake

I love pumpkin this time of year (minus pumpkin pie which has a vile texture that I cannot get over) so I was  looking out for new and exciting pumpkin recipes to try when I came across this.  (Heavenly light and angels start singing) 

I made this little number last weekend because Mr.'s bro and his wife (Coach and Feisty) plus their bambina were visiting.  They (Coach) always love a good sweet so I knew they would be an easy sell.

I did make some changed to the original recipe:

First, I don't own pumpkin pie spice so I improvised based on this recipe enhancing it a bit for a spicier cake.  I used instead:

3 teaspoons of cinnamon
3/4 tsp of ginger
3/4 tsp of nutmeg
1/2 tsp of cloves

Plus a couple extra shimmy shakes of each for good luck.

Secondly, I cut out the nuts.  My personal opinion is that the surest way to a ruin a dessert is to put nuts in it.  My number 1 commandment of baking is "No nuts".  So they got tossed and we did not miss them a bit.

This puppy cooked for slightly longer than it said on the instructions but in the end:

Major win! 

Feisty downed two big pieces!  YEAH!  I downed a decent amount myself. 

It was yum-o!

We will be eating this again before all is said and done.

Highly recommend.