Easy Coffee Cake Recipe
This tender and easy coffee cake recipe has a cinnamon sugar swirl inside and is topped with a crunchy cinnamon-sugar crumb topping. A drizzle of icing completes the perfect cake to pair with your coffee.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk (or regular milk)
- 1/2 cup sour cream or yogurt
For the Cinnamon-Sugar layer:
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon
For the Crumb Topping
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
- pinch of salt
Icing Drizzle
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and generously grease a 9x9 cake pan with butter (or line it with parchment paper.)
- To make the cake, mix the flour, baking powder and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment affixed, blend the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, vanilla extract, milk and sour cream and blend until combined.
- Blend in the dry ingredients to form the cake batter, scraping down the sides of the bowl to ensure it all mixes well.
- Next, combine the cinnamon, flour and sugar for the cinnamon-sugar layer in a bowl.
- In another bowl, blend all of the ingredients for the crumb topping using a fork.
- Pour half of the cake batter into your baking dish. Sprinkle it evenly with the cinnamon sugar. Dollop the remaining cake batter evenly over the cinnamon-sugar and use the back of a spoon or spatula to gently spread it.
- Using your hands, sprinkle the crumb topping on top of the cake batter breaking it up into pea sized clumps.
- Bake for approximately 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool completely.
- In a small bowl, stir icing sugar and milk together to create the icing. Add more milk if needed to get the desired consistency. Drizzle over the cake.
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Nutrition
Calories: 534kcalCarbohydrates: 79gProtein: 6gFat: 22gSaturated Fat: 14gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 97mgSodium: 366mgPotassium: 104mgFiber: 1gSugar: 52gVitamin A: 716IUVitamin C: 0.02mgCalcium: 92mgIron: 2mg
The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.
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