An easy coffee cake with a crispy, delicious streusel topping is great for a special breakfast, brunch, or even dessert. It's old fashioned comfort food that is easy to make and the whole family will enjoy!
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There is nothing better than a good ole' classic coffee cake. This recipe features the best moist cake that is topped with the infamous buttery cinnamon-spiced streusel topping that everyone adores.
They are so quick to make with staple ingredients you more than likely have in your pantry already. With minimal 10-15 prep time, it is ready to bake and serve with your morning cup of coffee or afternoon snack.
Why we love this homemade coffee cake:
- It's so quick to make! This recipe can be easily doubled to freeze one for later.
- Kids love this classic coffee cake just as mush as the adults.
- Perfect for a crowd! Make it for holiday breakfasts, or baby showers or wedding showers or any other party.
Ingredients needed:
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Substitutions and Variations
- Add chopped walnuts or pecans to the topping for a little extra crunch.
- Add in ¼ cup of chocolate chips or ½ cup of fresh or frozen blueberries to the coffee cake batter prior to baking.
- Use any non-diary milk if preferred.
How to make Coffee Cake
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray or line with parchment paper.
For the Streusel Topping
- Mix the streusel ingredients:½ cup of light brown sugar, ½ cup of white sugar, ½ cup of flour sugars and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon in a medium bowl and stir to combine.
- Add in the cold cubed butter and press into the mixture with a fork until the dry ingredients are completely covered with butter.
For the Coffee Cake
- In a separate large bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and stir to combine.
- Then add the butter and, using a fork or pastry cutter, mashed the butter into the flour mixture until it is thoroughly blended into the dry ingredients.
- Next, add the egg, milk and vanilla extract and stir with a fork until the flour is just barely mixed in.
- Pour half of the batter into the prepared baking dish and top with one cup of the crumb topping to create a thin layer of streusel i n the middle.
- Pour the rest of the batter into the prepared pan and spread gently with a knife to cover the middle crumbles.
- Then evenly spread the remaining crumbles over the batter.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before cutting.
Frequently Asked Questions
Store covered with foil or plastic wrap at room temperature for 1-2 days or in an airtight container for 7 days in the refrigerator.
Yes! They are very freezer friendly. Wrap the coffee cake in plastic wrap first, then wrap in aluminum foil and freeze for 2 up to months.
Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping
Ingredients
For the cake
- 2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup Butter softened
- 1 cup Milk
- 1 large Egg
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
For the cinnamon streusel topping:
- ½ cup Brown Sugar
- ½ cup white sugar
- ½ cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup Butter cold and cut into cubes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease an 8x8 baking dish with cooking spray.
- Make the streusel topping
- In a small mixing bowl, add the sugars, flour and cinnamon and stir together with fork.
- Add the butter to the flour mixture and press (cut) the butter into the dry ingredients using a fork until it becomes crumbly. Make sure all of the flour is dampened by the butter.
- In a separate medium mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and cinnamon and stir to combine.
- Then add the butter and, using a fork again, mashed the butter into the flour mixture until it is thoroughly blended into the dry ingredients.
- Next, add the egg, milk and vanilla extract and stir with a fork until the flour is just barely mixed in.
- Pour ½ the batter into the prepared baking dish and top with one cup of the crumb topping.
- Pour the rest of the batter into the dish and spread gently with a knife to cover the middle crumbles.
- Then evenly spread the remaining crumbles over the batter.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes before cutting.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
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