Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping
An easy-to-make coffee cake with crispy streusel topping is great for a special breakfast, brunch, or even dessert. It's old fashioned comfort food that is easy to make and so delicious.
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
Add chopped nuts to the topping
Add a few chocolate chips or blueberries to the batter.
Use any non-diary milk if preferred.
Store covered with foil or plastic wrap at room temperature for 1-2 days or in an air tight container for 7 days in the refrigerator.
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.