Coffee Cake



Ingredients:

  • 2/3 cup brown sugar
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1/4 cup milk
  • 1 cup icing sugar
Instructions:
  • Preheat oven to 350F, grease or line cake pan with parchment paper
  • In a medium bowl, mix together 2/3 cup brown sugar, 3/4 cup flour, 2 1/2 tsp cinnamon. Cut in 1/2 cup chilled butter until mix is pea-sized crumbs. Refrigerate
  • In a large bowl, whisk together 1 1/4 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, 1/4 tsp baking soda, and 1/4 tsp salt
  • In another bowl, with a hand mixer, beat together 1/2 cup room temp butter, 3/4 cup sugar on high until smooth and creamy, about 3 min
  • Add 2 eggs and 2 tsp vanilla extract and beat on med-high until combined, then add 1/2 cup sour cream and do the same
  • Add flour mixture to the wet ingredients and beat on low until combined, then beat in 2 tbsp milk
  • Spread 1/2 of the batter onto prepared cake pan, top with 1/2 of the crumb mixture from the fridge, then spread the remaining cake batter, then top with remaining crumb mixture
  • Bake 25-40 min or until done, testing by inserting a toothpick and seeing if it comes out clean. Allow 15 min to cool after coming out
  • While cake is baking, whisk together 1 cup icing sugar, 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, and 2 tbsp milk. Drizzle over warm cake
Yield: 1 cake

Source: Modified from sallysbakingaddiction.com/coffee-cake-recipe/#tasty-recipes-73631

Description:

The original recipe had extremely specific amounts for the ingredients, and they were divided into categories. The way I do it here, the ingredients section is for checking to see if you have it at home, and then the instructions include the quantities needed. So I had to add together the ingredients that repeated between the categories, and because it was so specific I approximated the amounts. Hopefully this recipe is still usable.

Lee-Anne made this to share at my workplace for a conversation group. I really wanted one of the guys there to try it, because he runs a coffee group where he makes treats and it seemed perfect. But he'd never had it before.

A fun fact is that coffee cake is not meant to taste like coffee, it's supposed to go well with it. It's actually more of a layered cinnamon cake with brown sugar topping. Despite the slightly complex recipe, the end result was well received.

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