This is the quickest and easiest (and delicious-est) coffee cake. Like this is the one you throw together in a jiff for an impromptu friend visit. Or just because you suddenly have a hankering for cinnamon coffee cake.
All I’m saying is if you feel like treating yourself to a sweet treat this weekend—a warm, cinnamon-y slice of heaven to go with your Saturday or Sunday morning coffee—THIS is the thing to make.
This recipe can be easily cut in half and baked in an 8-inch square or 9-inch round layer cake pan. In fact, I doubled the original recipe because that little coffee cake just wasn’t enough for my family of six. I mean, not if we wanted to have leftovers (and we WANTED to have leftovers). I’ve also quartered the recipe and baked it in a bread loaf pan for a single/double person amount. (And just for you, I’ve included the half and quarter recipes below.)
It also bakes up BEAUTIFULLY with a gluten-free one-to-one baking flour.
I mean, this recipe is SO versatile and so utterly scrumptious, you may find yourself looking for each and every opportunity to make it. And who could blame you? With ribbons of rich, buttery-sweet cinnamon streusel sunken into the soft vanilla cake, there’s really never a reason not to make it.
This is all just to say, you’re welcome. <3
Ingredients
Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour (can substitute all purpose flour)
- 1/4 cup ground flax meal (optional, but adds good nutrition))
- 5 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2/3 cup melted butter
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F/190 C. Butter and flour a 13 x 9 cake pan.
- Mix together topping ingredients until crumbly. Set aside.
- Combine flour, flax meal, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Melt butter in a smaller bowl or quart measuring cup, then mix in sugar. Beat in eggs, then add milk and vanilla.
- Add liquid ingredients to dry, and beat well. Pour batter into your prepared pan, then sprinkle the topping over it evenly. Bake at 375 F/190 C for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving warm.
Notes
Ingredients
Topping
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoons cinnamon
Cake
- 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 3/4 cups whole wheat flour (can substitute all purpose flour)
- 2 Tablespoons ground flax meal (optional, but adds good nutrition))
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/3 cup melted butter
- 3/4 cups sugar
- 1 eggs
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F/190 C. Butter and flour a 9-inch square pan or 8-inch round layer cake pan.
- Mix together topping ingredients until crumbly. Set aside.
- Combine flour, flax meal, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Melt butter in a smaller bowl or quart measuring cup, then mix in sugar. Beat in eggs, then add milk and vanilla.
- Add liquid ingredients to dry, and beat well. Pour batter into your prepared pan, then sprinkle the topping over it evenly. Bake at 375 F/190 C for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving warm.
Notes
Ingredients
Topping
- 3 Tablespoons brown sugar
- 4 teaspoons all purpose flour
- 1 1/3 Tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Cake
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 Tablespoon ground flax meal (optional, but adds good nutrition))
- 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 Tablespoons melted butter
- 1/4 cups sugar
- 1 eggs
- 3 Tablespoons milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 F/190 C. Butter and flour a bread pan.
- Mix together topping ingredients until crumbly. Set aside.
- Combine flour, flax meal, baking powder, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
- Melt butter in a smaller bowl or quart measuring cup, then mix in sugar. Beat in eggs, then add milk and vanilla.
- Add liquid ingredients to dry, and beat well. Pour batter into your prepared pan, then sprinkle the topping over it evenly. Bake at 375 F/190 C for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Let cool for about 10 minutes before serving warm.