Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Streusel Crumb Topping from Go Go Go Gourmet

Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Streusel Crumb Topping - made March 30, 2024 from Go Go Go Gourmet

Cake

1 stick (4 ounces, 8 tablespoons) butter, softened

3/4 cup granulated sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 large egg

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 teaspoons baking powder

pinch of salt

3/4 cup whole milk

Filling

3 tablespoons butter, softened

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

Topping

5 tablespoons butter, softened

1 tablespoon cinnamon

3/4 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a 9 x 9 baking pan with foil and lightly spray with nonstick cooking spray.
2. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Add vanilla and egg; mix to combine.
3. In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Add half the dry ingredients to butter-sugar mixture and mix to combine.
4. Add milk and mix to combine. Add remaining dry ingredients and mix until combined and no floury streaks remain, scraping down sides and bottom of bowl to keep mixture even textured.
5. Make filling: in a small bowl, mix together butter, cinnamon, flour and brown sugar until well combined and no large butter lumps remain.
6. Make topping: in a medium bowl, mix together butter, cinnamon, flour and brown sugar, cutting the butter into the dry ingredients. Use your hands to squeeze large handfuls of the streusel mixture together into large clumps.
7. Spread half the batter evenly n the bottom of the prepared pan. Sprinkle with the filling mixture, covering batter completely. Gently dollop the remaining batter over the filling, covering as much as possible without dislodging the filling.
8. Squeeze clumps of the topping together to form large crumbs before dropping on top of the batter. Cover top as much as possible with the topping mixture. Press gently into batter for the crumbs to adhere.
9. Bake 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.

I’ve been giving financial literacy workshops in my area lately and for each session, I bake something to share with the participants. It gives me a chance to try a new recipe that I can’t send in a military care package since it would take too long to get there and I wouldn’t risk mold or staleness in sending cakes, even if vacuum sealed. Plus I like a good bribe to entice people to attend.

I liked this recipe. The cake part was fluffy and the cinnamon swirl running through it gave it extra flavor while the streusel topping gave it a little crunch without using nuts. The glaze tops it with a bit of sweetness.

When you make the streusel, squeeze it into large clumps with your hands. Grab a handful and make a fist. Then break the larger chunks into slightly smaller pieces. This helps from just having streusel dust as a topping and the chunks add to the crunch when baked. My glaze was a bit runny so you can't see it very well as it absorbed into the top after a few minutes. I didn't measure when I made the glaze but it's made of powdered sugar, milk and vanilla extract. If you want a thicker glaze, just cut back on the milk or use more powdered sugar.