It’s a rare person who can resist a piece of freshly made coffee cake, especially when it’s spiced with a cinnamon ripple filling and sprinkled with a streusel topping. Paired with a cup of hot coffee — mmm, heaven
<a name=\'more\'></a>![/p][p]The directions give you the choice of baking in a 9×13 pan or two 9″ round cake pans. I chose the 9×13 pan option because I wanted to cut it in squares instead of slices. The cake took 15-20 minutes longer to bake, but I’m not sure if that’s an issue with the recipe directions or my oven. Just be warned that yours might take a bit longer to bake. Check it at 55-60 minutes, then let it bake longer if it’s still wet or doughy in the middle when doing the toothpick check.
I added about a 1/2 cup sliced almonds to the streusel topping, which turned out to be a nice addition. Chopped pecans would also work if you wanted to add those.
This is a large cake so it’s perfect for feeding a crowd. Enjoy!
Cinnamon-Streusel Coffeecake
Looking for everyone’s favorite comfort-food coffeecake? This is it. Soft and moist, nicely cinnamon-y, this is the quintessential breakfast coffeecake.
Note: For those of you looking for a cake with less filling, one where the golden cake itself is the main attraction, reduce the amount of brown sugar in the filling to 1/3 cup, keeping the remaining ingredients the same.
Our guarantee: This golden cake is tender and moist, with a middle layer of dark cinnamon filling and a crumbly streusel topping.
Streusel topping• 1 cup granulated sugar• 1 cup King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour• 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon• 6 tablespoons butter, melted
Filling• 1 cup brown sugar, light or dark• 1 1/2 tablespoons ground cinnamon• 1 teaspoon unsweetened cocoa powder
Cake• 3/4 cup butter• 1 teaspoon salt• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar• 1/3 cup brown sugar• 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract• 3 large eggs• 3/4 cup sour cream or plain yogurt• 1 1/4 cups milk (anything from skim to whole)• 3 3/4 cups King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
Tips from King Arthur Flour bakers• Since butter and sour cream are both key ingredients in this cake, we encourage you to use the best quality you can get. We highly recommend Cabot, a superb Vermont brand available nationally.• It’s easy to spread half the batter in the pan when you know how much it weighs. If you have a kitchen scale, half the batter weighs about 28 ounces.• Want to prepare this coffeecake the night before, then bake in the morning? It’s easy; simply cover the unbaked cake with plastic wrap, and refrigerate overnight. Next morning, bake the cake as directed. Start testing for doneness at the end of the suggested baking time; you’ll probably have to add 5 minutes or so to the total time, to account for the batter being chilled.• Dress it up for guests: Make a glaze with ½ cup confectioners’ or glazing sugar and 1 tablespoon milk; drizzle glaze over the cooled coffeecake.