Description
The best easy coffee cake recipe! Quick, simple, and healthy breakfast idea with cinnamon swirls and crumb topping. Perfect for brunch or cozy baking days. This moist classic is beginner-friendly and always a hit at gatherings!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup brown sugar (for streusel)
- 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon (for streusel)
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour (for streusel)
- 3 tablespoons cold butter (for streusel)
- ¾ cup powdered sugar (for glaze)
- 1–2 tablespoons milk
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract (for glaze)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9×13-inch pan.
- Make streusel: combine brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and cold butter until crumbly. Set aside.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar until light. Add eggs and vanilla.
- Alternate adding flour mixture and sour cream. Mix until smooth.
- Spread half the batter into the pan, add half the streusel, then remaining batter and streusel. Swirl slightly.
- Bake 35–40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool slightly. Mix glaze ingredients and drizzle over warm cake.
Notes
- Use room temperature ingredients for a smoother batter.
- Don’t overmix once dry ingredients are added.
- Freeze leftovers in slices for easy snacking later.
- Replace sour cream with Greek yogurt if needed.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 27g
- Sodium: 140mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 4g
- Cholesterol: 70mg