Coffee Cake Recipe (aka Muffin Cake)
This is a classic coffee cake with a cinnamon struesel topping. We don't do coffee in my household, so we call it Muffin Cake. We eat this almost every Sunday (in various forms). We usually have it with hardboiled eggs.
Equipment
- 9 x 13 baking dish (glass)
- Large Mixing Bowl
- Food Processor
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1 C Sugar
- 3 C Flour
- 3 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Salt
- 1 C Vegetable Oil
- 1 C Milk
- 2 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Vanilla
Struesel Topping
- ½ C Sugar
- ⅓ C Flour
- ¼ C Butter (cubed)
- 1 tsp Cinnamon
- ½ C Melted butter (optional)
Instructions
The Concept
- You are making a coffee cake with a layer of cinnamon streusel in the middle and a struesel crumble on top. You will make two layers of cake batter and streusel to do this.
To make the coffee cake batter
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In the large mixing bowl, blend the sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Make a small well in the middle of the mixture.
- In the well, combine oil, eggs, vanilla, and milk.
- Begin stirring everything together with a whisk, beginning in the middle and working your way to the sides as everything incorporates.
- Set aside.
Cinnamon Streusel Topping
- Add the sugar, flour, cubed butter, and cinnamon into the food processor.
- Blend it until it forms a crumble.
Preparing for baking
- Pour half of the batter into a prepared 9 x 13 pan and spread evenly throughout the pan.
- Pour half of the streusel and spread evenly. (This will make a layer of struesel in the middle of the cake)
- Pour the remaining batter on top of the streusel and spread evenly.
- Top with the remaining streusel.
- If you desire, you can drizzle the top with ½ C of melted butter.
- Bake for about 45 minutes at 350°F.