The VERY Best Coffee Cake Recipe ever is moist and buttery, with a cinnamon sugar layer in the middle topped with crumb topping and a sweet glaze icing. Perfect for breakfast or brunch with a hot cup of coffee!
Use buttermilk or sour cream: Buttermilk and sour cream are great ingredients for keeping coffee cake moist because they add acidity, which helps to tenderize the batter and prevent the cake from drying out.
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Why Isn’t There Coffee IN This Cake?
There are a few defining characteristics of a coffee cake. And nope there is no ACTUAL coffee in this recipe. This cake is meant to be enjoyed WITH coffee.
- No Frosting – OR a light drizzle of an icing glaze. A lot of the time coffee cake is just dusted with powdered sugar, which you could absolutely do on this recipe!
- Cinnamon. Coffee Cakes are generally spiced with cinnamon. I don’t make the rules.
- Crumb Topping – This is not a must, but it’s very common. A lot of coffee cakes include nuts in the crumb topping as well, which you could do here if you like that! I’ll hit on that in a minute.
- Vanilla Cake – It’s very typical for a coffee cake base to be a vanilla cake as opposed to chocolate.
- A Single Layer Cake – Whether it be a 9×13, or a round cake, coffee cake is generally a single layer cake!
The BEST Coffee Cake Recipe
FAQ
Why is coffee cake so dry?
How do you make dry coffee cake moist?
How long can coffee cake sit out?
How to make a moist coffee cake?
Add a little bit more vegetable oil to get THE moistest coffee cake. This coffee cake is already moist (as the name suggests!), but if you want to really set it over the top you can add extra vegetable oil. This recipe calls for 2/3 cup of vegetable oil (or canola is fine), so you’ll bump that up to 3/4 cup to get a moister yield.
How to reduce my coffee consumption?
There are a few ways to do this. If the key is to reduce caffeine then you could switch to decaf coffee first. You could also reduce your coffee cup or mug size. Replacing coffee with another hot drink could also help. A lot of the time, coffee is consumed out of habit as part of a work environment. Switching this with variations of herbal teas can assist in reducing your coffee intake without interfering with your work routine.
What makes a good coffee cake?
The ultimate companion to a hot cup of joe, a good piece of coffee cake is rich and moist, with a sweet, crunchy streusel that runs through the middle of the cake and is also heaped on top (via King Arthur Flour ).
Why is a coffee cake so easy to make?
A soft, tender, easy-to-make coffee cake, heavy on the crumbs! Because the crumb part… is the best part. If you’re anything like me, you pick off the crumb topping from your coffee cake. Or you take the piece with the most crumb topping on it. If I could make a meal out of crumb topping… believe me, I would.