Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
The absolute best way to start your mornings. This Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake is easy to make, moist, perfectly sweet, cinnamon-y, and just melt in your mouth delicious!
Servings: 12 slices
Calories: 496kcal
Ingredients
Streusel
- 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- 1 Tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1½ Tablespoon all purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Cake
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup brown sugar firmly packed
- 4 large eggs room temperature
- 1 large egg yolk room temperature
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1½ cups buttermilk room temperature
Instructions
Streusel
- In a medium bowl, stir brown sugar, pecans, flour, cinnamon, and salt together. Set aside.
Cake
- Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
- Spray a 10-inch tube pan with baking spray. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together. Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Reduce speed to low and add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
Assembly
- Spoon ⅔ of the cake batter into prepared pan.
- Top with ⅔ of the streusel mix.
- Dollop remaining batter on top of streusel.
- Spread evenly over top.
- Sprinkle remaining streusel mixture evenly over top of batter.
- Bake for approximately 45 minutes, or until cake tests done.
- Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before turning out.
Notes
How To Store:
The great thing about this cake is how well it keeps! You can keep it stored in a covered cake plate for about 4-5 days, in the fridge for about 7-9 days, or even freeze the whole cake (or individual slices!) for a couple months!
If you choose to freeze this cake, remember to set the cake out on the counter and allow to thaw at room temperature. If you froze individual slices, you could do the same thing, or feel free to place a slice in the microwave for about 30 seconds to 1 minute!
A Few Tips To Ensure The Perfect Cake:
- Don't over mix the cake batter!
- Be sure to check the expiration date on your baking powder and baking soda.
- This cake mixes better when all the ingredients are room temperature.
- Let the cake cool completely before turning out of the pan!
- You can use a large bundt pan if you don't have a tube pan.
- You can use salted butter and forgo adding the salt.
- When turning the cake out, some of the streusel will fall off the top.
- If you would like, you can make a vanilla glaze to go on top!
Nutrition
Serving: 1Slice | Calories: 496kcal | Carbohydrates: 72g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 7g | Trans Fat: 0.5g | Cholesterol: 111mg | Sodium: 499mg | Potassium: 183mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 46g | Vitamin A: 521IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 123mg | Iron: 2mg