Cinnamon Swirl Streusel Coffee Cake for Weekends! (9x13 Pan)
It's just general knowledge that a cup of coffee is the perfect accompaniment to this luscious, moist cake adorned with ribbons of cinnamon & sugar and lovingly topped off with an adequate layer of buttery, cinnamon-sugared and crumbly streusel. A simple glaze if you will, to give it a nice finishing touch. Perfect for weekends! #coffee #cake #breakfast #snack #dessert
Servings: 15 Servings
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Ingredients
Cake
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened (or mascarpone, softened)
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ cup buttermilk I used ½ cup almond milk with 1 teaspoon vinegar added, stirred and let sit for 5 minutes to curdle for buttermilk substitution because I prefer to use almond milk
Cinnamon Swirl
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
Streusel Topping
- 10 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted
- 1 ⅓ cup all-purpose flour -
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp brown sugar packed
- 3 Tablespoons granulated sugar
- 4 ½ teaspoons cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Glaze (optional)
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- 2-3 teaspoons almond milk or milk of choice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and spray 13x9 baking pan with non-stick cooking spray.
Streusel Topping
- Melt butter in a medium-sized bowl in 10 second increments stirring in between each interval until just melted. Allow to cool a bit if butter is too hot.
- Use a fork to whisk together the flour, sugars, cinnamon, and salt. Pour in melted butter to mixture and use a fork to stir until combined and has crumble texture.
Cinnamon Swirl
- In another small bowl, whisk together brown sugar and cinnamon for cinnamon swirl. Set aside.
Cake
- In separate, medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cornstarch and salt. Set aside.
- Using a mixer, in a large bowl, cream together butter and softened cream cheese.
- Add in sugars and beat until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating until combined.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Add flour mixture to wet mixture, alternating with some of the buttermilk several times mixing with each addition until all combined.
- Spread almost half of the thick batter into prepared pan.
- Sprinkle the CINNAMON SUGAR mixture evenly over the batter.
- Spoon remaining batter over the cinnamon sugar layer and use a knife to spread evenly over the top. You can also swirl the batter to get more cinnamon swirls, optional.
- Sprinkle STREUSEL TOPPING evenly over batter.
- Bake on 350F for 40-50 minutes. Check doneness with a toothpick.
- Allow to cool before cutting and serving.
Glaze (optional)
- If desired, make glaze by whisking together powdered sugar and milk together to get the consistency desired.
- Drizzle over cooled coffee cake.