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The Best Coffee Cake

Coffee Cake

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The BEST Coffee Cake, Our Family Recipe If there is one recipe I feel like I was practically raised on, it is this coffee cake. It has been passed down through three generations in our family, and I can honestly say it has never once let us down.

  • Total Time: 30 min
  • Yield: 9 1x

Ingredients

Scale

Cake
1 egg
1/4 cup oil, vegetable or canola
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour

Streusel
2 T butter, melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 T Flour
1/2 cup walnuts, chopped

Icing Drizzle
1 T butter, room temperature
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 T milk

Instructions

Cake
1-Preheat oven to 375ยฐ: Preheat oven to 375ยฐ.
2-Beat egg in mixing bowl: Beat egg in mixing bowl. Mix in sugar, milk, salt, oil, and vanilla.
3-Spoon flour into measuring cup: Spoon flour into measuring cup. Dump flour on top of the batter. Sprinkle baking powder over flour and gently mix into the top half of the flour. Stir flour mixture into batter until combined. Pour into greased, or parchment lined, 9×9 baking dish.

Streusel
4-In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter in: In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter in microwave. Remove and mix in brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour and stir until well combined. Add nuts if desired.
5-Sprinkle streusel onto the cake: Sprinkle streusel onto the cake. Use a finger or the small end of a wooden spoon to poke the streusel halfway down into the cake batter, randomly 12-18 times.
6-Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick: Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with moist crumbs (not runny batter). Do not overbake or it will be more dry!

Icing (optional)
7-Mix butter and powdered sugar: Mix butter and powdered sugar. Thin with milk until desired consistency. Lightly drizzle cake with icing.

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  • Prep Time: 5 min
  • Cook Time: 25 min
  • Method: bake