With the fall months coming, I started thinking about some fall recipes. One of my favorite ways to warm up is with a warm cup of coffee. And what goes with coffee? A warm and cozy piece of coffee cake. I love coffee cake for so many reasons One because it’s nostalgic. I remember being as young as 10 at my grandmother, eating homemade coffee cake. It was with milk at that time but still incredible. So let’s get started.
One of the things that I think makes this coffee cake is the crunchy streusel topping. And it couldn’t be easier to make. All you need is a pastry cutter or a fork to cut in the butter, if you don’t wanna get your hands dirty or if you are like me and you don’t care so much about that you can just get in there with your hands and massage and break up the butter. You are looking for a crumbly mixture. When this is all set you can set it aside until the end.
I hope you all try this recipe. I know you’ll love it. I am really sad that summer had to end but at least if it has to get cold, we have some delicious, cozy and warm baked goods to warm us up. Thank you all so much for reading and follow my blog for more delicious recipes. Also follow me on youtube facebook, instagram, and twitter to see what I’m up to next.
Coffee Cake Muffins
A light and fluffy coffee cake base with sweet cinimon/sugar filling and cream cheese in the center. Topped with a sweet cinnimon sugar struessel topping.
Ingredients
Coffee Cake Base
- 1 3/4 Cup Cake Flour
- 1/2 cup +1 Tablespoon of Granulated Sugar
- 6 TBSP Â of Vegetable Shortening
- 3 Eggs
- 6 oz +2 TBSP of Sour Cream
- 3/4 of a TSP of Baking Powder
- 3/4 of a Tsp of Baking Soda
- 3/4 of a Tsp of Salt
- 3/4 of a Tsp of Vanilla Extract
Filling
- 4 Tbsp of Light Brown Sugar
- 3 TBSP of AP Flour
- 3/4 Teaspoon of Cinnamon
- Pinch of Salt
- 1/2 Block of Cream Cheese
- 6 TBSP of Chopped Walnuts
- 2 TBSP plus 1 Teaspoon of Unsalted Butter (softened)
Streusel Topping
- 6 TBSP of Light Brown Sugar
- 3 TBSP of AP FlourÂ
- 1 1/2 Teaspoons of CinnamonÂ
- 6 TBSP of Chopped Walnuts
- 3 Tbsps of Unsalted Butter (Frozen)
Instructions
Stuessel Topping
- Add the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and walnuts to a medium sized bowl.
- Cut up the cold butter into cubes and cut it in to the other ingrediants with a knife, pastry cutter or just massage it with you hands until you get small pea sizes of butter.
- Place in the fridge until you are ready to use it.
Coffee Cake
- Add the vegetable shortening,vanilla extract and the sugar to a large bowl and mix for 2 minutes until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs and mix until incorperated. Add each egg and incorperate fully before you add the next. About 1 minute.
- Add the sour cream and mix to incorperate. About 1 minute.
- Sift in the dry ingrediants little by little and mix until all incorperated.
Cinnamon Filling
- Add the brown sugar, cinnamon,flour, walnuts and salt to a medium sized bowl.
- Add the softened butter and mix until all of the dry ingrediants are incorperated with the butter.
- Set aside.
Assembly
- Prep a 9x9 inch baking pan, a jumbo sized muffin tin or a standard sized muffin tin by spraying with non stick spray. Set aside.
- Using a 2 oz cookie scoop, place one scoop of coffee cake batter in the bottem of the jumbo muffin tins, 1/2 of a scoop in the standard muffin tins or half of the batter into the bottem of a 9x9 inch baking pan. Level the batter off with a small offset spatula.
- Add 2 spoonfuls of the cinnamon/sugar filling ontop of the batter in the jumbo muffin tin, 1 scoop in the standard size one or all of the filling into the baking pan.
- Using a small spoon, put small dollaps of cream cheese over the surface of the muffin or cassarole in an even layor.
- Top off the muffins or cassarole with the remaining coffee cake batter. Level off with a small offset spatula
- Bake at 350• for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Notes
Leave leftovers in an airnight container at room temperture for up to 2 weeks.
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