Looking for a quick and easy coffee cake recipe?
With just a handful of ingredients and under an hour of prep and bake time, it is best for beginners.
Preparation Time and Servings
- Preparation time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 15 minutes
- Total time: 30 minutes
- Servings: 9
- Yield: 1 to 9 – inch square pan
Ingredients
- One and a half cup all-purpose flour
- One and a half teaspoon baking powder
- Six tablespoons white sugar
- Half a teaspoon of salt
- ⅓ cup shortening
- Half a cup of milk
- One egg
- Half a teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Two tablespoons of melted butter
- Half a cup of brown sugar
- Two tablespoons of all-purpose flour
- Half a teaspoon of ground cinnamon
Baking Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220 degrees Celsius (425 degrees Fahrenheit). Flour and grease a 9-inch square pan.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt in a large bowl. Using a pastry blender, cut the shortening into tiny pea-sized pieces.
- Beat the egg thoroughly in a different small bowl, then mix in the milk and vanilla. All at once, mix the flour mixture with the egg-milk mixture. Gently stir until just combined.
- Evenly distribute the batter after pouring it into the prepared pan. Pour melted butter over the top.
- Combine the brown sugar, two tablespoons of flour, and half a teaspoon of cinnamon in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the cake. A toothpick inserted into the center of the cake should come out clean after 15 to 20 minutes of baking in a preheated oven.
This article shares a quick and easy coffee cake method using simple pantry ingredients and step-by-step instructions.
The Easiest Coffee Cake Recipe Even if you Cannot Cook
The simplest and most forgiving
coffee cake recipe you will ever make is right here. You truly can do it if I
can. Believe me.
Ingredients
- Two cups of all-purpose flour
- One cup of brown sugar
- One cup of milk
- Two large eggs
- One tablespoon of baking powder
- One teaspoon of vanilla extract
- A pinch of salt
Cinnamon
Topping:
- Half a cup of brown sugar
- Two tablespoons of ground cinnamon
- One-fourth cup of melted butter
Directions to Make this Easiest Coffee Cake Recipe
- Set the oven temperature to 175°C (350°F). Butter can be used to grease a 9 x 13-inch baking dish.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Mix thoroughly.
- Combine the wet ingredients (eggs, milk, and vanilla) in a separate bowl.
- Put everything in one bowl and stir until smooth. It ought to look like cake batter.
- Fill the baking dish with the batter. Just be grateful that you have come this far.
- For the topping, mix the cinnamon and brown sugar in a different bowl. Pour in the melted butter and stir until the mixture resembles sand.
- Using a knife, swirl the cinnamon mixture into the batter after spooning it on.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Before serving, allow it to cool.
Best Moist Coffee Cake Recipe
The best moist coffee cake recipe,
which only requires a few basic ingredients and only takes five minutes to
prepare.
Preparation
time: 5 minutes
Cook
time: 25 minutes
Servings: 9
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 egg
- 1/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
- One teaspoon of vanilla
- 3/4 cup of sugar
- Half a cup of milk
- Two teaspoons baking powder and 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups of flour
Streusel:
- Two tablespoons of melted butter
- Half a cup of brown sugar
- Two teaspoons of cinnamon
- Two tablespoons of flour
- Half a cup of chopped walnuts, if desired
Icing
Drizzle:
- One tablespoon of room-temperature butter
- 3/4 cup of powdered sugar
- 1 T more milk, if necessary
Instructions
to Make the Best Moist Coffee Cake
Cake:
- Warm up the oven to 375°.
- Beat the egg in a mixing bowl. Add vanilla, milk, sugar, salt, and oil.
- In a measuring cup, spoon the flour. Sprinkle flour over the batter. Over the flour, sprinkle the baking powder and stir gently into the top half. Mix the batter and flour mixture until well combined. Transfer to a 9x9 baking dish that has been lined with parchment or oiled.
Streusel:
- Melt the butter in a microwave-safe bowl. Remove and stir in flour, cinnamon, and brown sugar until thoroughly blended. If desired, add nuts.
- Drizzle the cake with streusel. Randomly insert the streusel 12–18 times halfway down into the cake batter using your finger or the small end of a wooden spoon.
- A toothpick inserted in the center should come out with moist crumbs (not runny batter) after 25 to 30 minutes of baking. It will be more dry if you overbake it.
Icing
(Optional):
- Combine powdered sugar and butter (optional). Use milk to thin to the desired consistency. Drizzle a little icing over the cake.
One of people absolute favorite is
coffee cake! Along with walnut and apple coffee cake and pumpkin pecan coffeecake, people making it more frequently in the fall. People also love our
cinnamon rolls and apple pie cinnamon rolls, and we make more breakfast foods
(and baked goods in general) when the weather gets a little crispier.