Spencer and I are total opposites when it comes to our taste in food: he favors a much more savory and spicy palette and I favor a significantly sweeter one. If we’re snacking at night,you can bet that Spencer has some variation of chips and dip and I most likely have a handful of some super sugary candy (Juicy Pear Jelly Beans are WHERE IT’S AT), but when it comes to breakfast our tastes are totally switched!
I really enjoy a savory breakfast. Eggs Benedict, Everything Bagels and Veggie Cream Cheese, Breakfast pizza… uh, I’m drooling and it’s almost 11 o’clock at night! Spencer on the other hand, he loves himself a good doughnut, or waffle, or pancakes or…. coffee cake! He loves a good coffee cake and has always wanted to perfect a recipe of his own. He finally got around to it and I must say, I would eat this coffee cake at ANY meal… it is dense but moist, and oh-so-cinnamon-y, and he even added a secret ingredient: Maple Syrup!
Do yourself and your family a solid by making this Coffee Crumble Cake for the weekend…
Watch out! It’ll be gone in a flash… so maybe make two batches in case you don’t get to try any before it’s gone?!
What you will need for the cake:
- Flour
- Baking Powder
- Iodized Salt
- Granulated Sugar
- Unsalted Butter
- Egg
- Whole Milk
For the Topping:
- Flour
- Brown Sugar
- Granulated Sugar
- Old Fashioned Oats
- Unsalted Butter
- Cinnamon
- Maple Syrup
Coffee Crumble Cake
Ingredients
Coffee Cake
- 1 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Iodized Salt
- 3/4 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/4 cup Unsalted Butter
- 1 Large Egg
- 1/2 cup Whole Milk
Crumble Topping
- 3 Tbsp All Purpose Flour
- 1/4 cup Brown Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Granulated Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Old Fashioned Oats
- 2 Tbsp Unsalted Butter softened
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
- Maple Syrup for drizzling on top
Instructions
Coffee Cake
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit
- Lightly grease or butter an 8-inch round baking pan, sprinkle with flour and set aside.
- In a large bowl, with a spatula or wooden spoon, add in your flour, baking powder, salt, and granulated sugar and mix together.
- Add in your butter, egg, and whole milk and mix until fully combined. Your batter will be relatively thick. Spencer says it has a thick cookie-batter consistency.
- Pour your batter into your prepared baking pan and give it a few good smacks against the counter top- this will help level the batter since it is so thick. Do not cook yet- you need to add your crumble topping before it bakes!
Crumble Topping
- In a small bowl, mix together your flour, both sugars, cinnamon and oats.
- Add in your butter and mix until a thick crumble forms.
- Top your batter with the crumble you just made then drizzle maple syrup over everything (as much or as little as you would prefer).
- Bake the coffee cake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for 20 minutes. Let cool, remove from pan, use a pizza cutter to slice and enjoy!
