Cinnamon Coffee Cake

  3.8 – 36 reviews  • Coffee Cake Recipes

delicious dessert made in Italy. Raspberries and mint leaves are suitable garnishes to use when serving it.

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 40 mins
Servings: 12
Yield: 1 – 9×5 inch cake

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup brown sugar
  2. 1 cup white sugar
  3. 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
  4. ¾ cup butter, melted
  5. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  6. 1 teaspoon baking soda
  7. 1 teaspoon baking powder
  8. 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  9. ½ teaspoon ground ginger
  10. 1 egg
  11. 1 cup buttermilk
  12. ¼ cup confectioners’ sugar

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease and flour a 9×5 inch baking pan.
  2. In a large bowl, combine brown sugar, white sugar and flour. Stir in melted butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add vanilla extract. Mix in baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and ginger. Reserve 1/4 cup this mixture to be used as topping.
  3. In a separate bowl, beat together egg and buttermilk; stir slowly into flour mixture. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle batter with reserved topping.
  4. Bake in preheated oven for 20 to 30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into center of the cake comes out clean. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and serve.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 324 kcal
Carbohydrate 50 g
Cholesterol 47 mg
Dietary Fiber 1 g
Protein 4 g
Saturated Fat 8 g
Sodium 248 mg
Sugars 32 g
Fat 12 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Aaron Gibson DDS
Absolutely delicious. Very delicate, lovely flavor. After reading the reviews, I was concerned about which pan to use. After mixing, the batter didn’t appear to be voluminous, so I used a Bundt pan, with no issues. I baked for half an hour and it was perfect.
Lacey Lee
Tasty as it is. But for my taste I added another tablespoon of cinnamon and chopped pecans. To cut down on fat and carbs I substituted the butter for butter flavored coconut oil. And substituted the sugar and brown sugar for the Truvia substitutes. The powdered sugar on top is Erythritol. Even with the healthier substitutes still tasted great.
Jacqueline Murray
This coffee cake is so good!
Kelly Morris MD
Followed the recipe exact and came out moist and delicious
Karen Jones
My husband is diabetic so I used his sugar. He loves apple anything so I put in only 1 diced apple since it was just one loaf, and threw in some raisins. Nuts would have been great in it but I’m out. It rose nicely and is moist. Tastes good according to the hubby. I’m making a couple more loaves with real sugar tomorrow for my family. Thanks for the great recipe.
Alison Archer
I made this sweet dish and it was Yummy Family loved it! Next I’d hold back a cup on sugar though, and I used half of butter and the other was organic coconut oil, came out moist and delicious! Thank you very much will be making again and adding to collection ??
Wesley Williams
I made this recipe because it was one of the only ones that didn’t call for sour cream. I had already had a 9 x 9 pan prepared so that’s what I used and it turned out perfectly. It stayed moist, very flavorful and a great morning treat. I added pecan pieces before baking it and it was a nice touch.
Jeffrey Stevenson
First time I made it, it didn’t rise in the center plus had to leave it in for 45 minutes to cook through- which resulted in sides getting overcooked/burnt. Taste was good. Made it again today and this time substituted the brown sugar with white (as I had run out). It rose perfectly! Also decreased the butter (2Tbsp less). Cooked it for 45 min again. Batter remains lumpy and baked bread (yes- it’s a bread- too dense to be cake) has a polka dot appearance which tastes raw when fresh but by the next day is great. It’s not the best but think I’ll keep this recipe- I like that it uses only 1 egg and is easy to mix together. Also, used 9×5 loaf pan both times with no issues.
Shelly Powell
Great little breakfast bread that’s delicately spiced and not to mention moist! I did cut back on the sugar a bit and used 2 cups of flour and 1/2 cup of melted butter. I also subbed nutmeg for the ginger and added some raisins. I sprayed a 9×5 glass pan with Pam for baking and baked this at 350 for 55 minutes. Like others,I do think the baking time is off. It smelled wonderful and was perfect with a cup of tea!
Angela Ruiz MD
My husband and 4 children love this coffee cake! It is super moist and stays that way for over a week. I did make a couple of minor changes, I bake this in a 9×13 pan for about 50 minutes and then when it is partially cool I drizzle it with a simple milk/powdered sugar glaze. It is amazing, I hope you try it!
Emily West
There were a few problems with this recipe. The baking time was way off for starters. 20-30 minutes for a 9×5 loaf? No way. I did check it at 30 minutes, but it was still liquid in the middle. I baked it for an additional 15 and it was nice and moist, but even a bit gooey at the bottom. The outside was a little dark at this point as well. The amount of sugar in this recipe is escessive. I cut each type of sugar by 1/4 cup and it was still very sweet. I opted to skip the powdered sugar because of this. This cake did sink in the middle as noted by another reviewer (see my photo). I’m not sure why others had a problem with the pan size. Perhaps their loaf pans are the smaller 8×4. I have both sizes and made sure to use the 9×5. There was no danger of overflowing the pan. I’m sure it would easily have accomodated the 1/2 cup of sugar I left out. Possibly these reviewers added a large amount of raisins. I did not. In short, if you make this recipe, cut back on the sugar, make sure your loaf pan IS 9×5, bake 40 minutes before checking, and leave out the raisins if you want it to fit in the pan. You’ll end up with a tasty coffee cake that doesn’t need the additional powdered sugar.
Jennifer Marks
Tasted great except I found it didn’t cook in the 9×5 pan and the time was way too short. I cooked it for 42 minutes in a 9X9 pan and thought that worked great. And only used about half the powdered suger suggested.
Jacob Baker
After reading all the reviews, I really stressed about making this and it turns out I had a reason to. I have not tasted this yet, but my kitchen smells delicious. I used a 9 x9 baking dish and I had no problem with spillovers, but it took FOREVER to bake. 20-30 minutes..ha, more like 45+ and the center sunk in and I swear that the tooth pick is still not clean!!
Caitlin Price
Super easy and tastes wonderful!
Ashley Anderson
Recently tried this I listened to other reviews about the bigger dish and it still made a mess of my oven. The flavor was good however the dish has to be experimented with. The middle took for ever to cook and the edges got real hard and crunchy after they ran over the edge and into the bottom of the oven.
Julie Burgess
This cake was very tasty and moist. I found it easy to make. I added a teaspoon of the spice mace and then topped it off with powdered sugar icing: cup of white powdered sugar, 1/3 cup of water, juice of 1/2 a lemon, fresh lemon zest, and a teaspoon of orange extract. I had no problem using an 8×8 baking dish.
Antonio Sims
The only problem I have with this recipe is that it does produce a large amount of batter– but I found that it’s perfect baked in a 13×9 baking pan for about 35-40 minutes. That said, I loved this cake! It is very moist and the crunchy top is delicious. I left out the ginger (not a ginger fan) and thought it tasted great!
Charles Martin
This recipe made an enormous amount of batter, took awhile to put together and like others mentioned did not bake well. Finished cake was very thick and heavy. I won’t make this again.
Timothy Fox
The 9×5 pan was way to small. It sank in the middle, didn’t cook all the way through, and after all the effort I put into making it, I will not make this recipe again.
Cody Peterson
I thought I must have incorrectly measured the flour because after 30 minutes it was still liquidy in the middle. After reading review, I see that others had the same problem.Then put it bake in covered with aluminum foil for another 30 minutes. It was edible, but not very pretty. Sorry, but I definately will not make it again.
Amanda Rogers
My kids thought this made a great snack! I doubled the cinnamon & nutmeg and used a 9×13 pan – baked for 20 minutes. Yummy!

 

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