Basic Streusel Coffee Cake
Basic Streusel Coffee Cake
I used to make this type of coffee cake when I was little and learning to cook. This sounds pretty close to what I made, and I tested this out on 2 Jan 2018 and yep, this is really close to what I made, it is excellent. Now there is a story to the photos, the photo of the batter in the pan with the topping before the oven, picture perfect, after I put it in the oven, about 10 minutes later, I realized I had not opened my new bottle of baking powder! Since this cake was for my mother in law's birthday, removed the pan from the oven, scraped out the contents for the compost pile and let the pan cool while I prepared a new batter and topping mix. As I was making the batter, my wife walks through the kitchen and says, mother in law likes very little sugar, so go easy on the topping. The second cake is the cooked photo, with little topping. Mother in law took one bite, instant thumbs up from her!
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 egg, beaten, chicken or duck
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
For the Topping
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon all purpose flour
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 190 C (375 F), grease a 9x9 baking dish with butter.
- Mix together the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, mix together the egg, oil, and milk. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix well to combine. (I just used two separate bowls, one for batter, one for topping.)
- Pour batter into the prepared baking dish and spread out evenly.
- Now using the bowl the flour mixture was in, add the Topping ingredients and mix together. Sprinkle the topping over the batter.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. (I used the toothpick method, when it came out clean, done.)
Notes
Low cost.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
I made this on 2 Jan 2018, excellent cake indeed, very well received, as it was devoured in about 10 minutes. Yes, the cooked photo is not the same cake as the photo before the oven. Second cake was made with less topping at the request of my wife, still perfect and excellent coffee cake. Highly recommended.