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    Mar 29, 2014 · Modified: Jun 5, 2020 by Chelsea · This post may contain affiliate links ·

    Coffee Crumb Cake

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    A soft, moist, and easy-to-make coffee crumb cake recipe that is heavy on the crumbs. Everyone will love it!

    An absolutely delicious Coffee Crumb Cake Recipe | Recipe on galonamission.com

    I have been trying to make the perfect and I mean perfect coffee crumb cake and I finally nailed it. I am super excited to share this awesome coffee crumb cake recipe with you!

    With a coffee cake it has to have a lot of crumbs – who doesn’t like the crumb? Every time I eat a piece, I always scrap off the crumbs and eat the moist cake first, and then I will tackle the crumbs and savor every last bite.

    What can I say… I’m a crumbsaholic! Are you?

    An absolutely delicious Coffee Crumb Cake Recipe | Recipe on galonamission.com

    I know you will love this coffee crumb cake because it has mile-high crumbs and the cake part is super-moist. The super-moist part is from the buttermilk. Adding buttermilk to cupcakes and cakes always makes them super-moist – gotta love it!

    Not only will you love the taste, but you will love it because it is one of the easiest coffee cake recipes ever – no mixer is required. You will only have to let it cool for a good 2 hours after it has finished baking – it will be hot.

    For the recipe you will need buttermilk, you can use homemade or store-bought. I like to use homemade and add a teaspoon of vinegar to one cup of milk and let it sit for 10 minutes. Easy, right?

    You will also need all-purpose flour, white granulated sugar, salt, unsalted butter (not fully softened, but still cold to the touch), baking soda, baking powder, an egg, brown sugar, and cinnamon.

    An absolutely delicious Coffee Crumb Cake Recipe | Recipe on galonamission.com

    I love this recipe because you will mix together the dry ingredients for the cake mixture and then remove 1 cup of the dry ingredients for the crumb topping. You will add brown sugar and cinnamon to the 1 cup of removed dry ingredients.

    For the butter, you will want it to sit out until it softens up, but not fully. You still want the butter to be cold to the touch.

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    A soft, moist, and easy-to-make coffee crumb cake recipe that is heavy on the crumbs. Everyone will love it!
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    Coffee Crumb Cake
    Author: Chelsea @ Gal on a Mission
    Ingredients
    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 cup white granulated sugar
    • 1 and ¼ stick unsalted butter softened but cold to the touch
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon baking soda
    • ¾ cup buttermilk room temperature*
    • 1 large egg room temperature
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • ⅔ cup brown sugar
    • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
    Instructions
    1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9-inch pie pan* with cooking spray or butter. Sprinkle flour on the bottom of the pan and tap out the excess. Set aside.
    2. In a large mixing bowl, mix together the flour and sugar. Cut in the butter with small pieces until it resembles course crumbs. Set aside 1 cup of the mixture and set aside.
    3. Mix in the salt, baking soda, and baking powder into the remaining flour mixer.
    4. Add in the room temperature buttermilk and egg and mix together. Add in the vanilla extract.
    5. Pour the cake mixture into the pan.
    6. Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl with the 1 cup of flour mixture removed.
    7. Sprinkle the crumb topping that you just mixed together onto of the cake. Bake for 45 minutes.
    8. Allow to cool at room temperature for 2 hours.
    9. Stores in an airtight container for one week.
    10. *You may use homemade buttermilk or store-bought. If using homemade add 1 teaspoon to the ¾ cup.
    11. *If you do not have a 9-inch pie pan you can use an 9x9 square baking dish.

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    Comments

    1. Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says

      March 30, 2014 at 6:05 pm

      I love a good moist coffee crumb cake! The topping on this one looks incredible. The more crumbs, the better 🙂

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        March 31, 2014 at 10:20 am

        The more crumbs, the better! So true, Ashley!

        Reply
    2. Jenna @ A Savory Feast says

      March 31, 2014 at 2:58 pm

      Coffee cake is one of my favorite weekend breakfasts. I especially like it when the topping is super crumbly, like this! I can't wait to give this recipe a try. I also really like how you include a recipe overview, what a great idea!

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:24 pm

        Thanks, Jenna!

        Reply
    3. Christina says

      March 31, 2014 at 5:02 pm

      Love coffee cake and this one looks divine... will have to try this over the weekend. thank you!

      Reply
    4. Diane Weeks says

      March 31, 2014 at 8:27 pm

      This looks delicious! I love coffee cakes. I printed it. I love that I can do that. I gotta figure that one out. Visiting from Projected inspired.
      Blessings, Diane

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:22 pm

        So glad you printed it, Diane! I cannot wait to make it again. 🙂

        Reply
    5. Brittany @ The Domestic Geek says

      March 31, 2014 at 10:47 pm

      This looks like the perfect recipe, I'm always looking for sweets that are completely acceptable to eat for breakfast. I'm definitely pinning this one!

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:22 pm

        Thank you so much for pinning, Brittany!

        Reply
    6. Madonna/aka/Ms. Lemon says

      April 01, 2014 at 9:21 pm

      This is one of my favorite coffee cakes. What a pretty presentation.

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:21 pm

        Thanks, Madonna!

        Reply
    7. Linda Warren says

      April 02, 2014 at 10:47 am

      I too have been looking for the perfect crumb cake recipe that reminds me of the ones I used to get back home from our NY/NJ bakery. I will definitely be trying this out as one of the prerequisites was always lots and lots of crumbs. Thanks for sharing on Wake Up Wednesdays.

      Reply
    8. Amy | Club Narwhal says

      April 02, 2014 at 12:00 pm

      Yes to crumbs! And thanks for doing all the hard and awesome work of nailing down the crumbliest coffee cake around. Looks amazing 🙂

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:20 pm

        Praise the crumbs!

        Reply
    9. DesignedByBH says

      April 02, 2014 at 12:32 pm

      It looks great! But 2 hours to cool?!?! There would be little pinches of cake missing by that point! 🙂

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:20 pm

        I know, it seems so long, but so worth it - trust me!

        Reply
    10. Angela says

      April 04, 2014 at 10:32 am

      Stopping by from Craft Frenzy Friday. This recipe looks incredible!!!! Pinning!! Would love for you to stop by and share on The Wednesday Roundup Link Party! http://lemoinefamilykitchen.com/2014/04/the-wednesday-roundup-week-19-link-party/

      Reply
    11. Marwa Farouq says

      April 04, 2014 at 1:05 pm

      I truly think nothing compares to a good coffee cake! it is by far my favorite coffee companion! and this one stands out with its lightness and ease .. other recipes usually include berries or nuts of some kind but i like this cuz it is simple and light! Thanks for sharing this on the pin junkie link party

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 04, 2014 at 3:14 pm

        I completely agree with you, Marwa.

        Reply
    12. Loren @ Hardcore Desserts says

      April 22, 2014 at 11:40 am

      My stomach is growling just looking at it! I love coffee cakes. I can't wait to try my hand at making it.

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        April 24, 2014 at 10:37 am

        You and me both, Loren!

        Reply
    13. Linda Thomson says

      August 01, 2014 at 11:34 pm

      I can not WAIT to make this! I want it right now. That's a beautiful picture of it, too. It makes my mouth water.

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        August 03, 2014 at 9:21 pm

        Hope you get a chance to make it, Linda! Thank you so much! 🙂

        Reply
    14. Sherry says

      February 22, 2015 at 2:53 pm

      Oh my goodness this is awesome.You nailed it on the one Chelsea! It is soooo moist and delicious with all the wonderful crumb toping.Mmmm! I I usually don't write comments on here but had to on this one!! Done a LOT of baking too during our nearly 34 yrs of marriage. 🙂 Thank you for sharing your recipe!

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        February 23, 2015 at 7:32 pm

        Yay! Glad you enjoyed it, Sherry! I truly appreciate your comment and hearing which recipes you make! I hope you are have a great evening! 🙂

        Reply
    15. suaid says

      May 25, 2015 at 12:26 pm

      If I wanted to make more can I just double the ingredients? I'm having some family over and I just know that a 9-inch pie pan won't be enough.

      Reply
      • Chelsea says

        May 27, 2015 at 7:56 am

        Hi Suaid! You should be able to.

        Reply

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