I like coffee cake, especially with streusel. Coffee cake goes nicely with that first cup of coffee in the morning and or a cup of tea in the afternoon. There seems to be a classic sour cream coffee cake that is especially popular and I used to make that one. I decided to make the plainer coffee cake from my Betty Crocker cookbook. The cake part is a no fuss recipe.
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup milk
- 1 egg
Mix everything together for two-three minutes. Spread half the batter in the greased baking pan. I used the 13×9 inch option. Make the streusel by mixing the ingredients until crumbly.
- 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3 Tablespoons firm butter
Sprinkle half the streusel on the batter in the pan. Pour in the rest of the batter and top with the rest of the streusel. Bake at350 degrees F for 35-40 minutes.
It was tasty.
Thoughts: Why on earth did Betty give a 13×9 inch pan option? There was barely enough batter and one cannot see the layer of streusel. The other option was a 9×9 inch square pan and both my square pans are 8×8 inch. Those actually would have been sufficient and more appropriate for the layering effect with the streusel.