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Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
3.4 (878 reviews)
Each bite is flavored with the perfect amount of brown sugar and cinnamon, and the cake is so moist it practically melts in your mouth. However you choose to enjoy it, our Martha Stewart cinnamon streusel coffee cake recipe is a must-try.
Total Time115
Servings12
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Caloriesper servingIngredients
- 1.75 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup packed light-brown sugar
- 1.25 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- Coarse salt
- 1.5 sticks cold unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 1.5 cups coarsely chopped toasted pecans
- 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1.25 teaspoons baking powder
- 0.5 teaspoon baking soda
- Coarse salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1.5 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons whole milk
Instructions
- 1Make streusel topping: Mix together flour, 3/4 cup brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 teaspoon salt.
- 2Cut in butter: Cut in butter using a pastry cutter or rub in with your fingers until small to medium clumps form.
- 3Add pecans; refrigerate streusel: Mix in 1/2 cup pecans. Refrigerate until ready to use.
- 4Make streusel center: Mix together remaining 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon, and 1 cup pecans.
- 5Preheat oven, prep tube pan, and combine dry ingredients: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter a 9-inch tube pan with a removable bottom. Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt into a bowl.
- 6Make cake batter: Beat butter and granulated sugar with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- 7Add eggs, then vanilla: Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla.
- 8Add flour, alternating with sour cream: Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour. Continue to beat until well combined.
- 9Assemble coffee cake: Spoon half the batter into pan. Sprinkle streusel center mixture evenly over batter.
- 10Add remaining batter: Top with remaining batter, and spread evenly using an offset spatula.
- 11Top with streusel: Sprinkle streusel topping mixture evenly over batter.
- 12Bake coffee cake and let cool: Bake until cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack, and let cool completely.
- 13Move cake to parchment paper: Remove cake from pan, and transfer to parchment.
- 14Make glaze and drizzle over cake: Mix together confectioners' sugar and milk.
- 15Drizzle over cake, and let drip down sides. Let set for 5 minutes before serving.