The Best Coffee Cake

A delicious coffee cake recipe that is easy to mix in 5 minutes with just a few staple ingredients. This family recipe has been passed down for 3 generations and is perfect for breakfast, snack time or even dinner! From ellaclaireinspired.com . I give it ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

The Best Coffee Cake


Ingredients:

Cake
1 egg
1/4 cup oil vegetable or canola
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup milk
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 cups flour

Streusel
2 T butter melted
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 tsp. Ceylon cinnamon (if tolerated)
2 T flour
1/2 cup walnuts chopped, optional

Icing Drizzle
1 T butter room temperature
3/4 cup powdered sugar
1 T milk extra, if needed


Directions:

Cake
Preheat oven to 375°.

Beat egg in mixing bowl. Mix in sugar, milk, salt, oil, and vanilla.

Spoon flour into measuring cup. Dump flour on top of the batter. Sprinkle baking pwder over flour and gently mix into the top half of the flour. Stir flour mixture into batter until combined. Pour into greased, or parchment lined, 9x9 baking dish.

Streusel
In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter in microwave. Remove and mix in brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour and stir until well combined. Add nuts if desired.

Sprinkle streusel onto the cake. Use a finger or the small end of a wooden spoon to poke the streusel halfway down into the cake batter, randomly 12-18 times.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out with moist crumbs (not runny batter). Do not overbake or it will dry out the cake!

Icing (optional)
Mix butter and powdered sugar. Thin with milk until desired consistency. Lightly drizzle cake with icing.