Cinnamon Coffee Cake is flavorful cake that comes together quickly and the house smells amazing while it bakes.
This cake is everything you’d want in a cinnamon coffee cake bundt cake. It is all kinds of cinnamony, moist and tasty.
Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Cinnamon coffee cakes are fun to serve for either breakfast, brunch or dessert. It would be great to bake for a gathering or some type of shower.
It not only tastes delightful but it looks pretty too. I love the thick cinnamon layer and the tenderness of the cake. Everyone will enjoy this cake and will be begging for seconds.
Ingredients
- Cinnamon
- Flour
- Sugar
- Butter
- Eggs
Recipe Instructions
- This comes together quickly!
- Mix together your dry ingredients and you wet and then stir them all together.
- Mix up some brown sugar and cinnamon.
- Layer the batter with the brown sugar and cinnamon mixture and bake.
- Let it cool a bit before removing from the pan and enjoy warm or at room temperature.
Frequently Asked Questions
People enjoy eating a sweet cake with a fresh cup of coffee, hot chocolate or tea. While the cake contains no actual coffee the two do pair nicely together.
This is a personal preference as to serve a cinnamon coffee cake warm or at room temperature. I think it tastes incredible warm. You can either eat it fresh from the oven or microwave it to get the desired temperature.
If your coffee cake turns out too dry than there is a good chance that you overcooked it. Watch carefully for the cake to be done but not overdone. It is also important to add just the right amount of flour. Too much flour will result in a dry cake.
If you are trying to make this a meal I would serve some fresh fruit, eggs and a hot drink of your choice.
More Recipes
- Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake
- Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake
- Homemade Corner Bakery Cinnamon Creme Coffee Cake
- Pumpkin Sour Cream Streusel Coffee Cake
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Cinnamon Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 eggs
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups sour cream 16 ounces
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup cinnamon chips optional
- ¼ cup white chocolate chips optional
- 1 teaspoon shortening optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Coat a 10 cup fluted bundt or tube pan coated with vegetable or olive oil cooking spray.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla.
- Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, beating just enough after each addition to keep batter smooth.
- Spoon a third of the batter into the Bundt pan. Combine cinnamon and brown sugar; sprinkle half over batter in pan. Repeat layers ending with ⅓ batter on top.
- Cook in oven for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. (I served it warm and it sliced perfectly.)
- To make the optional glaze: Melt ¼ cup cinnamon chips with ½ teaspoon butter flavored Crisco in the microwave in a Ziploc on 50% power for about 30 seconds to one minute until the chips are melted (just sort of knead the chips in the bag a little bit and don't over heat them). Then I did the same with ¼ cup white chocolate chips and ½ teaspoon butter flavored Crisco.
- You could also make a simple powdered sugar glaze by adding 1 cup powdered sugar with just enough milk to make a thick glaze. Both glaze options are optional and both work great.
Notes
- You could use plain whole fat Greek yogurt in place of the sour cream in this recipe if you’d like.
Nutrition
I am excited for you to make this Cinnamon Coffee Cake. There is no shortage of flavor and it can be served for any occasion. You’ll find yourself craving more of this delicious cake.
Heather McMullin
Hi Barbara!
I have included you in my Easter ideas post. I think your site is wonderful!
-Heather
http://www.madefamousby.blogspot.com
sheila @ Elements
Your coffee cake turned out so beautiful, and I love how you decorated it!! I’d wouldn’t last long in our house! 🙂
foodwanderings
I love lots of desserts but my all time favorites are coffee cakes to go with my afternoon tea. This looks so delicious!!
Blond Duck
Have a great Easter!
RJ Flamingo
I love a good coffee cake and this sounds wonderful. I’m a nut kind of girl (no smart remarks, please!), so I would have added those. I love your glaze drizzles! And then I’d be nipping at it all day and evening until it was gone. 😀
Faith
That is an absolutely beautiful cake, I love the swirl of cinnamon!
Rocky Mountain Woman
I love this recipe!
Cinnamon really should be one of the official food groups….
This weekend this cake and me have a date!
Joy
That looks lovely.
Sue
Sounds like a fun club. Looks like you picked a winning recipe! I love bundt cake~the density and the presentation:)
Barbara
That’s a great recipe, Barbara. I’ve made something similar, but without the drizzle. I like to make them in individual bundt molds too. Sour cream makes cakes like this so tender and moist!
Jamie
Ah, I love Heather and her blog and I agree with her philosophy. If in doubt, bake… baking always makes me feel better about everything. And this is sooooo my kind of cake! We are coffee cake fanatics in this house, especially with cinnamony swirls like that! This is one gorgeous cake and the recipe is bookmarked! Just beautiful, Barbara!
faithy
Looks so good and so yummy! I could eat the whole cake myself!
EmandM
Looks delicious and I love cinnamon!
Anna Johnston
I remember these, haven’t tasted one for ages either. Love the drizzle effect too, a cool way to get that yummy icing without being overpowered by the stuff – looks incredible too 🙂
rebecca
lovely cake with a coffee
Deborah
A gorgeous cake!! I do love how cakes like this make the house smell!!
Juliana
What a fun event Barbara…and your coffee cake looks gorgeous, love how you decorated it…I could use a piece of this yummie cake right now. Have a great week ahead 🙂
natalie (the sweets life)
I agree—baking solves problems 🙂 This looks yummy!
Heather Davis
Hey Barbara! Thanks for posting this recipe and making it look so good! I am in Scotland with hubby and kids and several other families for spring break. I promised them a cinnamon coffee cake and had actually forgotten there was one on my blog. So thanks for reminding me. It looks great. Take care x
Debbie
The Cinnamon coffee cake looks wonderful. can you explain about the glaze though? This is the one thing I would have to put on it because it sounds yummy, but you didn’t write out how to do that. Thanks!
Barbara
Thanks! To make the two glazes I melted 1/4 cup cinnamon chips with 1/2 teaspoon butter flavored Crisco in the microwave in a Ziploc on 50% power for about 30 seconds to one minute until the chips are melted (just sort of knead the chips in the bag a little bit and don’t over heat them). Then I did the same with 1/4 cup white chocolate chips and 1/2 teaspoon butter flavored Crisco. Thanks for the question!