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.
Cheryl
I forgot to mention that I don’t have a microwave so would you have any suggestions when melting the chips & shortening other than the stove top. Double boiler?
Barbara Schieving
A double boiler would be a great option.
Cheryl
Would it be possible to use cake flour. I always like the final product when using cake flour. It seems much lighter.
Barbara Schieving
Hi Cheryl – this cake is a dense, moist cake because of the addition of sour cream. You could use cake flour and it may lighten it some, but it will never be a light cake.
Mary P.
This is absolutely amazing.omg…I used cappuccino and semisweet burgundy choc chunks for the glaze. It was so moist and fluffy that it defies description. ABSOLUTE HEAVEN…..
MJ
I use the cinnamon chips from the “Prepared Pantry”. They do not use artificial flavorings in the cinnamon chips. I send dozens of cookies to our troops through “Baking Gals” and I try to only use premium ingredients for our soldiers. The spice cookies I bake, with these cinnamon chips, are one of my favorites. I also use these chips with the King Arthur cinnamon roll recipe, using K.A. cinnamon filling. I also exclusively use Vietnamese cinnamon in all my recipes.
Barbara Schieving
I’ll have to try the Prepared Pantry cinnamon chips. They do sound delicious.
marla
Love this recipe! Will be linking back to this in my upcoming post 🙂
Angie Hamlett
Barbara, I want to try several of your recipes, but can’t find cinnamon chips.
Do you get them in a specialty store?
Angie
Barbara
Hershey’s makes Cinnamon Chips and many of my local grocery stores sell them, including Harmons. I used Merkens mini Cinnamon Baking Chips from Gygi, and King Arthur also sells mini cinnamon chips.
FYI, I just made this coffee cake again last week and it is fabulous!
sally
yum! this coffee cake looks divine! i got a bundt pan for Christmas and I haven’t used it yet, so maybe it’s time I break it in! i adore cinnamon. I’ve never tried or baked with cinnamon chips before. They sound amazing!
Cheryl
I would like to save this recipe but my computer is down so I am not able to cut and paste to my word document. Any suggestions on how I can email it and save in my yahoo account? This cake looks delicious.
Marie-Claude
I made this cake this week and brought it at my work place. EVERYBODY loved it ! They fought for the last slice… wonderfull recipe. I have to admit I replaced your glaze by an other one without shortening ( simply maple syrup and confectionner sugar). But, the cake IS the star I would eat it without glaze as well ! Thank you !
Barbara
Thanks! So glad everyone loved the cake as much as we do. Your maple glaze sounds like a fabulous addition.
Erin
Such a pretty swirl in there!
Jackie
Hi Barbara
Why did you use crisco to melt the chips.
Barbara
Hi Jackie – I add Crisco to melt the cinnamon chips because the cinnamon chip package specifically says to use shortening and do not use butter to create a cinnamon glaze. Thanks for the question. Enjoy!
Shilpa
Looks amazing and must taste delicious too…Love cinnamon..so festive and lovely!
-Shilpa
Shilpa
Looks amazing and must taste delicious too…Love cinnamon..so festive and lovely!
-Shilpa
deeba
Looks and smells {virtually} heavenly…wow! I have a special love for bundts and this looks a winner!! What a wonderful pick for the club!
Abby
I love the drizzle on top! Sounds wonderful and the smell of this baking would be wonderful!
Barbara
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Shelby
would love to see this on my table in the AM too! Love your setting!
Mia Summer Rose
Hey Barbara, dont u come up with the most wonderful cakes?
The secret recipe club sounds sooo wonderfully exciting too!
I love that drizzle atop babe!
Happy easter with lods of love and hope and sunshine!
Lisa @ Sweet as Sugar Cookies
Your cake looks like it would be tasty to the very last bite. I love all that cinnamon sugar swirled through it.
Jaime {sophistimom}
This looks beautiful, Barbara. I’ll have a piece, too, please.
Jennifer (Savor)
Glorious! I would like two pieces please