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    Decadent Mini Caramel Coffee Cakes

    Published by Melissa on June 19, 2017 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 11 Comments

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    Decadent mini caramel coffee cakes topped with a crunchy streusel topping and a caramel drizzle. Perfect for a sweet morning treat or decadent dessert.

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    My sweet friend Carol, whom I’ve never actually met in person, sent me a wonderful gift recently filled with all kinds of baking goodies, including some Ghirardelli Caramel Baking Chips. I’d never tried them and Carol said she was crazy about them.

    I saved them for a while on the counter trying to think of the perfect recipe to use them in. Then one morning decided to make these decadent mini caramel coffee cakes for breakfast. 

    Collage of making mini caramel coffee cakes with Ghirardelli Caramel Chips and Peter's Caramel.

    Well, if I’m honest they started out as Caramel Coffee Cake Muffins. But when my grandson asked why grandma was feeding him cake for breakfast, I decided that perhaps they were a mini cake and not a muffin at all.

    I used Peter’s Caramel to drizzle over the top. I buy it at Gygi, but you could use regular Kraft caramels as well. You could also skip the drizzle if you prefer. But they do add an extra layer of caramel that kind of makes them irresistible.

    Decadent mini caramel coffee cakes topped with a crunchy streusel topping and a caramel drizzle. Perfect for a sweet morning treat or decadent dessert.

    I added some of the caramel chips to the streusel top and the ones that were on the edges got a little too brown. So you may want to press them down into the batter on top a little bit, or not add them to the streusel at all. But you’re going to love them in the cake – I can see why Carol wanted to share them with me!

    Here’s a little video my son and I put together while making the coffee cakes. I especially love the video of the caramel drizzle. Enjoy!

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    Mini Caramel Coffee Cakes

    Decadent mini caramel coffee cakes topped with a crunchy streusel topping and a caramel drizzle. Perfect for a sweet morning treat or decadent dessert.
    Prep Time10 mins
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time30 mins
    Course: Breakfast
    Servings: 12 mini coffee cakes
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Ingredients

    • 2 cups all purpose flour
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup sugar
    • ½ cup 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
    • 2 large eggs
    • ½ cup whole milk
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1 cup caramel chips

    Streusel Topping

    • ¼ cup sugar
    • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
    • 1 ½ tablespoons butter melted
    • 2 tablespoons sliced almonds slightly crushed
    • ¼ cup caramel chips
    • ¼ cup caramel or about 10 caramels unwrapped
    • 1 tablespoon milk

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350°. Lightly grease a muffin tin with non-stick cooking spray or vegetable oil, or line with paper muffin liners.
    • Prepare streusel topping and set aside.
    • In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside.
    • Combine sugar, melted butter, milk, eggs and vanilla in a large mixing bowl; beat until well blended. Add flour mixture, stirring just until moistened. Mix in chips.
    • Divide batter evenly into 12 muffin cups. Sprinkle muffins with streusel topping.
    • Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean.
    • Cool muffins for five minutes in the muffin pan before removing to a wire rack to cool.
    • Streusel Topping
    • In a small bowl, whisk together sugar and flour. Add butter and mix until mixture has a sandy texture. Add almonds and caramel chips if using, stir to combine.
    • Caramel Drizzle
    • In a small microwaveable bowl, heat caramel and milk, stirring occasionally, until caramel is melted and smooth.
    • Put melted caramel in a Ziploc bag, cut off one corner and drizzle caramel over the tops of the muffins.

    More coffee cake recipes you might like:

    Lemon Blueberry Coffee Cake, Barbara Bakes
    Cinnamon Zucchini Streusel Coffee Cake, Barbara Bakes
    Cinnamon Coffee Cake Muffins, Crunchy, Creamy, Sweet
    Plum Coffee Cake Muffins, Two Peas and Their Pod
    Baked Coffee Cake Doughnuts, Tried and Tasty

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    1. Candace Taylor

      March 13, 2021 at 10:07 am

      Can I sub caramel chips with butterscotch chips? If I do should I also change the topping to butterscotch?

      Reply
      • Barbara Schieving

        March 13, 2021 at 10:18 am

        Hi Candace – sounds like a great substitution. Either butterscotch or caramel topping would work.

        Reply
    2. Eve O'Brien

      September 07, 2019 at 2:38 am

      I’m a bit confused because you’ve named them caramel coffee cakes but there’s no coffee in them? How do you get them to taste like coffee? 

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      • Barbara Schieving

        September 07, 2019 at 2:49 pm

        Hi Eve – coffee cakes generally do not have a coffee flavor, rather they are cakes served with coffee.

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    3. Jen

      June 24, 2017 at 5:32 pm

      Hi Barbara! In step 3, it says to add baking powder and baking soda, but there is no baking soda in the ingredients list. How much should be added? These look so good and I would love to make them! Thanks!

      Reply
      • Barbara Schieving

        June 24, 2017 at 7:20 pm

        Hi Jen – thanks for the heads up. I updated the recipe removing the reference to baking soda. Enjoy!

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    4. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella

      June 23, 2017 at 3:40 pm

      Hehe out of the mouths of babes! Cake for breakfast is a fine idea mum! 😀 xxx

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    5. Laura

      June 23, 2017 at 10:14 am

      I just found your blog. Great Video!

      Reply
    6. Carol

      June 19, 2017 at 1:24 pm

      Oh my heavens those look amazing, Barbara! I knew you’d find a good home for those caramel chips. Our grocery store just got them in so I don’t have to worry about stocking up at Target…although Target had them on clearance last week—yes I bought more and stuck them in the freezer.

      That caramel drizzled over top sends those into a new galaxy alright. Your grandson is so dang cute….cake for breakfast….out of the mouths of babes huh? 🙂 I’m so glad you enjoyed the chips as much as I do……

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    7. Letty / Letty's Kitchen

      June 19, 2017 at 12:16 pm

      Love the video. I need a son like yours! 😉

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    8. Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet

      June 19, 2017 at 11:35 am

      I am craving these mini coffee cakes right now! That caramel drizzle – swoon! 😀

      Reply

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