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slice of snickerdoodle coffee cake with white glaze
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Snickerdoodle Coffee Cake

This dense and moist snickerdoodle coffee cake has a drippy white glaze and cinnamon chips for extra texture and spiced flavo
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Servings: 6 - 8 servings
Author: Barbara Schieving

Ingredients 

Cake

  • 3 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 ½ cup cinnamon chips 1 pkg. Hershey's
  • 2 tablespoons flour

Topping

  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon

Glaze

  • 1 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 - 2 tablespoons milk

Instructions

  • Preheat over to 350º.
  • In a medium bowl, combined 3 cups flour, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Set aside.
  • In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until fluffy, about two minutes. Add eggs one at a time mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla and sour cream and mix to combined. Add flour mixture stirring until just combined. Coat the cinnamon chips with 2 T. flour and stir into batter.
  • Spoon batter into a greased coffee cake pan. Combine 2 tablespoons sugar and 2 teaspoons cinnamon and sprinkle over the top of batter in the pan.
  • Bake for 50 to 60 minutes until a toothpick inserted into a crack in the center of the cake comes out clean. Remove from oven and let cool 5 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely on a wire rack before serving.

Notes

You can also make this in two 9x5 loaf pans or in mini loaf pans. See the Snickerdoodle bread recipe for baking times.