The BEST Coffee Cake Recipe (Takes Just 10 Minutes To Prep)

This coffee cake is downright delicious! It combines light as air cake with a sweet brown sugar pecan filling and a crumbly cinnamon sugar streusel topping. It's simply the best coffee cake you can make, and the best part is you can have it ready to bake in just 10 minutes! 

The Best Coffee Cake

Coffee cake is one of those treats that are just as delicious for breakfast as it is for dessert. And, honestly, this coffee cake is so good that you'll find yourself sneaking a few pieces at both times of the day.

Trust me, this streusel coffee cake is so delicious you'll crave another piece before you even finish your first! This recipe creates a moist, tangy, and sweet cake with a brown sugar pecan filling and cinnamon crumble topping that just melts in your mouth. It seriously gets better and better with every single bite. 

Honestly, every time I make this when I'm hosting - or need to bring something to a friend's house - everyone always raves over it and says that it tastes as if I picked it up from a bakery! It's just that good.

What's even better than how this coffee cake tastes though is how easy it is to make. As I mentioned, this recipe literally takes 10 minutes to prepare, and really the process just involves a little mixing and then the oven takes care of the rest.

Seriously, the hardest part is waiting for it to bake and smelling all of that cinnamony deliciousness coming from your oven. So, to keep yourself occupied, you can make this Starbucks gingerbread latte to go along with it!

Ingredients

This sour cream coffee cake recipe is made almost entirely with kitchen/pantry staples. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if you have most - if not all - of them at your house already.

Anyway, here's what you'll need to make the filling:

• ¾ cup light brown sugar
• ½ cup chopped pecans
• 1 tsp. ground cinnamon

For the streusel crumb topping:

• 1 cup sugar
• ½ tsp. salt
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. cinnamon
• 6 tbsp. butter, melted

And for the decadent coffee cake:

• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• ½ tsp. salt
• ¾ cup unsalted butter
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 ½ cups Greek yogurt or sour cream

Not bad, right?

By the way, this Pioneer Woman French toast casserole uses a lot of the same ingredients. So, if you're looking for a way to use some of them again, I highly recommend giving that recipe a shot next!

How to Make Coffee Cake

As far as easy coffee cake recipes go, this one has got to be one of the easiest. You basically just mix the filling ingredients, mix the topping ingredients, then mix the cake ingredients and put 'em all together.

Honestly, even if you've never made coffee cake before, you'll find this recipe to be a breeze to make.

Anyway, without further ado, let's not waste another second and get baking!

Step 1: Prepare The Filling & Topping

First, before you get into the recipe, preheat the oven to 350°F (180ºC) and lightly grease a 10-inch springform pan or round pan with cooking spray. You can also line the pan with parchment paper instead of greasing it.

Now, you can take out a medium-sized bowl and add all of the filling ingredients to it - that would be the brown sugar, chopped pecans, and cinnamon. Then, give them a good mix until they somewhat combine, and set the bowl aside.

For the streusel crumb topping, mix the sugar, salt, flour, cinnamon, and melted butter in a medium bowl until they combine and form a grainy mixture. Then, once you've got that looking good, you can set this bowl aside for later.

Step 2: Make The Coffee Cake Batter

Now it's time to make the most important part of the recipe, the coffee cake batter!

So, you'll want to start by mixing all of the dry ingredients - the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt - in a large bowl so they combine and set it aside.

Then, you can take out another large bowl and cream the butter and sugar together with a hand - or stand mixer - until it's smooth. Next, add one egg at a time, along with the vanilla extract, and continue mixing until everything is well incorporated. 

Now, once you've got the dry and wet ingredients looking good, you can add the dry ingredient mixture into the bowl of wet ingredients, along with the yogurt - or sour cream - and mix everything together with a rubber spatula until they just combine into a coffee cake batter.

Step 3: Build the Coffee Cake

Ok, now that all of the components of the coffee cake are good to go, it's time to assemble it!

So, to do that, you'll want to pour half of the coffee cake batter into the prepared pan and then evenly top it with the filling mixture. Then, after you've done that, you can pour the remaining cake batter on top and finish it off by evenly sprinkling the crumb topping on the cake batter. 

Step 4: Bake The Coffee Cake

Finally, it's time to bake this delicious coffee cake!

So, you'll want to put the coffee cake in the oven and let it bake for about 60 minutes. Also, just so you know, you'll want to check it halfway through baking and see how the top looks. If it's getting too brown, cover it with tin foil so the topping doesn’t burn.

Then, around the one-hour mark, you'll want to check the crumb cake by inserting a toothpick in the center of it, and see if it comes out clean. If it does, it's done.

So, when that happens, you can let the cake cool for a few minutes, then you can slice it up, serve it with a cup of coffee or milk, and enjoy it!

How to Store Coffee Cake

This recipe for coffee cake makes about 8 servings, depending on how you slice it.

If you bring this sour cream coffee cake to a friend's house or put it out when you're hosting, I doubt that you'll have any leftovers. Honestly, whenever I make this recipe, it's gone before I even have a chance to grab a second slice. 

Anyway, if you do end up with some leftovers, you can transfer the slices of cake to an airtight container and either store it on the counter at room temperature for about 2 days or in the fridge for up to 1 week.

By the way, you can freeze coffee cake for up to 3 months if you want to keep it for even longer. Just put the cake in an airtight container - or wrap individual slices in plastic wrap - and keep them in a freezer-safe bag.

How To Reheat Coffee Cake

Once you're ready to enjoy this decadent crumb cake again you can either eat it chilled, at room temperature, or even hot. So, if you want to warm it up - for that fresh-out-of-the-oven taste - you can just put a slice in the microwave for about 10 seconds.

Wrapping It Up

Well, that's how to make the best coffee cake ever!

I know I'm biased, but this really is one of the best coffee cake recipes you'll ever try. I mean, it has everything that makes a coffee cake delicious, plus so much more. From the moist cake to the buttery, sugary filling to the crumbly pecan topping, it's just to die for.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this quick and easy dessert recipe as much as my family and I do!

Of course, as always, if you give this recipe a try, let us know how it goes in the comments below.

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