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Double-Streusel Coffee Cake
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29 Reviews
Linda D.
July 14, 2024
Made it again today and used yogurt instead of sour cream and halved the streusel ingredients. Perfect! Thank you Posie!
Linda D.
May 30, 2023
Very good. A little too much streusel for me. Next time I will use yogurt instead of sour cream. Batter might be a bit easier to spread.
CreamCityKitchen
February 26, 2023
I come back to this recipe time and time again. Simple, delicious and crumby– the perfect accompaniment to a cup of coffee in the morning or after dinner
kzmccaff
December 26, 2022
I really liked this recipe--it made a ton! Next time I might add some walnuts to the streusel topping... could be nice!
Chocowagon
August 2, 2022
I used Fage greek yogurt 2% instead of sour cream (it's just what I always have in the fridge), I was also out of cinnamon so I did a blend of ginger, allspice, cardamom, and nutmeg. This took me only 30 minutes to bake! I used a glass 9 x 13 inch pan
Batter was thick of course given the cake texture, so I recommend dolloping the batter all over the top of the middle streusel layer and using a spatula or angled frosting spatula to spread evenly and avoid mixing the batter in with the streusel.
Finished product is delicious. Really the quintessential coffee cake and it's fun with the different spice profile.
Batter was thick of course given the cake texture, so I recommend dolloping the batter all over the top of the middle streusel layer and using a spatula or angled frosting spatula to spread evenly and avoid mixing the batter in with the streusel.
Finished product is delicious. Really the quintessential coffee cake and it's fun with the different spice profile.
seemoore
June 13, 2021
This looks like a delicious recipe, so I just made it for my friend's birthday dinner whose favorite cake is coffee cake.
However, I have a complaint... why do recipe writers lie about prep times?? This recipe says that it takes 15 minutes. Ha!! It took me 55 minutes. And that's without cleaning the kitchen.
This info is important to know when a person is preparing a 4 course meal for a group of 8. Every minute counts and to expect something to take much shorter a time than reality, is very misleading!!
However, I have a complaint... why do recipe writers lie about prep times?? This recipe says that it takes 15 minutes. Ha!! It took me 55 minutes. And that's without cleaning the kitchen.
This info is important to know when a person is preparing a 4 course meal for a group of 8. Every minute counts and to expect something to take much shorter a time than reality, is very misleading!!
Levana G.
January 18, 2021
Cake was great. personally I thought it was a little heavy on the streusel (middle layer was fine, but too much on the top. Also, the batter was so thick that I was not able to properly spread the second layer over the first layer of streusel so next time I'll skip the inner layer of streusel because simply didn't work.
Chocowagon
August 2, 2022
I found it helpful to dollop the batter all over the top of the middle streusel layer and use an angled frosting spatula to spread it. Manages to not mix it up with the streusel!
Tere
June 2, 2020
I loved the recipe! My sister used to make one really similar, but I coudnt fin her recipe. I wonder anyway how it would result if I add ground coffee.
As a recommendation for some sensible stomachs as mine and my parents: I'd recommend adding less butter and sugar to the cake batter, we've had some stomach aches and a sugary feeling on the throat after eating eat. Also as a tip for the oven, I covered the cake with film the last 15 minutes so It wouldn't burn over the top!
As a recommendation for some sensible stomachs as mine and my parents: I'd recommend adding less butter and sugar to the cake batter, we've had some stomach aches and a sugary feeling on the throat after eating eat. Also as a tip for the oven, I covered the cake with film the last 15 minutes so It wouldn't burn over the top!
Attycps
April 9, 2020
Made this to help get through quarrantine. Had to use salted butter, which I would Not recommend, and made additional streusel, which helped overall. I also used lowfat plain Greek yogurt, a little more than called for, and cake is delicious. It was hard spreading the batter, but not extending top batter to edges did not affect cake. Overall delicious, a keeper. Thank you!
Megan
April 8, 2020
Used sour cream, the bottom of the container which was super thick. It created a dream batter but had a bit of a struggle on spreading the top layer. Smells and tastes delicious though! Love the idea of building in a double streusel recipe. Will definitely play around with variations on this recipe!
Megan
April 8, 2020
Used sour cream, the bottom of the container which was super thick. It created a dream batter but had a bit of a struggle on spreading the top layer. Smells and tastes delicious though! Love the idea of building in a double streusel recipe. Will definitely play around with variations on this recipe
NapaCook
March 5, 2020
Saved to my "keepers" file! Only adjustment was using whole milk plain yogurt instead of greek yogurt/sour cream and it seemed to work just fine. I thought my office would eat half the pan and they devoured the whole thing. I'll make again, maybe adding blueberries next try.
Amy
December 30, 2019
I made this for Christmas brunch and it turned out wonderful! Only made 1 small change and that was to finely chop 2 small apples and stirred them into the batter. The apples were floating around my fridge and I thought it wouldn't hurt. They added some moisture, but you really couldn't taste them. I think i could have added another apple or two if I had them with no ill effects. I also baked the cake a little less than called for (around 50 minutes instead of 55), and I think that was even a few minutes too long in my oven. The corners and edges were a little dry. But overall, I received a lot of complements and the leftovers were still delicious 2 days later. This will definitely be going into the regular rotation!
EmMa
March 25, 2019
This recipe is nearly impossible to mess up -- if you're looking for a moister crumb, add some more yogurt, but it's meant to be a little drier as a true coffee cake. I make this every few weeks and it's just incredible!
Lauren M.
October 14, 2018
It seems that my streusel "melted" into the cake. I reduced the flour by 1/3 cup to replace with rolled oats and then chilled the whole sandy mixture until use. Was there not enough flour?
tamara
September 25, 2018
Tasted like flour. I think it's because of the amount of flour in the struesel. Will try it again with less.
cosmiccook
September 15, 2018
Cooling after cooking. I made a few changes (1/2 recipe since its just the two of us) and even though I hosed up the recipe by dumping the sugar in w flour by mistake, it still came out fine. I added some pecan meal two both streusel & cake. Blueberries to the cake mix. Found out too late no brown sugar but used Belgian candy sugar for streusel and Stella Parks toasted sugar for the cake. I can't wait to try it the RIGHT way creaming butter & sugar together!
SandraM
September 14, 2018
Made this today. Really lovely cake and the streusel makes it even better. The cinnamon smells wonderful while baking always a nice thing to bake for company. Had a wee taste, but looking forward to a piece with a nice cup of tea. I like the idea of blueberries(as mentioned below) in the cake....next time!
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