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Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Published July 22, 2021 Last Modified July 25, 2021 By GreedyEats

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Baked in under 30 minutes, this rich and tender sour Cream Coffee Cake is topped with thick crunchy cinnamon streusel and sweet Vanilla Glaze!

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Soft, fluffy yet tender coffee cake slice with thick and crunchy crumb topping.

Taste and Texture:

  • Crunchy and cinnamon-y streusel topping, sitting on
  • Soft, buttery and tender Vanilla Cake
  • Drizzled with sweet vanilla glaze

A stack of vanilla glazed coffee cake with Cinnamon streusel topping.

Coffee Cake Ingredients:

  • Flour: All purpose flour forms the base of this recipe.
  • Sugar: Granulated sugar works well in this cake.
  • Eggs: You will need two eggs, make sure they are at room temp.
  • Leaveners: Both baking powder and baking soda are required for a perfect lift.
  • Sour Cream: Sour cream makes this coffee cake perfectly moist and tender. It can be replaced with full fat yogurt, but then the cake's texture wont be as light.

Ingredients like flour, eggs, vanilla, butter and sour cream to make coffee cake.

How to make Coffee Cake:

There are three parts to today's classic coffee cake recipe. All of them are super easy to follow!

  1. Make the streusel topping
  2. Prepare cake batter, top it with streusel
  3. Bake, cool and top it off

Step wise process to make crumb cake topping by mixing flour and sugar with butter.

So we will start by mixing streusel ingredients- butter, sugar, flour and cinnamon till it all mixes well and forms big crumbs. If you wish you can make them pea sized. I like mine a little bigger!

Then for the cake batter-

Process to make coffee cake- beating butter and sugar, adding eggs then cream and dry ingredients.

  • Mix room temp butter, vanilla and sugar till light and fluffy
  • Add and beat one egg at a time. Next goes in half of the sour cream and ⅓ of flour.
  • Alternate with flour and sour cream (and beat just until its combined) until all the flour and cream is used up.
  • Pour in a line pan, top with streusel and bake.
Soft and crumbly streusel topping over coffee cake batter.
Homemade soft, thick and crumbly streusel topping for coffee cake.

Homemade coffee cake with thick cinnamon crumb topping cooling on a wire rack.

Vanilla Glaze:

It can't get any easier! Just mix a cup of confectioners' sugar with a little pure vanilla extract and add a tablespoon or two of heavy cream/half and half or even milk.

Stir everything till well combined and drizzle on cooled cake.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake topped with streusel topping and vanilla glaze!

What does sour cream do to cake?

Sour cream, other than adding tenderness to the cake crumb, moistens it. It also reacts with baking soda in the batter and leavens it.

You can add it in cakes to make them softer, it works best in coffee cakes, pound cakes and even cupcakes!

Easy and soft coffee Cake made with sour cream topped with cinnamon streusel topping

Can I substitute plain yogurt for sour cream in a coffee cake recipe?

Plain yogurt can be substituted for sour cream in most cake recipes. Make sure to use full fat yogurt. And know that yogurt will alter the texture of final baked product. It won't be as moist and tender.

Fluffy homemade Sour Cream Cake topped with crunchy streusel topping

More Breakfast Desserts:

Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Blueberry Muffins with streusel

Healthy Chocolate Walnut Muffins

Fluffy and healthy Banana Muffins

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Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Baked in under 30 minutes, this rich and tender sour Cream Coffee Cake is topped with thick crunchy cinnamon streusel and sweet Vanilla Glaze!
5 from 8 votes
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Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes
Servings 12 Slices
Calories: 411kcal
Author: Neha

Equipment

  • Hand/stand Mixer

Ingredients

  • ½ Cup Butter (unsalted, at room temperature)
  • ¾ Cup Granulated sugar
  • 2 large Eggs (at room temperature)
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • ½ Cup Sour Cream (full fat, at room temperature)
  • 1 ⅓ (166 gms) Cups All purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking Powder
  • ¼ tsp Baking Soda
  • ¼ tsp Salt

Streusel Topping:

  • ½ cup Brown sugar
  • ¼ Cup Granulated sugar
  • 1 ½ tsp Ground Cinnamon
  • 8 (1 stick) Tbsps Unsalted Butter (room temperature)
  • 1 ¼ Cup All purpose flour
  • ⅛ tsp Salt

Vanilla Glaze:

  • 1 Cup Confectioners' sugar
  • 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tbsps Heavy Cream/half and half/milk

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Grease and flour a round or square 9 inch pan. Or alternatively line it with parchment paper and set it aside.

For Streusel Topping:

  • Mix butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon together working butter in the mixture till it resembles coarse crumbs. Set aside.

To make Vanilla Cake:

  • Sift and mix all dry ingredients, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda in a mixing bowl.
  • Using a handheld or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat butter on high speed until creamy, for about a minute. Next add sugar and beat on high speed (for about 2 minutes) until it looks light and creamy. Now add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in the vanilla extract next. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula as needed.
  • Add sour cream and flour mix alternating them, in 2-3 additions till all flour and sour cream is used up. Beat well after each addition till flour and cream disappears into the batter.
  • Pour batter in the prepared baking pan, top with streusel topping and bake for 25-30 minutes. Check with a toothpick to test for doneness. Allow to cool down completely, before glazing.

Vanilla Glaze:

  • Mix confectioners' sugar, heavy cream and vanilla together in a small bowl till well combined and drizzle over the cooled cake.

Notes

Storage Information:
  • You can store this cake at room temp. for up to 3 days.
  • Any leftovers can be frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw in the refrigerator or on counter top before enjoying.
Additional Tips:
  1. Different Cake Pans: You can easily double this recipe to bake in a 9x13 inch pan. Or this can also be baked as a loaf cake in 9 x 5 inch loaf tin. Baking time will be around 40-45 minutes.
  2. Sour Cream: Sour cream can be replaced with full fat Greek yogurt. I don't suggest subbing it with low fat yogurt.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Slice | Calories: 411kcal | Carbohydrates: 53g | Protein: 12g | Fat: 27g | Sodium: 194mg | Sugar: 27g
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Comments

  1. Linda

    October 21, 2022 at 12:39 pm

    Hi, baking it now, but noticing a couple edits that need to be made on your end: 1. streusel topping ingredient list says 8 tbsp butter equals 1/2 stick - does not compute -- the amount of flour in the streusel looks like it needs more than a half-stick of butter? 2. Streusel directions don't mention when to add the granulated sugar - assume with the brown.
    Thanks!

    Reply
    • GreedyEats

      October 21, 2022 at 4:10 pm

      Fixed, thanks for catching these Linda! Yes, it's 1 stick butter in the streusel. Hope your cake turned out well!

      Reply
  2. Toon

    August 04, 2021 at 12:39 pm

    5 stars
    This sounds most interesting! I love coffee and I love cake. So the combination must be delicious!

    Reply
  3. Marysa

    July 24, 2021 at 6:59 am

    I love coffee cake, and this sounds like a great recipe. I don't think I have ever made my own coffee cake before, so it would be fun to try making.

    Reply
  4. Chikumo Fiseko

    July 24, 2021 at 2:39 am

    Been baking for a while now and I am interested to learn more recipes. Will definitely love to add it up and try!

    Reply
  5. Rosey

    July 23, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    Sour cream adds that extra oomph to baked recipes. This cake sounds delish.

    Reply
  6. Ntensibe Edgar

    July 23, 2021 at 9:41 am

    Hhhhmmmm....I am keeping this recipe close by! It's a cake I am intrigued to try out soon enough.

    Reply
  7. Ramil Hinolan

    July 23, 2021 at 9:22 am

    5 stars
    Coffee Cake? and sour cream? not the usual sweet cake. I need to taste it.

    Reply
  8. Ramil Hinolan

    July 23, 2021 at 9:21 am

    5 stars
    This sounds very interesting! I guess, that cake can go with my coffee?

    Reply
  9. John

    July 23, 2021 at 2:19 am

    5 stars
    OH MY GOD! This looks insane. Another one to add to my every growing recipe list from your blog!

    Reply
  10. Ivan M. Jose

    July 22, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    5 stars
    Oh wow, I love coffee cake. It's raining nonstop here in my area and I'm craving hot choco and coffee cake.

    Reply
  11. Heather

    July 22, 2021 at 9:35 pm

    OMG this looks and sounds so delicious. I can't wait to try it.

    Reply
  12. Kat

    July 22, 2021 at 6:03 pm

    5 stars
    this recipe doesn't seem too complex to make for a newbie like me. there are no weird / hard to find ingredients as well and it's baked under 30 mins. I gotta try this on a Sunday!

    Reply
  13. leann

    July 22, 2021 at 4:40 pm

    5 stars
    Just looking at this is making me so hungry! I love coffee cake, an anything with sour cream in it is always so tender and moist. Yum!

    Reply

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