Best Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe Without Sour Cream

_{No sour cream, no problem! This Cinnamon Coffee Cake recipe is moist, buttery, and full of cinnamon flavor. It’s perfect as an afternoon snack, a breakfast pastry, or an after-dinner dessert!}

Best Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe Without Sour Cream

Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cook Time: 40-45 Minutes Total Time: 50-55 Minutes Servings: 1 Cake

If there’s a quintessential breakfast/brunch recipe, it’s the ever so deliciously moist coffee cake.  A light cake, layered with cinnamon streusel. 

If you’ve never had coffee cake before and this is your first time, you may be looking through the list of ingredients and wondering why no coffee is listed.  Contrary to its name, coffee cake doesn’t traditionally have coffee in it!  It gets its name because it’s delicious served alongside a hot cup of coffee.

Most coffee cakes are made with sour cream, which helps keep the cake moist, but….a time or two I have wanted to make this cake, and lo and behold, we are out of sour cream. What I did have on hand was milk and vinegar so I made my buttermilk. Nifty, huh?

I have seen other recipes substituting sour cream for Greek yogurt. I have not tried this substitution.

Ingredients Needed To Make This No Sour Cream Coffee Cake

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For Cinnamon Coffee Cake

• 1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups of granulated white sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract
• 2 cups of all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tsps baking powder
• 1 1/8 tsps of baking soda
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• pinch of salt

For Streusel Topping

• 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts
• 1/2 cup of brown sugar
• 1 1/2 tsps of cinnamon

To Make Buttermilk

Take 1 cup of milk (whole milk) at room temperature, plus 2 tablespoons vinegar. Whisk the ingredients together until incorporated. Let sit for at least 10 minutes. You’ll begin to see small curdled bits in the mixture; this means it’s ready to add to the recipe.

Take note that homemade buttermilk is not cultured and thick like store-bought. Even if you don’t see much change in the appearance of the mixture, the acid has been added to your milk and it will work just like real buttermilk.

How To The Best Coffee Cake Recipe With Crumb Topping 

STEP ONE: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Then grease and flour a bundt pan or 9×13 inch pan.

STEP TWO: Next, using a stand mix with a paddle attachment, on medium-high speed, beat together the softened butter and sugar until nice and fluffy. Add in vanilla and eggs. Mix until well combined.

STEP THREE: Now you are ready to mix dry ingredients. In a medium bowl mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Next, add half of the flour mixture and half of the buttermilk to the butter-sugar mixture and combine well. When ready, add the remaining flour mixture and buttermilk to the batter and stir well.

STEP FOUR: Next, mix the streusel topping ingredients. Combine in a small bowl – walnuts, brown sugar and cinnamon.

If using a bundt pan, pour the batter into the prepared pan. Then sprinkle the streusel on top of the batter and swirl the topping through the batter with a knife. Bake for 45 – 60 minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean from the center of the cake.

If using a 9×13-inch pan, pour half the batter into the pan, making an even layer, and sprinkle half of the streusel on top of the batter. Add the remaining batter, sprinkling the rest of the streusel on top. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until the cake tester comes out clean the center of the cake.

STEP FIVE: Cool on a wire rack. Once at room temperature, enjoy!

How To Store Your Coffee Cake To Keep It Moist

• STORE it in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 2 days. It can go stale fast.
• STORE it in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.
• FREEZE. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap and store in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 3 months. By the way – it freezes well.

Best Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe Without Sour Cream

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