Easy Coffee Cake Recipe

This Easy Coffee Cake Recipe has become a staple in my kitchen, even on a lazy Sunday. It’s a delicious blend of simplicity and comfort, offering the perfect balance of soft cake and crispy streusel that pairs beautifully with your morning coffee or afternoon tea.

Why You’ll Love This Easy Coffee Cake Recipe

• Delicious: The combination of moist, cinnamon-infused cake and buttery streusel topping will make your taste buds sing.
• Crowd-Pleasing: Whether serving it at a gathering or as a treat for your family, this Easy Coffee Cake Recipe is guaranteed to impress.
• Easy to Make: This recipe has simple ingredients and instructions, perfect for bakers of all skill levels.

Ingredients

• Cold Brew Coffee: Adding cold brew coffee to this Easy Coffee Cake Recipe gives it its coffee flavor and adds moisture, resulting in a more tender crumb that’ll have your guests coming back for seconds (and maybe thirds).
• Greek Yogurt: This recipe uses Greek yogurt, a great way to sneak some extra protein into your baking. Greek yogurt not only adds moisture to the cake but also boosts the nutritional profile.

How to Make This Easy Coffee Cake Recipe

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the 9-10 inch springform pan by greasing with 1-2 tbsp butter and then dust with flour.
2. Make the streusel: Mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Add the cubes of butter and use your hands to rub it into the flour/sugar mixture until it’s combined and resembles crumbs. Set in the fridge.
3. In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs and mix until incorporated. Then add the Greek yogurt, vanilla extract and cold brew coffee and mix on low speed until smooth. (You can also use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment if desired).
5. Add the dry ingredients slowly, mixing over low speed until combined.
6. Pour half of the batter into the prepared springform pan. Sprinkle over half of the streusel mixture. Pour the remaining batter into the pan and sprinkle the rest of the streusel mixture on top.
7. Bake for 40-60 minutes, START CHECKING AT 40 MINUTES AS EVERY OVEN BAKES DIFFERENTLY until the cake is cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
8. Let cool slightly in the pan before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
9. When the cake is cooled, make the icing by mixing together the powdered sugar, vanilla and coffee until it becomes a smooth icing. Once the cake has cooled, drizzle the icing over, slice and serve!

Tips and Tricks

• Start checking your coffee cake at 40 minutes. Ovens vary, so look for a golden-brown top and a clean toothpick test.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan before transferring it to a wire rack. This will allow it to set and make it easier to slice.
• Let your cake cool completely before drizzling the icing – this prevents melting.

Variations

• Icing: If you prefer icing without coffee flavor, simply swap the cold brew for milk, and you’ll have plain vanilla icing instead.

Best served with

• Easy Fresh Fruit Salad
• How To Make Greek Yogurt
• Barista Oat Milk Blend

How to Store Leftovers

This Easy Coffee Cake Recipe will stay moist for 3-4 days when stored in an airtight container at room temperature or up to 5 days if refrigerated. You can also freeze leftovers for up to 3 months.

Maria Koutsogiannia

Maria is the creator of FoodByMaria and your go-to Greek food expert for cozy, flavor-packed recipes. Inspired by her Mediterranean roots, she brings traditional Greek flavors, feel-good ingredients, and a whole lot of joy to everyday cooking.

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Easy Coffee Cake Recipe

This Easy Coffee Cake Recipe will become your new go-to for brunch or afternoon tea. With a moist, flavorful crumb and irresistible streusel topping, it’s simple to make and guaranteed to impress.

Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins

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Servings 8 -10 slices

Calories 652

Servings: 8 -10 slices

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Ingredients

For the streusel

• ▢ ¾ cup all purpose flour
• ▢ ¾ cup light brown sugar
• ▢ ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• ▢ 6 tbsp cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
• ▢ pinch of salt

For the cake

• ▢ 2 cups all purpose flour
• ▢ 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ 1 ¼ tsp baking powder
• ▢ ½ tsp baking soda
• ▢ 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• ▢ 2 cups white sugar
• ▢ 2 eggs
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ ¾ cup plain Greek yogurt
• ▢ ¼ cup cold brew coffee

For the vanilla icing

• ▢ 1 cup icing sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ 2 tbsp cold brew coffee

Instructions 

Start Cooking

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Prepare the 9-10 inch springform pan by greasing with 1-2 tbsp butter and then dust with flour.
2. Make the streusel: Mix the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon and salt in a bowl. Add the cubes of butter and use your hands to rub it into the flour/sugar mixture until it’s combined and resembles crumbs. Set in the fridge.
3. In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda and set aside.
4. In a large mixing bowl, use a hand mixer to cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add eggs and mix until incorporated. Then add the Greek yogurt, vanilla extract and cold brew coffee and mix on low speed until smooth. (You can also use a stand mixer with a paddle attachment if desired).
5. Add the dry ingredients slowly, mixing over low speed until combined.
6. Pour half of the batter into the prepared springform pan. Sprinkle over half of the streusel mixture. Pour the remaining batter into the pan and sprinkle the rest of the streusel mixture on top.
7. Bake for 40-60 minutes, *START CHECKING AT 40 MINUTES AS EVERY OVEN BAKES DIFFERENTLY* until the cake is cooked through and a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean.
8. Let cool slightly in the pan before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
9. When the cake is cooled, make the icing by mixing together the powdered sugar, vanilla and coffee until it becomes a smooth icing. Once the cake has cooled, drizzle the icing over, slice and serve!

Notes

• If you prefer an icing without coffee flavour, simply swap the cold brew for milk and you’ll have a plain vanilla icing instead.
• Store the cake at room temperature for 2-3 days.
• If you like this recipe, try our Greek Apple Cake or Greek Orange Phyllo Cake

NutritionHide Nutrition

Calories: 652kcalCarbohydrates: 95.8gProtein: 7.2gFat: 27.7gSaturated Fat: 16.6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 8.2gCholesterol: 107.1mgSodium: 324mgFiber: 1.1gSugar: 67.3g