Make Starbucks Classic Coffee Cake
This is a nice delightful cake that brings back many good memories.
Contents
Ingredients
Topping (Crumble)
- 1 cup (125g) all- purpose flour
- 1 cup (220g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 cup (1 stick or 115g) butter, softened
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans or another nut (optional)
- 1/2 cup of peanut butter of your choice (optional)
Batter
- 1/2 cup (100g) granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/3 cup (80 ml) milk
- 1 cup (2 sticks or 230g) butter, softened
- 3/4 cup (165g) light brown sugar, packed
- 1 cup (125g) flour
Steps
- Preheat your oven to 325ºF or 165ºC.
- Combine the flour, brown sugar, softened butter, pecans, and 1 teaspoon cinnamon in a medium bowl. Mix until it has a sandy texture.
- In a large bowl, cream 1 cup butter, light brown sugar and 1/2 cup sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy. After add eggs and vanilla.
- In another bowl combine flour and baking powder. Add this mixture to the fluffy mixture stirring in a little at a time. Add milk and mix until consistent.
- Pour the batter into a 10x10 inch baking pan that has been buttered and dusted with flour.
- Sprinkle the mixture, which should look like sand, over the batter. Make sure it covers the top of the batter
- Bake the cake for 50 minutes, or until the edges begin to turn light brown. Cool and serve.
- Finished.
Things You'll Need
- Electric mixer
- Rubber spatula
- Large bowl
- 2 medium bowls
- Oven
- 10x10 inch baking pan
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Sources and Citations
- Adapted from "Top Secret Recipes" by Todd Wilbur at www.topsecretrecipes.com