Coffee Cake, or as we like to call it, birthday cake for the caffeine-dependent, is a crowd pleasing dessert with just the right touch of bitter note thanks to instant espresso. Adding mono & diglyceride flakes to the cake batter helps to improve the cake crumb, and provide outstanding shelf life for seconds, thirds, fourths… you get the point.
Ingredients
- Streusel Topping:
- 85g (6 Tbsp) Butter, Unsalted, Room Temperature
- 199g (1 Cup) Granulated Sugar
- 121g (1 Cup) All Purpose Flour
- 1.5g (¼ tsp) Salt
- 6g (1 Tbsp) Cinnamon
- Filling:
- 213g (1 Cup, packed) Light Brown Sugar
- 0.75g (⅛ tsp) Salt
- 9g (1 ½ Tbsp) Cinnamon
- 2.5g (1tsp) Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1.25g (1tsp) Instant Espresso Powder
- Icing:
- 50g (½ Cup) Confectioners Sugar
- 15g (1 Tbsp) Whole Milk
- Cake Batter:
- 170g (12 Tbsp) Butter, Unsalted, Room Temperature
- 298g (1 ½ Cups) Granulated Sugar
- 71 (½ Cup) Light Brown Sugar
- 454g (3 ¾ Cups) All Purpose Flour
- 9g (1 ¼ tsp) Salt
- 10g (2 ½ tsp) Baking Powder
- 7.5g (1 Tbsp) Mono & Diglyceride Flakes
- 150g (3 Total) Eggs
- 170g (¾ Cups) Sour Cream
- 283g (1 ¼ Cups) Milk
- 8g (2 tsp) Vanilla Extract
Equipment
- Stand Mixer
- Paddle Attachment
- Small Mixing Bowl
- Small Whisk
- Loaf Pan
- Spatula
- Mixing Bowl
- Small Offset Spatula
Timing
Active Time: 20 Minutes
Total Time: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
Yield
1 Loaf
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Create Streusel Topping
In a stand mixer, combine the room temperature butter and sugar, using the paddle attachment, mix for 5 minutes.
Sieve the flour, salt and cinnamon.
Add the dry mix to the butter mixture and mix for 1 minute or until combined.
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Create Coffee Filling
Sieve together the salt, cinnamon, cocoa powder and espresso powder and set aside until needed.
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Create Icing
Whisk together the sugar and milk in a small bowl.
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Dissolve Moni & Diglyceride Flakes
Preheat an oven to 350°F.
In a small heavy bottomed pan heat 1 tbsp of butter and the mono & diglycerides over medium heat. At 140F the mono and diglycerides will melt into the butter. Set this aside and allow it to cool before moving to the next step.
Sieve the flour, salt, and baking powder.
In a stand up mixer, combine the room temperature butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar, using the paddle attachment, mix for 5 minutes. Add the mono & diglyceride flakes, butter and mix for another 3 minutes.
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Add Eggs & Sour Cream
Add the eggs to the butter mixture, 1 at a time until they are combined. Scraping the bowl with a spatula between each egg.
Combine the sour cream, milk and vanilla and whisk together in a small mixing bowl.
Alternately add the dry mixture and the sour cream mixture to the butter mixture, scraping the bowl with a spatula occasionally until all combined.
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Pour into Loaf Pan
Pour half of the batter into a greased loaf pan, and spread evenly all the way to the edges. Sprinkle the filling evenly over the batter.
Spread the remaining batter on top of the filling. Use a small offset spatula to gently swirl the filling into the batter, like you were making a marble type cake. Sprinkle the streusel topping over the cake.
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Bake, Cool, Glaze, & Serve
Place in the oven and cook for 1 hour and 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
Remove from the oven and let rest for 30 minutes.
Remove from the pan and glaze with the icing.
Serve immediately or cover and keep it for up to 1 week.
Summary
Recipe Name
Just Call Me Coffee Cake
Author Name
Modernist Pantry
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Comments (2)
December 11, 2020 2:27 pm
When we have to add sugar to the batter?
December 14, 2020 12:41 pm
updated!