Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
moist sour-cream coffee cake with a cinnamon streusel
Ingredients
- 250 g All Purpose Flour
- 180 g White Sugar
- 115 g Butter
- 30 g Vegetable Oil
- 220 g Sour Cream
- 100 g Egg
- 8 g Vanilla Extract
- 8 g Baking Powder
- 2 g Baking Soda
- 3 g Salt
Method
- 1. Streusel: Rub the cold butter into the flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt until it clumps into coarse crumbs; chill until assembly.
- 2. Batter: Cream the butter and sugar until light, then beat in the oil, eggs, and vanilla.
- 3. Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together and add in three additions, alternating with the sour cream and mixing just until smooth; don't overmix.
- 4. Fold blueberries, diced apple, or chopped pecans into the batter if using.
- 5. Assemble: Spread half the batter in a greased 9-in tube or 8-in square pan, scatter over half the streusel, then add the rest of the batter and finish with the remaining streusel.
- 6. Bake: Bake at 350°F / 175°C until a skewer comes out clean, ~45–55 min.
- 7. Cool 20 min before slicing.