Wake up to a slice of this extra buttery and moist sour cream cinnamon coffee cake! Topped with a brown sugar and pecan streusel, this is my favorite coffee cake ever!
I have a lot of coffee cake recipes on the blog and every one of them tastes great. This simple apple coffee cake tastes like fall or what about an espresso laced coffee cake with chocolate chunks?
But this cinnamon coffee cake is by far the best. If you're wondering why, two of the ingredients might give it away. It uses one and a half sticks of butter and almost a full cup of sour cream.
That's the reason this is the most moist coffee cake you might ever taste!
If you're lucky enough to have any left after a few days, it'll still be like the first day it was baked and not dry and crumbly like other coffee cakes you might find.
Ingredients you'll need for this cinnamon coffee cake
- Flour, all purpose is perfect.
- Baking powder, a pantry staple
- Baking soda.
- Butter, I prefer unsalted and it must be at room temperature.
- 1 large egg plus 1 egg yolk.
- Sour cream
- Vanilla, extract is fine.
- Brown sugar, light.
- Pecans, chopped.
- Cinnamon
Tips for making perfect cinnamon coffee cake
Make sure all ingredients are at room temperature before you begin mixing.
Use a hand held mixer or a stand mixer to get maximum volume in the cake batter for a lighter coffee cake.
As with the majority of baking projects, always make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl at least twice during mixing.
I've made this cinnamon coffee cake in a 9 inch round cake pan as well as a 9 x 13 pan and now this 10 inch tube pan. The bake times will change slightly depending on which one you use.
How to make sure your coffee cake is fully baked
The last thing you want to happen is to take the cake out of the oven early and watch it sink because it wasn't baked long enough. I like to gently press down on the top of the coffee cake with my finger and if the cake springs back and desn't leave a dent, then it should be done.
Let the coffee cake cool before slicing it. The smell it creates when it's baking might make this difficult but it'll cut much better after it has cooled.
Storing leftover coffee cake
To prevent the coffee cake drying out prematurely, wrap it tightly in plastic wrap or in a sealed container and let it sit on your counter top. No refrigeration is required. You can freeze it for up to two months.
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