Streusel Coffee Cake

[wyrdkat]

I've made this coffee cake many times now. I love it so much. It's really easy and it uses ingredients that are usually on hand. My husband would eat the whole thing if I let him, but I make sure he shares!

the recipe link is here.

Photo and recipe under the cut...





Ingredients:

* Topping:
* 1/2 cup brown sugar
* 1/4 cup sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
* 1/4 cup butter, room temperature
* 1 teaspoon cinnamon
* .
* Cake:
* 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour (sift before measuring)
* 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 egg, beaten
* 3/4 cup sugar
* 1/3 cup melted butter
* 1/2 cup milk
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation:
Topping. In small mixing bowl, combine topping ingredients. Blend with fork until crumbly. Set aside.

Sift* 1 1/2 cups sifted flour with baking powder and salt into a bowl. In a medium bowl, beat together beaten egg and 3/4 cup sugar and 1/3 cup melted butter. Add milk and vanilla. Stir in flour mixture and mix well.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 8-inch square or 9-inch layer-cake pan. Sprinkle topping crumb mixture evenly over batter. Bake at 375° for 25 to 30 minutes, or until cake tests done. Partially cool in pan on wire rack. Cut coffee cake into squares while still warm.

(I used a 9 inch square pan it and worked out well)
*I didn't sift, I rarely do...I'm kind of lazy like that.

Comments

[feuervogel]

I can't wait to try this! How important is it to sit the flour before measuring? I've never done that.

[lassarina]

Pretty important - sifting makes the flour lighter and less dense by incorporating extra air, so "1 1/2 cups sifted flour" is an entirely different animal than "1 1/2 cups flour, sifted" - the latter will give you a MUCH heavier piece of baking and will throw your proportions all out of whack if what was called for was "1 1/2 cups sifted flour."

....Er. Edited to correct icon, which is my default and was in no way intended as a commentary upon you. >_<;

[wyrdkat]

I know a lot of people feel that it is important and I know why it is considered to be important but I rarely do it myself. (My sifter sucks and I just don't have the space to sift then measure really...I have a bit of counter space and no kitchen table at all, my kitchen is very small.)

I made this several times without sifting at all and it came out moist and wonderful. Would it have come out better without sifting? Maybe, but it came out great without it, so that is good enough for me.

[feuervogel]

I'm lazy, and I have a crappy sifter, too :D If it works fine without pre-sifting, I'm OK with that. I love coffee cake, and I've had the devil of a time finding a recipe. (I can't believe that in the 20+ cookbooks I own, NOT ONE has a coffee cake recipe!)