Grandmother Inga's recipe for a moist coffee cake with a layer of cream cheese and a hint of almond. Sweet but not too sweet. Perfect with a morning cup of coffee.
Course
Brunch, Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time45minutes
Cook Time45minutes
Total Time1hour30minutes
Servings20
Ingredients
Filling
2 8 ouncepackages cream cheesesoftened (light or regular)
½cupsugar
½teaspoonvanilla extract
1large egg
Cake
3cupsall-purpose flour
1teaspoonbaking powder
½teaspoonbaking soda
½teaspoonsalt
½cup1 stick unsalted buttersoftened
1cupsugar
4large eggs
1teaspoonvanilla extract
1cupsour creamlight or regular
Streusel topping
¼cupsugar
¼cupflour
3Tablespoonsbutterchilled and cubed
Glaze
¼cupconfectioners’ sugar
1 ½teaspoonsmilk
2 - 3dropsdrops almond flavor oil
Method
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease & flour a 9 x 13 cake pan and set aside.
Filling
In a medium bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sugar, egg and vanilla using a hand held mixer on medium-low speed until creamy.
Set aside.
Cake
In medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until well combined. Set aside.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle, cream together the butter and sugar on medium-low speed.
Add eggs one at a time.
Add the vanilla extract.
Slowly pour in the flour mixture alternating with the sour cream until it is all combined. Batter will be thick.
Spread half of the batter into the prepared cake pan with a spatula.
Spread the cream cheese filling evenly on top.
Top with remaining cake batter and smooth with a spatula.
Using a butter knife, gently swirl in the batter.
Streusel topping
Add the sugar, flour and chilled butter in a small bowl.
Stir using a fork or pastry blender until the mixture is crumbly.
Sprinkle the streusel on top of cake batter.
Bake
40-45 minutes until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Cool on a wire rack.
Glaze
In a small bowl, combine ingredients. Stir until smooth and creamy.
Drizzle over cake.
Cooks Notes
There are four parts to making this coffee cake, I recommend making them in the order listed. I made and added the glaze after the cake was cool.