Coffee Cake

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.

	this recipe	typical
fat	69%	63%
total sugar	176%	109%
brown sugar share of total sugar	54%	42%
egg	30%	30%
leavener	2%	2%
salt	2%	1%
liquid	58%	69%
flour strength	1.0	1.0

Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

147 g	2/3 cup packed light brown sugar ((147g))
30 g	1/4 cup all-purpose flour ((30g))
6 g	2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
90 g	3/4 cup all-purpose flour ((90g))
110 g	1/2 cup packed light brown sugar ((110g))
6 g	2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 g	1/4 teaspoon salt
85 g	6 tablespoons cold unsalted butter (diced (85g))
210 g	1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour ((210g))
8 g	2 teaspoons baking powder
4 g	3/4 teaspoon salt
142 g	10 tablespoons unsalted butter (softened (142g))
150 g	3/4 cup granulated sugar ((150g))
55 g	1/4 cup packed light brown sugar ((55g))
100 g	2 large eggs (room temperature)
160 g	2/3 cup sour cream (room temperature (160g))
9 g	2 teaspoons vanilla extract
120 g	1 cup powdered sugar ((120g))
30 g	2 tablespoons whole milk
2 g	1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method: 9 steps, published by preppykitchen.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Oh. My. Stars. Please try this recipe. Incredible coffee cake! This week, I had a child with flu. Once her fever was gone, we were hoping her appetite would return, but it didn’t. She had asked weeks ago for coffee cake from a local coffee shop. I offered this” — a cook, 5.0★

“I’m not a coffee cake person and don’t really know why I even tried this recipe but, holy cow, I’m glad I did! Beautiful, moist, golden cake. I made the mistake of putting the streusel topping inside where the filling goes and what a happy accident. It made” — a cook, 5.0★