Grammy's Kitchen · Coffee Cake · Gingerbread Coffee Cake
One of 78 coffee cake recipes we measured
1 cooks on kristineskitchenblog.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 78.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 39% | 63% |
| total sugar | 84% | 109% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 100% | 42% |
| egg | 14% | 30% |
| leavener | 2% | 2% |
| salt | 1% | 1% |
| liquid | 23% | 69% |
| fruit | 51% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 180 g | 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour |
| 180 g | 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour |
| 53 g | 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons packed brown sugar (divided) |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons ginger |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon cinnamon |
| 1/2 teaspoon cloves | |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup 1 stick cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes |
| 28 g | 2 tablespoons unsalted butter (melted) |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon baking soda |
| 2 g | 1/2 teaspoon baking powder |
| 50 g | 1 large egg |
| 183 g | 3/4 cup unsweetened applesauce |
| 168 g | 1/2 cup molasses |
| 82 g | 1/3 cup buttermilk (or milk) |
| 80 g | 1/4 cup pure maple syrup |
Method: 8 steps, published by kristineskitchenblog.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Divine! I was out of buttermilk, so I substituted yogurt, and I added 1/2 cup chopped walnuts to the topping. With a cup of coffee on a chilly day, it's the best!” — a cook, 5.0★