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    Published: Mar 28, 2017 · Modified: Oct 5, 2021 by Amanda Powell · This post may contain affiliate links.

    Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake

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    A light, fragrant cinnamon roll coffee cake that tastes just like your favorite morning roll only better thanks to a cinnamon crumb overload. 

    A sweet, crumbly cinnamon roll coffee cake everyone will love

    There aren't  a lot of coffee cakes on this blog.  That makes me very sad because I adore coffee cake. I love picking off the crumbly topping and snacking on it, then pretending it wasn't me when someone points out a bald spot on the cake. Monstrous, I know but #sorrynotsorry. I think there are only two coffee cakes on the site. My chai apple coffee cake and my banana coffee cake with graham crumble. There is also the cinnamon raisin coffee cake, but it is a completely different kind of coffee cake. They are all incredibly amazing and recipes I make pretty often, except for the cinnamon raisin one. I swear I can basically live off the banana coffee cake. It is insane. The smell alone is enough to make you swoon.

    A simple cinnamon roll coffee cake that the family will adore

    Last week my sister had her wisdom teeth removed and stayed with me during the day since no one was around at her house and my mom was convinced she needed babysitting. I just finished making a few recipes the day before and my other sister - the one with the two babies - was stopping by to try them. I knew more people would end up stopping by and decided to also take advantage of having my sister around to help me take photos. For a few weeks I'd been craving coffee cake and thought this cinnamon roll coffee cake would be just the cure for me and luckily my sister was more than happy to be my hand model in exchange for food.

    A delicious cinnamon roll coffee cake with extra crumb topping and cream cheese frosting

    After a bit of planning, I set out to make my cinnamon roll coffee cake and guys, it is so good. Light and fluffy, with all the cinnamon. Now, for the pictures we drizzled on a bit of the cream cheese icing, but when it was all over, we basically slathered the top of the coffee cake with the stuff. After dinner a few of us warmed our thick slices of cinnamon roll coffee cake in the microwave so the cream cheese icing melted into all the crevasses of the crumb topping and into the cake. Be still my heart; it was magical. By the time the day was through, most people had two or three slices and there was only a small slice left which I hid so I could enjoy it for a nice quiet breakfast the next morning.

    There isnt anything better than this cinnamon roll coffee cake. The whole family will fall in love

    To really get that cinnamon roll flavor I added extra brown sugar and cinnamon to the crumb that went inside the batter. It gives it that really irresistible sweet cinnamon flavor that reminds you so much of a cinnamon roll when you eat it with the cream cheese frosting. Because I am such a fanatic over the crumb topping, I really went at it putting a ton of it on top of the coffee cake. You don't have to go all out like that though. You can save some of the crumb topping in an air tight container in the freezer. Top a few muffins with it for a really tasty treat.

    If you loved this, you might also love my new pumpkin coffee cake! 

    A simple cinnamon roll coffee cake that the family will adore

    Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake

    Amanda Powell
    An irresistible cinnamon roll coffee cake that everyone will adore
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    Prep Time 25 mins
    Cook Time 55 mins
    Total Time 1 hr 20 mins
    Course Cake
    Cuisine American
    Servings 1 cake
    Calories 395 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    Crumb Topping

    • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 ¼ cups brown sugar divided
    • 5 tablespoons ground cinnamon divided
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ¾ cup 1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, room temperature

    Cake Base

    • 4 large eggs room temperature
    • 1 ½ cups sour cream
    • 1 tablespoon vanilla bean paste I recommend Rodelle
    • 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • 1 tablespoon baking powder
    • ¾ teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¾ cup 1 12 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature cut in cubes

    Cream Cheese Icing

    • 2 oz cream cheese
    • 2 tablespoons milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 cups powdered sugar

    Instructions
     

    • Make the crumb topping. Mix together the flour, 1 cup of sugar, 3 tablespoons ground cinnamon, and salt together. Mix in the butter with a pastry cutter or your hands until it comes together into large crumbs. Store in the freezer until needed.
    • Grease and flour an 8-inch springform pan with butter. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
    • In a smaller bowl, mix together the eggs, sour cream, and vanilla together until well combined.
    • In a mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment, add the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
    • Add in the butter and beat until the mixture resembles wet sand.
    • Add in the sour cream mixture and mix until combined, the mixture should be light and fluffy, but with a few lumps.
    • Pour in half the batter into the pan and add about half the crumble mixture over the batter. Add the remaining brown sugar and cinnamon over the crumble. Top with the remaining batter, then the remaining crumb topping.
    • Bake for about 55 - 60 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
    • Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for about 20 minutes. Run a knife between the cake and the pan, then open the pan.
    • Remove the cake and allow to cool for another 10 minutes.
    • While the cake is baking, add the ingredients together for the cream cheese icing and mix until well combined. Drizzle over the cinnamon roll coffee cake.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1sliceCalories: 395kcal
    Keyword cinnamon roll, coffee cake
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    Cinnamon roll coffee cake that everyone will fall in love with.

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    1. Meg | Meg is Well says

      April 05, 2017 at 1:13 pm

      Oh my god, I do the exact same thing with coffee cake. I just can't stop myself from picking at the top, it's too tasty. I haven't had a coffee cake in forever so this is making me hungry.

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    2. Priti says

      April 04, 2017 at 8:05 am

      Hi, this cake looks amazing. Could you please guide me as to what should I replace eggs with?

      Reply

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