Cinnamon Buttermilk Coffee Cake

This light cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake is the best way to say"hello weekend!"

This light cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake is the perfect recipe for a relaxing weekend brunch!

It's Friday!! And if you're like me, you might be thinking ahead about what's on the menu this weekend.  It seems like I spend most Fridays food day dreaming about weekend brunch.  Because brunch is my favorite.  It's just like breakfast (which is my normal favorite meal of the day), but a little later in the day, and a lot less rushed than weekday breakfasts. #winwin ;) 

This light cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake is the perfect recipe for a relaxing weekend brunch!

That brings us to today's recipe - cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake.  I LOVE coffee cake - in fact, I really haven't met a coffee cake I didn't absolutely love at first bite.  But alas....most coffee cake recipes are pretty heavy, so it really is more like eating just plain cake for breakfast - which is fine sometimes, but I want coffee cake more than just sometimes.  

 

So I took a really tasty coffee cake recipe from my trusty Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, made a few (more like quite a few) tweaks, and the result was this beautiful, light, and moist coffee cake.  One that I'll definitely be making more than just sometimes.... :D

 

Here's to a great weekend, and happy brunching! 

This light cinnamon buttermilk coffee cake is the perfect recipe for a relaxing weekend brunch!

Cinnamon Buttermilk Coffee Cake

Makes 12 servings

 

Dry Ingredients:

  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2/3 cup brown sugar

Wet Ingredients:

  • 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk

Streusel Topping:

  • 4 tablespoons butter, cut into small cubes
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl, whisk together, and set aside. 
  2. Add wet ingredients to a large bowl and whisk well to combine.  Add the dry ingredients to the wet, and whisk just until the batter comes together. 
  3. Pour the batter into a lightly greased 8x8 square baking pan. 
  4. To make the topping, add the streusel ingredients to a small bowl and use a pastry cutter or fork to combine the ingredients into a course mixture.  Sprinkle the topping evenly over the batter in the pan.
  5. Bake the coffee cake for about 30-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean. 

 Happy Eating!

~Amber

 

 *Recipe adapted from Better Homes and Gardens New Cookbook, Buttermilk Coffee Cake, page 136


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