Best Streusel Coffeecake Recipes

PLUM STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 9-inch round or square baking pan at least 2 inches deep.
• Make streusel:
• In a food processor pulse together streusel ingredients until combined well and crumbly.
• Make cake batter:
• In a bowl with an electric mixer beat butter with sugar until light and fluffy and add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and vanilla. Sift in flour with baking powder and salt and beat until just combined.
• Spread cake batter in pan, smoothing top, and arrange plum slices over it in slightly overlapping concentric circles. Sprinkle streusel over plum slices and bake cake in middle of oven 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean. Coffeecake may be made 1 week ahead: Cool cake completely in pan on a rack and freeze, wrapped well in plastic wrap and foil. Reheat cake, unwrapped but not thawed, in a preheated 350°F. oven until heated through, 35 to 40 minutes. Cool cake slightly on a rack and sift confectioners' sugar over it. Serve coffeecake warm or at room temperature.

STREUSEL APPLE COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a Bundt cake pan.
• To make streusel: In a medium bowl, mix brown sugar, 3/4 cup flour, and cinnamon. Cut in the butter with a fork until crumbly. Stir in walnuts.
• In a medium bowl, stir together 3 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, and baking soda. In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each. Then stir in the vanilla and yogurt. Gently stir in the flour mixture just until blended.
• Pour 3 cups of the batter into the Bundt pan, sprinkle with 1/4 of the streusel, and layer with apples. Sprinkle with 1/2 the remaining streusel. Pour in the remaining batter, and top with the remaining 1/4 streusel. Lightly pat the top layer of streusel so it sticks to the cake batter.
• Bake 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack 15 minutes. Place cookie sheet over pan and carefully invert both. Remove Bundt pan, and let the cake cool completely.

TOASTED-COCONUT STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Make the streusel:
• In a bowl stir together the brown sugar, the flour, and the cinnamon, add the butter, and blend the mixture until it resembles coarse meal. Stir in the coconut and reserve the streusel.
• Make the cake batter:
• In a bowl with an electric mixer cream the butter, add the brown sugar, and beat the mixture until it is light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and the vanilla and beat the mixture until it is combined well. In another bowl whisk together the flour, the baking powder, the baking soda, and the salt, add the flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour mixture and beating the batter after each addition until it is just combined, and stir in the coconut.
• Spoon half the batter into a buttered and floured tube pan, measuring 10 inches across the top and about 4 inches deep, with a removable bottom, spreading it evenly. Sprinkle half the reserved streusel over the batter and spoon the remaining batter into the pan, spreading it carefully over the streusel. Sprinkle the remaining streusel over the top and bake the cake in the middle of a preheated 350°F. oven for 1 to 1 1/4 hours, or until the tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes, remove the tube section from the pan, and run a thin knife under the cake to release the bottom. Lift the cake off the tube section of the pan with 2 long spatulas, let it cool completely on the rack, and transfer it to a serving plate.

GRANDMA'S BLUEBERRY STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 385 degrees. Grease a 9- or 10-inch pie plate.
• For the streusel topping, use a fork and a small bowl to blend the sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and butter until crumbly. Set aside.
• For the cake, sift together flour, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl.
• In a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add the egg, milk and vanilla and beat until smooth. Mix in the dry ingredients, then fold in the blueberries.
• Spread cake mixture into prepared pie dish and sprinkle with streusel topping. Bake 50-60 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool for 20 minutes before slicing. Serve warm, if possible.

CRANBERRY-PECAN STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• To make the streusel: Combine the flour, sugar, and cinnamon in a small bowl. Rub the softened butter into the flour mixture until it holds together when squeezed. Gently mix in the pecans; set aside.
• To make the coffeecake: In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, butter, baking powder, baking soda, salt, flavorings, and buttermilk.
• Mix on low speed for one minute, scrape the bowl, and beat for another 30 seconds; scrape the bowl.
• Slowly add the eggs, one at a time, combining well after each addition; scrape the bowl after each egg is added.
• Once all the eggs are added, scrape the bowl and mix on medium speed for one minute. Gently fold the cranberries in by hand.
• To assemble the Cranberry-Pecan Streusel Coffeecake: Grease an 8x8 inch square pan and place about half of the batter in the pan. Smooth it out evenly with a small offset spatula or a knife.
• Spread 1/3 of the streusel topping over the coffeecake batter. Place the remaining coffeecake batter on top of the streusel topping and gently smooth out to the edges of the pan.
• Top with the remaining streusel.
• An alternative to layering the coffeecake and streusel is to place all of the coffeecake batter in the pan, top with 2/3 of the streusel, and marble the streusel through the coffeecake with a knife by drawing the knife down through the streusel and into the batter, making swirling motions. Once swirled, top with the remaining streusel.
• Bake the coffeecake in a 350°F preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted near the center tests clean. *** Changed time from the original 45-50 minutes, because of recipe reviewer. ***.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan.
• This cake is very delicate with a crunchy streusel if served warm the same day, so if you prefer a slightly denser coffeecake with a softer streusel crumb, serve the coffeecake the next day. After the cake has cooled, wrap it well in plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator overnight. Allow to come to room temperature before serving.
• * Regular pastry flour can be substituted for whole wheat pastry flour.
• ** If buttermilk is not available, place 1 tsp lemon juice or vinegar in a measuring cup and fill to the ¼ cup mark with milk.

CINNAMON-STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F Lightly grease a 9" x 13" pan, or two 9" round cake pans.
• Make the filling by mixing together the brown sugar, cinnamon, and cocoa powder. Note that the cocoa powder is used strictly for color, not flavor; leave it out if you like. Set it aside.
• To make the cake: In a large bowl, beat together the butter, salt, sugars, baking powder, and vanilla until well combined and smooth.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together the sour cream or yogurt and milk till well combined. You don't need to whisk out all the lumps.
• Add the flour to the butter mixture alternately with the milk/sour cream mixture, beating gently to combine.
• Pour/spread half the batter (a scant 3 cups) into the prepared pan(s), spreading all the way to the edges. If you're using two 9" round pans, spread 1 1/3 cups batter in each pan.
• Sprinkle the filling evenly atop the batter.
• Spread the remaining batter atop the filling. Use a table knife to gently swirl the filling into the batter, as though you were making a marble cake. Don't combine filling and batter thoroughly; just swirl the filling through the batter.
• Sprinkle the topping over the batter in the pan.
• Bake the cake until it's a dark golden brown around the edges; medium-golden with no light patches showing on top, and a toothpick or cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 55 to 60 minutes for the 9" x 13" pan, 50 to 55 minutes for the 9" round pans. When pressed gently in the middle, the cake should spring back.
• Remove the cake from the oven and allow it to cool for 20 minutes before cutting and serving. Serve cake right from the pan.
• Note: For those of you looking for a cake with less filling, one where the golden cake itself is the main attraction, reduce the amount of brown sugar in the fillng to 1/4 cup, keeping the remaining ingredients the same.

COOKIE-CRUMB STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Chop 20 wafers to form coarse crumbs; reserve for later use. Finely crush remaining wafers; place in medium bowl. Add flour, baking powder and baking soda; mix well. Set aside. Beat 1/4 cup (4 Tbsp.) butter and granulated sugar in large bowl with mixer until well blended. Add vanilla; mix well. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time. Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition.
• Microwave remaining butter in medium microwaveable bowl on HIGH 30 sec. or until melted. Add reserved chopped wafers along with nuts and cinnamon; mix well. Pour half the cake batter into 12-cup fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan sprayed with cooking spray; top with half the nut mixture. Repeat layers.
• Bake 40 to 45 min. or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert cake onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely. Place cake, streusel-side up, on platter.
• Mix powdered sugar and water until well blended; drizzle over cake.

STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop 20 cookies; finely crush remaining 12 cookies and set them aside.
• Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions; blend in sour cream. Stir in chopped cookies. Pour batter into greased and floured 13x9 inch baking pan.
• Mix cookie crumbs, pecans, coconut, brown sugar and cinnamon; stir in melted margarine or butter. Sprinkle over cake batter.
• Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool completely. Drizzle with your favorite powdered sugar glaze if desired. Cut into squares. Makes 24 servings.

CHERRY STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl.
• Cut in butter until mixture is crumbly; set aside 1/2 cup of the mixture.
• Add baking powder and baking soda to the remaining flour mixture.
• Combine evaporated milk and lemon juice; stir well and leave 5 minutes until thickened.
• Add egg and extract; beat well.
• Add to dry ingredients; stir just until moistened.
• Spread 2/3 of the batter over bottom and about 1 inch up the side of a greased 9-inch springform pan to form a shell; spread pie filling in shell.
• Drop small spoonfuls of remaining batter over pie filling.
• Stir almonds into reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly over cake.
• Bake in 350 oven 50 to 55 minutes.
• NOTE: You can substitute 2 1/4 cups All-Purpose Wheat and Oat Flour -OR- 2 1/2 cups Cake and Pastry Flour.

STREUSEL COFFEECAKE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop 20 cookies; finely crush remaining 12 cookies. Set aside.
• Prepare cake mix batter according to package directions; blend in sour cream. Stir in chopped cookies. Pour batter into greased and floured 13x9x3 inch baking pan.
• Mix cookie crumbs, pecans, coconut, brown sugar and cinnamon; stir in butter. sprinkle over cake batter. Bake at 350 for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool Completely. Drizzle with powdered sugar glaze if desired.