Old-Fashioned Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- Filling
- 1 1/3 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cup milk
- 1 cup vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 9×13 baking dish and set aside.
- In a small bowl mix together brown sugar and cinnamon and set aside.
- In a large bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- In a medium bowl mix together eggs, milk, vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
- Mix wet ingredients into flour mixture and stir until combined.
- Pour about half the batter into prepared baking dish.
- Sprinkle with half of the brown sugar/cinnamon mixture.
- Top with remaining batter and then sprinkle remaining brown sugar/cinnamon mixture on top.
- Baking on center rack for 35 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
Notes
When layering the batter over the brown sugar and cinnamon, I found it works best to dollop the batter across the top and then gently spread it out, rather than trying to pour and spread all at once.
I also like to use a little less than half of the batter for the bottom layer so there’s a bit more to work with on top. The batter is thick, so it may pull slightly as you spread it, that’s completely normal. Just do your best to gently spread it out, then sprinkle the remaining brown sugar and cinnamon mixture over the top.
Once it bakes, everything comes together beautifully, so it doesn’t need to be perfect.
I have also made the batter in 1 bowl and it turns out just as good. Mix the wet ingredients in a large bowl first, then add dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder and salt) and mix until combined.