This German coffee cake recipe is a delicious example of a quick treat to make. With nuts and cinnamon, it's fun to make with the kids. They just love to lick the bowl!
Quick to make, this cinnamon coffee cake recipe is a good one for beginners. How to make coffee cake can be confusing, but just follow the simple instructions, and you'll soon be a pro.
This method of mixing the butter, sugar and eggs first and then alternately adding the flour and liquid is a simple version of the German "ruehrtieg" (translated as "stir dough").
Master this easy method, and you are well on your way to creating quick and easy cakes. You can alter this easy coffee cake recipe by omitting the cinnamon and/or adding raisins.
German Cinnamon Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
1/3 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp. vanilla or almond flavoring
2 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour, all-purpose
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, or almonds)
1/4 cup brown sugar, packed
1 tsp. cinnamon
3/4 cup powdered sugar
3 - 4 tbsp. milk
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350° F.
Greased a 9-inch square baking pan. In mixing bowl, beat butter, sugar, and flavoring until creamy.
Beat in eggs, one at a time.
Blend flour and baking powder together.
Stir flour mixture alternately with the milk into the sugar mixture.
Spread 1/2 of batter in greased pan.
Combine nuts, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Sprinkle 1/2 over batter in pan.
Carefully top with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining nut mixture.
Bake 30 - 35 minutes until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack.
Blend powdered sugar and milk to make glaze. Drizzle over cooled coffeecake.
