Starbucks Cinnamon Coffee Cake
This recipe for Starbucks Cinnamon Coffee cake comes from the coffee chain's own website. It does not disappoint. This cake tastes SO delicious and, maybe not surprisingly, goes very well with coffee. One look at the ingredients and you know why. This does not pretend to be anything but an indulgence. You've got butter... sugar... vanilla... and cinnamon. It's going to taste incredible!
00:00 Introduction
00:09 Cinnamon streusel
00:32 Wet ingredients
01:04 Yogurt and vanilla
01:16 Dry ingredients
01:35 Mixing batter
01:49 Cake assembly
02:35 Thank you!
STREUSEL
2/3 cup (80g) all-purpose plain flour
1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
1/4 tsp salt
4 tbsp (56g) unsalted cold butter, cubed
CAKE
12 tbsp (168g) unsalted butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs yolks* (Starbucks uses the whole egg)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups Greek yogurt
2 1/2 cups (300g) all-purpose plain flour* (Starbucks calls for cake flour. We changed it for a more substantial taste and texture.)
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
* Though we prefer the coffee cake as written above, two changes we made in the eggs and flour are in the parentheses above.
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Starbucks' recipe cooks at 325F because they prepare these as muffins or small loaves. We need the extra heat with the bigger pan.
2. Grease a 9" x 9" x 2" (23cm x 23cm x 5cm) pan. We used vegetable shortening. We tried this without greasing the pan during a trial run and the cake stuck a bit, which surprised us given the butter content.
3. In a medium bowl, combine all cinnamon streusel ingredients with a fork until they reach a crumbly consistency, do not over mix into paste. Refrigerate bowl while mixing cake.
4. In a large bowl, mix together room temperature butter and sugar. It should be light and fluffy; do not over whip.
5. Stop and scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl.
6. Now add in 1 egg yolk at a time, mixing in between each addition. Stop and scrape down the sides and bottom of bowl.
7. In a small bowl, combine the vanilla extract and Greek yogurt.
8. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
9. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the egg mixture, followed by 1/3 of the yogurt mixture. Repeat 2 more times until all the ingredients are incorporated.
10. Fill 1/2 of the greased pan with batter, sprinkle thin layer of cinnamon streusel mixture on top of batter, then repeat process one more time so that the pan is 1/2 filled with streusel on top.
11. Bake for 50–60 minutes until an inserted toothpick comes out clean or with only a crumb or two, let cool, and serve.
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