Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping
Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping | Eggless Coffee Cake is a moist and egg free cake with coffee flavors as its epitome. The crumb mixture at its topping and filling gives a crunchy and grainy texture to this delicious baked treat. It makes a great snacking option or dinner dessert.
Equipment
- Hand mixer
- 6" Baking pan
- mixing bowl
- spatula
Ingredients
- 150 gm all-purpose flour maida
- 180 gm yoghurt
- 150 gm sugar
- 60 gm butter salted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda heaped
- 1.5 tbsp instant coffee powder dissolved in a tbsp of hot water.
- 1 tsp vanilla essence optional
Crumb Topping
- ¼ cup walnuts lightly toasted and finely chopped (approx. 30gm)
- 1/8 cup brown sugar
- 1/8 cup chocolate compound approx. 20gm
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
- ½ tbsp all purpose flour
Instructions
Preparations for Baking
- All baking recipe related ingredients to be at room temperature.
- Grease and line 6” round tin with parchment paper.
- Preheat oven at 180°C for 10 minutes.
Sifting Dry Ingredients
- For the dry ingredients, in a bowl sieve all-purpose flour, baking soda and baking powder.
Wet Ingredients
- In another bowl, beat curd and sugar powder till smooth.
- To this add the melted butter. Mix well till creamy.
- Also add in vanilla essence and coffee decoction.
Mix Dry and Wet Ingredients.
- Now add the dry ingredients to the bowl containing curd-sugar-butter mixture. Mix well.
- Finally pour half the batter into the greased tin.
- Sprinkle half of the crumb topping
- Cover with the remaining batter and then again sprinkle with the remaining crumb topping.
- Finally, sprinkle the crumble mixture on top of the cake. Lightly tap the baking tin.
Bake Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping
- In a preheated oven, bake the cake at 180°C for half an hour and then at 170°C for around 15 minutes. Insert a toothpick to check doneness. Once the cake is baked, it leaves the sides of the baking tin. This is another way to check whether the cake is baked or not.
- Finally, remove the baked cake from oven and cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Then release the sides.
- Serve at room temperature.
What to serve with
- Serve this cake with freshly brewed Coffee, Kadak Chai or Cardamom Caffe Latte.
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Notes
- Check expiry of all baking ingredients.
- Make sure oven is preheated.
- All baking ingredients must be at room temperature.
- If using unsalted butter, then add a pinch of salt to the flour.
- Spread the batter evenly to ensure uniform baking throughout. Once the batter is in the pan, tap the cake pan on a countertop to release any air bubbles in the batter.
- Do not open the oven frequently. At least the first 20-25 minutes do not open at all.
- Cool the cake before you attempt to slice it.