Strawberry Coffee Cake is moist, crumbly perfection! Buttery and sweet, it’s made with fresh strawberries for a bright, tart addition.
It’s hard to improve on classic recipes like Coffee Cake or Crumb Cake, but this strawberry version is the perfect way to add sweet fruit flavor to your Classic Coffee Cake.
Sabrina’s Strawberry Coffee Cake Recipe
This Coffee Cake recipe is perfect to serve for a big family breakfast or brunch with friends. The flavor combination of crunchy streusel, strawberries, and sweet cake makes it the ultimate treat that everyone is sure to love! You can also serve Strawberry Coffee Cake for a more ordinary breakfast. This is the perfect dish to enjoy on the weekends, and there are often leftovers so you can have a slice of cake the next day too.
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Ingredients
Brown Sugar Crumble Topping:
- 1 cup brown sugar , packed
- 2/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , cold and cut into cubes
Strawberry Coffee Cake:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 tablespoon orange zest
- 2 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 2 cups strawberries , roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and coat springform pan with baking spray.
- Make the streusel topping with brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon.
- Cut in the butter until it looks like crumbles then set the topping aside.
- To your stand mixer add the butter and sugar until light and fluffy then add in the egg, vanilla extract, and orange zest.
- Sift dry ingredients into a bowl.
- Add in dry ingredients and milk in batches, alternating them until just combined.
- Add half the batter to the springform pan.
- Add half the strawberries to the batter, sprinkling them over the batter.
- Add the rest of the batter then top with the rest of the strawberries.
- Add the brown sugar crumble and bake for 50-55 minutes until the cake is set.
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Note from Sabrina
For the best texture, pat the chopped strawberries dry with paper towels before layering them into the batter. Removing excess moisture helps prevent the cake from becoming soggy and keeps the crumb light and tender while allowing the buttery streusel topping to stay crisp and crumbly.
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About this Recipe
There’s no actual coffee in coffee cake recipes. It gets its name because of how great the tender, sweet cake pairs with bitter coffee. Its buttery crumb base is made with simple cake ingredients, then that’s topped with a cinnamon brown sugar topping. So, enjoy this cake on a slow morning with your favorite coffee blend. You can cut up squares to share or bake them in a muffin tin for an easily shareable treat.
How to Store
- Serve: Strawberry Coffee Cake will be good at room temperature for up to 2 days. To keep the cake fresh cover it in plastic wrap, and store it in a dry, cool place.
- Store: You can also cover the coffee cake to keep it in the refrigerator. It will stay good for 1 week.
- Freeze: If you want to bake the cake ahead or just keep the leftovers longer, put it in an airtight container to freeze for up to 3 months. Layer the individual slices with parchment paper so that they don’t freeze together, and let the cake thaw in the fridge before reheating.
Ideas to Serve
You can make the Strawberry Coffee Cake even more decadent for a special occasion by adding delicious toppings like Whipped Cream and a Chocolate Fudge drizzle. You can also add a tangy contrast by using a piping bag or Ziploc with the corner cut to drizzle Cream Cheese Frosting over the top.
Variations
- Sour cream coffee cake: To make an extra moist sour cream coffee cake recipe, just mix 1 cup sour cream into the cake batter.
- Gluten-free: To make a gluten-free Strawberry Coffee Cake, replace the all-purpose flour in the recipe with oat flour, almond flour, coconut flour, or another gluten-free substitute.
- Lemon Glaze: Try making a tangy lemon glaze to drizzle over your coffee cake. For the lemon glaze recipe, combine 2 cups powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons lemon juice. Mix the lemon glaze together and add more sugar or lemon juice depending on the consistency you want. Drizzle the lemon glaze over the cake right before serving.
- Berries: Instead of just doing 2 cups strawberries try doing half strawberries and half of another fruit. 1 cup fresh blueberries, raspberries, cranberries, or cherries could all taste amazing.
- Coffee Cake Muffins: To make a more portable, sweet breakfast recipe cook the coffee cake batter in muffin tins.
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