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Cream Coffee Cake

Cream Coffee Cake is a layered dessert featuring a buttery cake base topped with a rich coffee-flavored cream filling and a crumbly streusel topping. It is assembled by mixing and baking the cake batter, spreading the filling, and sprinkling the streusel before baking, resulting in a moist texture with a crumbly topping and a swirl of coffee flavor throughout.
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Calories: 420

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder dissolved in a little hot water
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heavy cream for filling
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1 cup plain all-purpose flour for streusel
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter cold and cubed
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Equipment

  • Mixing Bowls
  • Electric mixer
  • Round cake pan
  • Whisk
  • Rubber spatula
  • Measuring cups and spoons
  • Oven

Method
 

  1. Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a round cake pan and set aside.
  2. Mix the dry ingredients: in a large bowl, sift together the flour and combine with granulated sugar.
    2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 cup granulated sugar
  3. Add softened butter to the dry mixture and use an electric mixer or a pastry cutter to combine until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
    1/2 cup unsalted butter
  4. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs, milk, and vanilla extract until well combined. Dissolve the coffee powder in a small amount of hot water and add to the wet mixture.
    2 large eggs, 1 cup milk, 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  5. Gradually add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients, mixing gently until just combined to form a smooth batter.
  6. Pour half of the batter into the prepared cake pan, spreading evenly with a spatula.
  7. In a mixing bowl, whip the heavy cream and powdered sugar until stiff peaks form. Spread this coffee-flavored cream evenly over the batter layer in the pan.
    1 cup heavy cream, 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  8. Pour the remaining batter over the cream layer, smoothing the top slightly.
  9. Prepare the streusel topping by mixing flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and cold cubed butter with a pastry cutter until crumbly.
    1 cup plain all-purpose flour, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  10. Sprinkle the streusel evenly over the top of the batter in the pan.
  11. Bake the cake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean and the top is golden brown.
  12. Remove the cake from the oven and let it cool in the pan for 15 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.