The Best Coffee Cake Muffins Recipe
I’m going to need a slow clap starting now. When the oven timer goes off, you can begin. When I pull these out of the oven, start to pick up the pace. Then, when I undress a muffin, go ahead and burst wildly into applause. These perfect coffee cake muffins deserve it. My friend Heather requested a small batch of coffee cake, and since she has given me tons of amazing restaurant recommendations, who am I to deny her the sweet, crumbly coffee cake of her dreams? I debated over making a recipe for mini coffee cake in a 6" pan, but after almost 13 years of blogging, I’ve realized that everyone has a muffin pan, but not everyone has a mini 6 inch cake pan. If you do own a mini cake pan, welcome to the dessert for two club. I love you, and don’t miss my 6 inch cake recipes post. This recipe has double the crumb topping because I like crumbs in the middle and the top of the muffin. it makes 4 mini coffee cakes, and I know you’ll love them. I used my recipe for coconut cupcakes as a starting point for this recipe. If you’ve never made those, you must. They are dense, like coconut pound cake. I’ve turned coconut haters into coconut lovers with that cupcake! Every time that recipe calls for coconut anything, I use cream as a swap.
Coffee Cake Muffin Ingredients
Brown Sugar. You can use light or dark brown sugar for these coffee cake muffins; both work equally well. It is for the crumb topping. Granulated Sugar. We need white granulated sugar twice: once for the crumb topping and once for the batter. Ground Cinnamon. Butter. Just one tablespoon of melted butter brings the crumb topping together into clumps. All-Purpose Flour. Oil. I bake with any neutral oil without flavor. This means grapeseed oil, avocado oil, or canola oil. Do not bake with olive oil (unless it’s my olive oil muffins) or coconut oil, which have strong flavors that overpower the other ingredients. Egg. One large whole egg for this recipe; yes, both the egg yolk and egg white. Heavy Cream. This makes the batter so rich and fluffy, but you can use full-fat greek yogurt or sour cream in its place, if that’s what you have. Vanilla Extract. Baking Soda. Baking Powder. Nutmeg. In my opinion, it’s freshly grated nutmeg or nothing else. The pre-ground stuff in the jar pales in comparison to grating a whole nutmeg. Here is the mini microplane I use to grate it.
How to Make Coffee Cake Muffins
When you slice these in half, you can see the ripple of streusel in the center of the muffin. It is so yummy to have streusel inside a muffin and on top of a muffin! 2. Combine the brown sugar, white sugar, a pinch of salt, cinnamon, melted butter, and flour in a small bowl. If you love crumb topping as much as me, check out my crumb donuts recipe from a few years ago.
Coffee Cake Muffin Recipe Variations
Heavy Cream - Heavy cream is my first choice for this recipe, because the fat in heavy cream makes muffins so tender. However, you can swap in equal amounts of full-fat greek yogurt or sour cream. Fruit - If you want to stir in a half-cup of fresh blueberries, you can. Coat them in a small amount of flour before adding them to the batter so that they don’t sink to the bottom. You might remember this trick from my small batch blueberry muffins recipe! Serving - Yes, you may double this recipe. I have even tripled it to make one dozen coffee cake muffins with great success.
How to Store Crumb Cake Muffins
This is a small-batch recipe that only makes 4 muffins, so you won’t need to store them for long. However, if you double or triple the recipe, store any leftovers in an air-tight container on the counter at room temperature. They will keep for up to 3 days if you add a slice of bread to help with moisture retention. You can also freeze them (already baked), and defrost overnight in the fridge. After a few seconds in the microwave, they will taste freshly baked! Brown Sugar - Light or dark both work.Heavy Cream -You can use full-fat greek yogurt or sour cream instead.Fruit - You can add a half-cup of fresh blueberries, if you like.Serving - You can double or triple this recipe easily.
