Description
Fruity and delicious coffee cake! Fruity strawberries, fresh lemon, topped with streusel and lemon drizzle! The perfect brunch recipe.
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 tablespoons butter, softened
3/4 cups sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup sour cream
1 lemon, zested
1 1/2 cups strawberries, diced into 1/2 inch pieces
Topping Ingredients:
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons cold butter, cut into pieces
Drizzle Ingredients:
3/4 cups powdered sugar
1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 lemon, zested
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 F. Grease an 8″ round cake pan or 8×8 baking dish with butter, and set aside.
Prepare the topping. Combine the flour, brown sugar, pecans, cinnamon and salt in a small mixing bowl. Add the butter, and gently mash the ingredients together with a fork. Finish quickly with your fingers until the mixture resembles course crumbs. You can also do this by pulsing together ingredients in your food processor.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together dry ingredients – flour through salt. In your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla, buttermilk, sour cream, and egg, mixing until all combined. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed.
Add the dry ingredients in two batches, mixing until just combined. Batter will be thick. Gently stir in the strawberries until equally distributed in the batter. Pour into prepared cake pan. Sprinkle prepared streusel topping over the batter.
Bake for 20 minutes uncovered, then cover the pan lightly with foil and bake for an additional 25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out with moist crumbs.
For the drizzle: Combine the powdered sugar, lemon juice and lemon zest in a small bowl and whisk with a fork until powdered sugar is fully dissolved. If it’s too runny, add additional powdered sugar. If too thick, add additional lemon juice. Drizzle over the cake when the cake is cooled to room temperature.
Tasia ~ twosugarbugs | 8th Jun 19
I'm in love with all the photos on this recipe Kirsten! Just gorgeous!
I need to add this to my summer breakfast rotation, it looks perfect for mornings when we have guests in town.
Ronak Mehta | 1st Sep 20
The cake looks perfect and fabulous to bake for a special day. Yes, its definitely the best coffee cake. Lovely!!