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Best Ever Cowboy Coffee Cake Recipe with Buttermilk

easy recipe for moist and delicious classic brown sugar coffee cake with vanilla glaze
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Breakfast, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose or gluten free flour
  • 1 stick unsalted butter room temperature
  • 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  • 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg

Crumb Topping

  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose or gluten free flour
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted butter melted
  • 1/2 tsp. salt

Vanilla Glaze

  • 1 1/3 cups confectioner's sugar
  • 2 1/2 Tbsp. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Coat a 9x13 cake pan with nonstick cooking spray. Set aside.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at at time, until smooth.
  • In a separate bowl, whisk the dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.
  • Beat the flour mixture into the wet ingredients alternately with the buttermilk. Pour the batter into the cake pan.
  • Make the crumb topping: combine all ingredients in a small bowl. Sprinkle over the cake batter. Bake 40 minutes. Cool completely in the pan.
  • Make the glaze: whisk all ingredients together in a small bowl. Drizzle over the cooled cake before serving.
Keyword breakfast, cake, dessert, easy
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