Banana Coffee Cake
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5
Banana Coffee Cake
Description
The cake batter combines creamed butter with granulated and brown sugars, eggs, mashed bananas, and vanilla to provide moisture and flavor. Dry ingredients—flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon—are incorporated alternately with buttermilk to keep the texture tender and moist. The overripe bananas contribute natural sweetness and a mild banana flavor.
The streusel topping, composed of flour, sugars, cinnamon, salt, chopped pecans or walnuts, melted butter, and optional mini chocolate chips, provides a crunchy, sweet contrast to the cake below. Clumping the streusel ensures a textured topping that browns during baking.
This cake is baked in a 9x9 pan and can be served warm or at room temperature, suitable for breakfast with coffee or as a sweet snack. The combination of banana and cinnamon creates a comforting and familiar flavor profile.
For storage, the cake remains fresh at room temperature for up to three days in an airtight container. It can also be frozen fully cooled, wrapped tightly, and kept for several months with minimal loss of quality.
Ingredients
Streusel
- 1 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup pecans optional, or walnuts, chopped
- 6 Tablespoons butter melted, unsalted
- ⅓ cup mini chocolate chips optional
Cake
- ½ cup butter softened, unsalted
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup light brown sugar firmly packed
- 2 egg lightly beaten (room temperature preferred, large
- 1 cup banana about 2-3 bananas for me, mashed, overripe
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup buttermilk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and lightly grease a 9x9 baking pan with baking spray (or grease and flour, or line with parchment paper). Set aside and prepare streusel.
Streusel
- Whisk together flour, sugars, cinnamon, salt, and nuts.
- Drizzle melted butter over mixture and use a fork to claw together until you have a clumpy streusel. Measure out chocolate chips and set aside along with streusel for later.
Cake
- Combine butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl and use an electric mixer or stand mixer to beat until well creamed.
- Add eggs and beat until well-combined. Stir in mashed banana and vanilla extract.
- In a separate mixing bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- Add half of the dry ingredients to the wet and use a spatula to gently fold together until nearly combined. Add buttermilk, stir until nearly combined, then add remaining flour mixture and stir until just combined.
Assembly
- Spread the batter evenly into prepared pan. Top batter with the streusel mixture in an even layer and sprinkle mini chocolate chips overtop, if using.
- Transfer to center rack of oven and bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before slicing and serving.
Notes
- Store Banana Coffee Cake in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 3 days to maintain freshness.
- After cooling completely, wrap the cake tightly to freeze for longer storage, lasting several months.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 9servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 552 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 552kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 80g | 27% |
| Protein | 7g | 14% |
| Fat | 24g | 37% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 7g | 35% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 85mg | 28% |
| Sodium | 354mg | 15% |
| Potassium | 204mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 44g | 88% |
| Vitamin A | 646IU | 13% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 88mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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