Streusel Coffee Cake is a recipe that feeds a crowd. Around these parts we call these dishes “funeral food.”
You know what I mean.
Funeral food is food you make to feed a crowd that doesn’t need much tending; it’s the kind of dish you put out on a buffet table and forget about.
Comfort food. Food that’s not particularly healthy (kind of ironic, right?), yet insanely delicious. Food that mutes your pain for a second or two and brings a bit of cheer in a bad situation.
Streusel Coffee Cake was made for that kind of moment. Or a great potluck or brunch. Versatile!
Husband’s aunt made a pan of this coffee cake for a family function when I was just learning how to bake and it became my go-to for many occasions. My favorite way to eat it is right out of the oven with a giant scoop of vanilla ice cream. Oh, momma.
Even though I’m an experienced baker now, there are times I make this dish when I’m thinking about Husband’s Aunt Jane. She was as unexpectedly delightful as this cake.
Ingredients
- 5 tbsp. butter
- 1 package yellow cake mix*
- 1 cup white flour
- 2 eggs
- 1 package dry yeast
- 2/3 cup warm water
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 can fruit filling (if using apple or peach, add 1/2 tsp cinnamon to sugar)
- Glaze
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp white corn syrup
- 1 tbsp water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°
- Melt butter and cool.
- In a large mixing bowl combine 1 1/2 cups dry cake mix (reserve remaining for streusel topping), yeast, flour, eggs and warm water. Beat 2 minutes at medium speed. Scrape bowl often.
- Spread dough in a greased 13x9 pan. Set aside.
- In a saucepan with cooled butter, combine reserved cake mix to make topping. Mixture will be crumbly. Set aside.
- Spoon pie filling evenly over dough in pan. Sprinkle with 2 tbsp. sugar (or sugar and cinnamon mixture).
- Sprinkle streusel topping over fruit.
- Bake @ 375° for 30 minutes.
- Glaze
- Combine sugar, syrup and water. Drizzle over warm cake.
- E-A-T!
Notes
* Always use a Deluxe Cake mix, never one with a pudding mix.
* Optional Glaze* Omit corn syrup and water. Substitute 1 tbsp heavy cream. Add cream slowly to find the consistency you want.
Have guests in the house? Have folks in need of a some happiness? Don’t have a funeral to attend or bake for, but now you’re hungry?
Get to it, my babies.
Happy baking!
