Banana Coffee Cake with Streusel Topping

Why You'll Love This

1. This banana bread coffee cake is soft and moist with cinnamon streusel topping, the perfect breakfast snack cake and requires 2 ripe bananas.

2. Perfect for all diets, including dairy free, eggless, vegan, paleo, gluten free if use a gluten free flour.

3. Easy to make ahead and freeze.

Ingredients

Bananas. Overripe with brown spots on peel will give you the sweetest flavor.

Milk. I used dairy free.

Sugar. Use cane sugar.

Yogurt. Use plain, I used dairy free. Or use dairy free sour cream.

Butter. Softened to room temperature, or softened in a microwave at 15 seconds.

Flour. Use all purpose or gluten free baking flour.

Baking powder and salt

Cinnamon streusel ingredients: Flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, butter and walnuts

See the recipe card at the bottom for full information on ingredients and quantities.

Step by Step Instructions

For more detail, visit the complete and printable recipe at the bottom of this post, but here are general steps.

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line an 8-inch square pan with parchment paper. Microwave the butter for 5-10 seconds to soften.

Step 2: In a small bowl, mix together the cinnamon streusel topping ingredients with a fork.

Step 3: Cut up the butter into small chunks. Set the bowl in the freezer while you make the cake batter.

Step 4: To a blender, combine the banana, milk, sugar, yogurt, and butter. Blend about 30 seconds or until creamy.

Step 5: Add flour, baking powder and salt to a mixing bowl. Add the blended mixture to that and use a spoon or hand mixer to combine.

Step 6: Add half the batter into the pan and spread half the crumble mixture. Add the rest of the batter and spread the rest of the crumble.

Step 7: Bake the cake for 45-50 minutes at 350 F. Test the center of the cake with a knife to see if it comes out clean to indicate the cake is done. Cool before cutting to serve.

Recipe Tips

Storage: Store this moist coffee cake in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 2 days or in refrigerator for 5 days. Or freeze for up to one month.

Instead of a blender, you can use a mixer but it might take some work because the bananas need to be broken into a puree.

Make the streusel topping first and set it to chill so it doesn't melt fast in the oven.

You can use a smaller pan for a higher cake. For example, you can use an 8-inch round pan, or a 7-inch round pan, or even a 6-inch pan and make 3 muffins.

Variations

Apple Banana Coffee Cake: Add diced apples to the streusel mix.

Walnut Banana Nut Coffee Cake: Add crushed walnuts to the streusel mix.

Cream cheese glaze. Make a glaze by stirring together 2 tablespoon milk, 1 cup of powdered sugar, and 2 tablespoons of cream cheese.

Fruit Coffee Cake: Add blueberries, chopped strawberries or cranberries to the streusel and a few tablespoons to the batter.