Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

Posted by on Aug 24, 2016 in Blog, Bready or Not, breakfast, bundt, cake, maple | Comments Off on Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

CAKE + PIE MONTH continues with another dose of maple–this time in the glaze atop this tender cinnamon-filled bundt cake!

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

If you don’t have maple flavor around, worry not. This cake will be just fine if you use vanilla extract instead. You could always add more cinnamon into the glaze, too, just for a spicy boost.

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

I love using sour cream in cake batter like this. It creates such a tender, moist texture. You can always substitute Greek yogurt for sour cream, too.

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

I spied the original version of this recipe in the Arizona Republic one morning. I knew I had to make it… but I also knew it needed some modifications. How could it be called a cinnamon coffee cake if it only had one teaspoon of cinnamon? Nope, nope. And of course, I had to give it a maple glaze.

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

If you’re getting burned out on maple (*cough*blasphemy*cough*), worry not. Next week, I finish off Cake + Pie Month with Cardamom Coffee Pound Cake! Unlike this week’s recipe, the pound cake actually includes coffee in the batter and in the glaze.

But, you know, I think this week’s recipe has a mighty fine glaze as it is.

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

Modified from Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake in the Arizona Republic, March 16, 2016.

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze

Use a bundt cake pan to bake up an easy and delicious coffee cake! The cinnamon flavor sings through the tender cake and perfectly complements the maple-infused glaze. Modified from Sour Cream Cinnamon Coffee Cake in The Arizona Republic, March 16, 2016.
Course: Breakfast, Dessert, Snack
Keyword: bundt cake, cake, sour cream
Author: Beth Cato

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, room temperature
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

For the glaze:

  • 2/3 cup confectioners' sugar sifted
  • 1 Tablespoon milk or half and half
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple flavor or substitute vanilla extract

Instructions

  • Preheat oven at 350-degrees. Use nonstick spray with flour to thoroughly coat a 9 or 10-inch bundt pan, or use extra butter and a liberal dusting of flour. Discard any excess flour.
  • In a large bowl, beat together the 1 cup butter and the sugar until they are light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time followed by the vanilla and sour cream.
  • In a smaller bowl, combine the dry ingredients: the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt. Slowly combine the two bowls; don't overmix. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and spread so the top is even.
  • Bake for 45 minutes, or until a toothpick deeply inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes on wire rack, then flip the cake out of the pan to completely cool on the rack.
  • When the cake is completely cool, make the glaze. In a small bowl, stir together the powdered sugar, milk, and maple flavor (or vanilla extract). Add more milk, if needed, for desired textured. Set cake on a serving plate and dribble glaze all over top of cake.
  • OM NOM NOM!

Bready or Not: Cinnamon Coffee Cake with Maple Glaze