Easy Strawberry Coffee Cake Recipe

This easy-to-make Strawberry Coffee Cake is perfect for your next Sunday brunch—or any occasion. It features a rich cake base, topped with fresh strawberry slices and a buttery crumble.

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Ingredients

You need the following ingredients for this Strawberry Coffee Cake:

For the crumble topping:

• All-purpose flour - sift flour if necessary to remove any lumps
• Brown sugar - may use light or dark brown sugar
• Unsalted butter - melted and cooled slightly
• Vanilla extract

For the coffee cake:

• Vegetable or canola oil
• Large eggs - bring to room temperature before starting recipe
• Granulated sugar
• All-purpose flour
• Salt
• Baking Powder
• Fresh strawberries - hulled, washed and sliced thinly (approximately ⅛" slices)

Tube pan for baking

This strawberry coffee cake is baked in a 9" tube pan. After baking, let cake cool in the pan for about an hour. Once cooled, gently push up from the bottom of the pan to remove cake. Carefully lift the cake off the pan base and transfer it to a serving plate. If the cake is sticking, run a knife or offset spatula around the edges to loosen it.

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Strawberry Coffee Cake Recipe

This simple to make Strawberry Coffee Cake recipe is ideal for your next Sunday brunch - or anytime.

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Prep Time 25 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Cooling time 1 hour hr

Total Time 2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 12

Calories 498 kcal

Equipment

• 1 Tube cake pan 9" or 10" diameter
• 1 Hand whisk
• 1 Rubber spatula
• Bowls, measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients

 

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Crumble Topping

• ¾ Cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ Cup light brown sugar
• 4 Tablespoons unsalted butter melted and slightly cooled
• 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

For Cake Batter

• 1 Cup Vegetable Oil
• 4 Large Eggs room temperature
• 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
• 3 Cups All-Purpose Flour
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder

Strawberries

• 1 Pint Fresh Strawberries sliced thinly (⅛")

Instructions

 

For Crumble Topping

• In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour and cup brown sugar.
  ¾ Cup all-purpose flour, ¼ Cup light brown sugar
• Drizzle melted butter and vanilla over flour/sugar mixture. Stir together with a fork until crumbs form. Set aside.
  4 Tablespoons unsalted butter, 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract

Prepare Strawberries

• Hull, wash and dry strawberries. Chop into ⅛" slices
  1 Pint Fresh Strawberries

For the Cake Batter

• Preheat oven to 350℉ (180℃).
• Lightly spray tube cake pan with baking spray.
• Combine flour, salt and baking powder in a bowl. Sift if necessary to remove any lumps in flour. Set aside for later.
  3 Cups All-Purpose Flour, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder
• In a separate large bowl, whisk together the granulated sugar, vegetable oil, and eggs until the mixture is smooth and the eggs are fully mixed in.
  1 Cup Vegetable Oil, 4 Large Eggs, 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
• Add one-half of the flour mixture to the oil/sugar/egg mixture and stir until smooth.
• Add the remaining flour mixture to the bowl and stir until smooth.
• Pour cake batter into prepared pan. Place sliced strawberries on top of cake batter.
  
• Sprinkle crumble topping over strawberries.
  
• Bake for 60 - 65 minutes or until toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean (you may also check for doneness by inserting an instant read thermometer into middle of cake. The cake is finished when internal temperature reaches 180℉ / 82℃)
• Remove cake from oven and place on a cooling rack for 1 hour. Push up on bottom of tube pan, remove cake and place on a serving dish.

Nutrition

Calories: 498kcalCarbohydrates: 71gProtein: 4gFat: 23gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 11gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 10mgSodium: 333mgPotassium: 111mgFiber: 2gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 122IUVitamin C: 23mgCalcium: 77mgIron: 2mg

Keyword cake with fresh strawberries, stawberry coffee cake

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