This week I have been feeling a little under the weather and wasn’t feeling up to what I had originally planned. I still wanted to bake and was looking forward to a sweet treat so I chose something that wouldn’t take too long to make and that I have never made before; Coffee cake! At my work (Royal Bay Bakery) my boss makes the best coffee cake, and got me hooked on it a few months ago. As usual once I decided what I wanted to make, I googled some different recipes to get a good idea on how to make one. After some time I found a cinnamon coffee cake recipe that wouldn’t take too long, the pictures looked good and had excellent reviews.
The instructions for this recipe were pretty minimal, just saying to separate the wet and dry ingredients then mix them all together and pour it into the pan. It seemed easy enough it just stated in big bold letters not to over mix, so I was careful to only fold the ingredients in until just combined. Once I poured the batter into the pan I set the oven to 350 then started working on the yummy cinnamon topping. This was once again pretty basic and reminded me of the cinnamon filling I made for my cinnamon buns a few weeks back. After I had mixed the filling together to form a crumble I spread it evenly on top of my batter then was ready to set it into the oven.
The cake was set to be in the oven for at least 33 minutes (this is what the recipe said) but after a little over 25 minutes I peaked inside because I was getting impatient. The edges were golden brown and it looked ready to go so I pulled it out and let it sit on a rack to cool. This was one issue that I had with this recipe, if I didn’t check it when I did, it would have probably been overcooked and very dry. After it cooled down I poured some icing on top of it and cut out a piece to try!
Overall, it tasted pretty good! It was moist and sweet but not too sweet, which is a plus. The only thing that was unfortunate about it was how it looked nothing like the picture. I followed the recipe exactly but somehow there wasn’t nearly enough filling compared to what the one in the picture had. I think it would have been better with double the filling and maybe mixing it a little with a toothpick after sprinkling it on, that way it can be more throughout the cake, which I think would make it better. For this weeks baking experience I would give it a 7/10.
