Cinnamon Crunch Yogurt Coffee Cake.

Cinnamon Crunch Yogurt Coffee Cake. Vanilla yogurt coffee cake swirled with sweet cinnamon and espresso CRUNCH. This middle layer of CRUNCH throughout the cake creates a perfectly gooey center. Then simply top the cake with the remaining CRUNCH and bake! This is such a delicious, perfectly moist, and light cake. It’s especially delicious when eaten warm! Each soft, sweet slice has a little cinnamon espresso crunch with every bite. It’s easier to make than you’d think! Everyone loves this special yogurt coffee cake!

This might feel like a slightly indulgent recipe for January. But as I’ve been saying, just because the holidays are over doesn’t mean we should ignore winter baking.

These bitter-cold, short winter days are some of the best of the year to cozy up in the kitchen and bake your favorite banana bread or chocolate-filled cookies! Life, especially in January, is a balance. You have to treat yourself too!

And when it snows here, which has been a lot this month, all I crave is a baking day.

I made this loaf cake during those laid-back days between Christmas and New Year’s. I was feeling a little sad that Christmas was over, but the snow was still falling, and I was left with the baking bug.

Something so comforting to me in the winter is the smell of cinnamon baking away in the oven. I just love it so much. So, I decided to start jotting down different ideas with cinnamon. When I read my list over, this cinnamon-heavy cake was just what I wanted to bake.

I decided to make a lighter variation with the thought of the new year and reducing the sugar. I made this cake a little more wholesome, using honey, plain Greek yogurt, and whole wheat flour.

This cake is just a little more special, thanks to the thick cinnamon and espresso crunch swirl. Yes, there’s a pinch of espresso powder in there, too…it actually is a coffee, coffee cake!

Here are the details

Ingredients – for the yogurt coffee cake

• salted butter
• honey – or you can use granulated sugar, but I like honey
• plain Greek yogurt
• vanilla extract
• eggs
• whole wheat flour – you could also use all-purpose flour
• almond flour – again, you can use all-purpose flour
• baking powder

Ingredients – for the cinnamon CRUNCH

• dark brown sugar
• cinnamon
• espresso powder
• salted butter

Special Tools

You need a 9×5-inch loaf pan. Or you can use a 9-inch bundt pan too. You’ll also need a mixing bowl.

Steps

Step 1: make the cake batter

Cream one stick of room-temperature salted butter with the honey. Then add eggs, vanilla, and plain Greek yogurt. Having your ingredients at room temperature allows for the best and most even mixing of ingredients.

The Greek yogurt is the secret here. The yogurt adds delicious flavor and gives the cake moisture. It’s such a wonderful addition to this sweet cinnamon cake. It provides a nice tangy balance!

Once all the wet ingredients have been mixed, simply beat in the whole wheat flour, almond flour, baking powder, and a pinch of salt. You can use all-purpose flour instead of whole wheat and almond flour, but I love the flavor that both these flours provide. I find that the almond flour keeps the cake from becoming too heavy.

Step 2: make the cinnamon crunch

The cinnamon crunch topping consists of brown sugar, cinnamon, flour, and butter mixed together until clumps form.

Step 3: create the layers.

Layer half of the batter into a loaf pan. Sprinkle a handful of the cinnamon crunch mixture over the batter. Spoon over the remaining batter, then cover the top of the cake with the remaining cinnamon crunch mixture.

1st layer – coffee cake batter.

2nd layer – cinnamon CRUNCH.

3rd layer – another layer of coffee cake batter.

4th layer – a very thick layer of cinnamon CRUNCH on top.

And then you bake – this coffee cake will take about an hour in the oven.

As the cake bakes, the cinnamon melts into the sugar and butter, becoming nice and gooey. At the same time, the cinnamon topping begins to caramelize, becoming crunchy.

So yummy!

I opted out of a glaze for this coffee cake to keep the sweetness down, but an espresso glaze would be over-the-top delicious if you wanted to try that! Yum!

Looking for other winter baking sweets? Here are a few to try:

Iced Grapefruit Yogurt Cake

Iced Lemon Loaf

5 Minute Chocolate Chunk Banana Bread Mug Cake

Dirty Horchata Tres Leches Cake

Lemon Chai Cake

Earl Grey Blueberry Lemon Cake

Bursting Blueberry Cardamom Buckle

Blueberry Basque Cheesecake

Coconut Banana Cake with Fudgy Chocolate Frosting

Lastly, if you make this Cinnamon Crunch Yogurt Coffee Cake, be sure to leave a comment and/or give this recipe a rating! Above all, I love to hear from you guys and always do my best to respond to each and every comment. And, of course, if you do make this recipe, don’t forget to tag me on Instagram! Looking through the photos of recipes you all have made is my favorite!