This moist and tender sour-cream coffee cake features a crunchy espresso crumb and a flavorful espresso glaze drizzled on top.
Yield: 16 servings
Cook Time: 35 minutesminutes
Total Time: 1 hourhour
Ingredients
For Crumb Topping:
6tablespoons/ 85gunsalted butter, melted
¼cup/ 50ggranulated sugar
¼cup/ 55gpacked light brown sugar
1cup/ 125gall-purpose flour
4teaspoonsinstant espresso powder
¼teaspoonground cinnamon
pinchfine sea salt
For Cake:
¼cup/ 56g(½ stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
½cup/ 100ggranulated sugar
1large egg, at room temperature
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
½cup/ 130gfull fat sour cream, at room temperature
½teaspoonbaking soda
1cup/ 125gall-purpose flour
¾teaspoonsbaking powder
½teaspoonfine sea salt
For Glaze:
1cup/ 120gorganic confectioner's sugar, sifted
2tablespoonsfreshly brewed espresso, or 1 tablespoon instant espresso powder dissolved in 2 tablespoons hot water
pinchfine sea salt
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter an 8-by-8-inch square baking pan; line with parchment paper and lightly butter parchment.
To make topping, melt butter in a microwave safe bowl. Mix in sugar until evenly moistened. Add flour, espresso powder, cinnamon and salt and mix until dough comes together (it will be on the crumbly side, but should hold together when squished). Set aside and let cool.
In a mixing bowl or the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar together until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. Add egg and mix until incorporated. Mix in vanilla extract.
Mix baking soda in with sour cream; whisk baking powder and salt in with flour.
Add half of dry ingredients to batter, followed by half of sour cream, mixing well after each addition. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then repeat with remaining flour and sour cream until just incorporated.
Spread batter into prepared pan. Crumble topping on top, starting around the outside edges and working your way towards the center until the entire top is covered.
Bake for about 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached.
Place pan on a wire rack to cool completely while you prepare the glaze.
For glaze, sift powdered sugar into a bowl. Add espresso and whisk until glaze is smooth. It should be thick but still drizzle-able, if necessary, add more powdered sugar to thicken it up or if it's too thick, and more espresso, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, until desired consistency is acheived.
Use a whisk or a fork to drizzle glaze over top of cooled cake. Let glaze set for 15 minutes before cutting into squares and serving.
Cake will keep, covered in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.