Coffee cake is a traditional dessert often enjoyed with a caffeinated beverage and this recipe by The Kitchn offers a similar great taste transformed into a new single-serve format with a cake muffin. This is ideal for portion control servings and achieving a moist and light sponge.
What makes this hybrid recipe so unique is that it encapsulates the popular caramel and robust taste of coffee cake but with a much lighter texture thanks to the muffin. However, the dessert still retains a rich crumble and glaze of the original buttery sugar cake offering the best of both treats. Each bite contains a fluffy sugar dough topped with a rolled oat, cinnamon and pecan crumble.
This recipe offers a slightly lighter take on a traditional dessert recipe.
Caffeinated Cake Muffins
This Traditional Coffee Cake is Transitioned into a New Single-Serve Form
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