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Frugal Family-Friendly Coffee Cake

This coffee cake is a simple to make and is a very frugal coffee cake to make. Serves 12

Course Breakfast
Keyword breakfast, Coffee cake
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 12 people

Ingredients

  • 2 tsp salt
  • 4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 cups sugar
  • 1 cup oil or butter, melted
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tbsp ground cinnamon, divided
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar

Instructions

  1. Mix salt, flour, 1.5 cups white sugar and oil/butter with fork to form crumbs. Remove approximately 2 cups of mixture and set aside for crumb topping later.

  2. To the remaining mixture, add the baking powder, eggs, milk, 1.5 tsp cinnamon and vanilla. Mix well.

  3. In a greased 9x13" glass baking dish, pour in 2/3rd of batter and spread evenly. Top with 1/2 cup of brown sugar and sprinkle remaining cinnamon on top. Dollop remaining batter on top of brown sugar mixture, trying to cover it evenly.

  4. Take the crumb mixture you set aside and sprinkle over top of batter. Bake at 375°F for 45 minutes or until cake is golden brown.

Recipe Notes

This recipe (current of 2022) costs us approximately $1.25 in ingredients, or $.10 per serving.