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Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake

Dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soya-free, sesame-free, vegetarian and vegan
Not a coffee flavoured cake but the American classic wonderfully spiced cinnamon streusel cake to be served with coffee
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: American

Ingredients
  

  • 250 g self-raising flour
  • 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
  • 25 g custard powder or corn flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 150 ml dairy-free yogurt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 150 ml oat milk
  • 80 g dairy-free margarine
  • 175 g caster sugar
  • For the filling:
  • 35 g soft brown sugar
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • For the streusel topping:
  • 25 g plain flour
  • 15 g sugar
  • 1/4 tsp cinnamon
  • 15 g dairy-free margarine

Equipment

  • 18cm springform deep cake tin

Method
 

  1. Firstly make the filling: Mix together the brown sugar and cinnamon for the filling and set aside.
  2. Next, make the streusel topping: In a bowl stir together the flour, sugar and cinnamon. Rub in the margarine with your fingertips to make a crumble like consistency. Set aside.
  3. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees centigrade. Grease and line a spring-form cake tin
  4. Sift together the flour, custard powder or corn flour and bicarbonate and set aside
  5. In another bowl, mix together the yogurt, oat milk and vanilla and set aside
  6. Cream together the margarine and sugar until light and fluffy
  7. Alternately add the flour and yogurt mix (about 1/3rd of the mix each time) and stir well between each addition.
  8. Pour 1/3rd of the mix into the cake tin and level off.
  9. Sprinkle over 1/2 the cinnamon/sugar mix on top, then repeat with two more layers of batter and one of cinnamon sugar.
  10. Scatter over the streusel mixture and then bake for 35-40 minutes, until a knife cones out clean
  11. Cool briefly in the tin before unmoulding and cooling on a wire rack.

Notes

This cake is delicious served with coffee, as well as with a serving of custard or caramelised apples