Starbucks Ultimate Coffee Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
• 3/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 dash salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 streusel - combine graham cracker crumbs, brown sugar and cinnamon in a medium bowl. mix in the melted butter. set aside.
• 2 cake - in a large bowl, combine dry ingredients (flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt). add butter, eggs, vanilla and buttermilk. beat until smooth.
• 3 grease and flour a 9-inch spring form pan.
• 4 spread half the batter into prepared pan and sprinkle with half of the streusel mixture. spoon remaining batter over streusel, then top with remaining streusel.
• 5 bake in preheated oven at 350 degrees for 50 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 6 loosely cover with foil during the last 20 minutes to prevent the streusel topping from becoming too brown.