I stole this recipe for Red, White & Blue Coffee Cake from passionforsavings.com. This festive coffee cake is perfect for summer holidays. Butter and sugar are mixed together, and then eggs, vanilla and yogurt are added in. Next dry ingredients are added alternately with milk to form a sticky batter. Half of the batter is spread into the bottom of a baking dish, then berries are spread on top and the remaining batter goes on top of the berries. A crumbly topping is made with butter, sugar, flour and cinnamon. The coffee cake bakes in the oven until golden. Making this coffee cake is great way to celebrate 4th of July.
Did you know? A coffee cake is a rich, sweet cake-like bread usually served for breakfast or brunch. Coffee cakes often contain fruit, nuts and sometimes a cream cheese filling. They can be frosted or not and are usually best served slightly warm.¹ (see more trivia in the Trivia tab)
For this recipe you will need: 1 ½ cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ¼ tsp salt, ½ cup butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla extract, 3 tbsp plain yogurt, ⅓ cup milk, 1 cup blueberries, 1 cup sliced strawberries, 1 tbsp flour, 2 tbsp butter, ⅓ cup granulated sugar, ¼ cup flour and ½ tsp cinnamon.
Preheat oven to 350 F. In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Then in a separate bowl cream together the butter and sugar for 1-2 minutes. Next add the eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Continue beating 2-3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Lastly, add vanilla and yogurt.
Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, alternately with milk. Beat slowly until a dough forms. Then add half of the batter to the bottom of a sprayed baking dish.
For this recipe you can use fresh or frozen fruit. If using frozen, thaw and drain the fruit.
Place berries in medium bowl, dust with 1 tbsp flour and toss to coat. Sprinkle berries on top of batter, until covered.
Pour remaining batter over the top and spread with spatula to cover, set aside.
Next combine all topping ingredients together in a bowl. Using a fork or pastry cutter, combine until looks like coarse sand.
Spread topping over cake batter; then place in oven.
Bake 45-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Cool on wire rack and serve.
If you liked this recipe for Red, White & Blue Coffee Cake you can try other coffee cake recipes like Impossibly Easy Banana Bread Coffee Cake, Strawberry Cheesecake Coffee Cake or Buttermilk Coffee Cake.
Red, White & Blue Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- ½ cup butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 tbsp plain yogurt
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 cup blueberries fresh or thawed
- 1 cup sliced strawberries cut into 4ths
- 1 tbsp flour
Topping
- 2 tbsp butter room temperature
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ¼ cup flour
- ½ tsp cinnamon
Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 F.
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In a medium bowl sift together flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In a separate bowl cream together the butter and sugar for 1-2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Continue beating 2-3 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and yogurt. Beat well to combine.
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Add the flour mixture to the wet mixture, alternately with milk. (flour-milk-flour-milk-flour) Beat slowly until a dough forms.
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Take a square dish and spray with non-stick spray. Add half of the batter to the bottom of the dish.
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Place berries in medium bowl, dust with 1 tbsp flour and toss to coat. Sprinkle berries on top of batter, until covered.
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Pour remaining batter over the top and spread with spatula to cover, set aside.
Topping
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Combine all topping ingredients together in a bowl. Using a fork or pastry cutter, combine until looks like coarse sand. Spread topping over cake batter; place in oven.
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Bake 45-60 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. (Start checking at 45 minutes)
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Cool on wire rack and serve.
Recipe Notes
I used a 9×13 baking pan.