Colossal Cinnamon Coffee Cake

I call it “colossal” because it’s a very ‘tall’ cake. I bake it in this bundt or angel-food pan I found on clearance at Birmingham Coat Factory- if you have one near you, it’s worth a visit! I find so many nice things there at great prices!  Anyway, I don’t know what size it is, but it holds A LOT of batter and one day, I figured I’d try to make a cinnamon swirl coffee cake like my mom used to make when I was young and the Colossal Cinnamon Coffee Cake was born. If you have a normal-sized bundt pan, you make want to halve this recipe.

It’s delicious, perfect with a cup of coffee and lasts a good while because it is so big and a small slice is totally sufficient to satisfy the taste buds.

Here’s how I make it:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Spray with non-stick oil spray or butter a bundt pan.

Ingredients:

for batter:

1 cup butter

2 cups sugar

4 eggs

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

4 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

for cinnamon ‘swirl’

1 1/2 cups of brown sugar

4 teaspoons cinnamon

for icing:

2 cups powdered sugar

2 tblspoons. butter

vanilla

splash of milk

*cinnamon to sprinkle

Directions for Colossal Cinnamon Coffee Cake:

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, salt in a bowl. Set aside. Mix milk and vanilla together in a small bowl or pitcher and set aside.
2. Combine Sugar and softened butter in the mixer and cream till fluffy. I usually mix at a speed of 3, and I use the batter attachment, not the whisk. Add eggs, one at a time until each is mixed thoroughly into the batter. Reduce the speed to about a 1 or 2.
3. Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately until all is incorporated.
4. Pour half of the batter into the prepared pan.
5. Combine brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl and sprinkle over the batter in pan. Pour remaining cake batter into the pan over top of the cinnamon/brown sugar filling.
6. Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes or until an inserted knife comes out clean.
7. Remove from oven, invert onto a plate and allow to cool.
8. Make icing by combining melted butter, powdered sugar, vanilla and milk. Add more powdered sugar to reach a thicker consistency that can be ‘drizzled’ onto your cake.
9. Drizzle with icing, sprinkle with cinnamon and serve.