Quick and easy Coffee Cake: friends will beg you for the recipe.
It’s perfect for breakfast, brunch and coffee group. It’s my go-to recipe if I’m having someone stop by for a morning visit, and if my boys go to someone’s house for a weekend, I send one along with them. People go nuts for this cake, and it’s SO quick and easy to make, you won’t even need to look at the recipe after you’ve made it a couple of times. Now, it’s not the most gorgeous cake you’ll ever see, but wait until you taste it!
The recipe:
- 1 pkg cake mix (I like to use yellow or “golden”)
- 1 instant vanilla pudding mix (the powdered kind – my box reads “4 servings”, 102 g)
- 1 cup oil (I use veg. or canola)
- 1 cup water
- 4 eggs
- 4 tbsp brown sugar
- 3 tsp cinnamon
What you’ll do:
In large bowl, mix (electric beaters) cake mix, pudding mix, oil and water until combined. Add eggs one at a time, beating at med-hi speed, for one minute after each addition (whatever…I’m all for keeping it simple, so I crack all the eggs in at once and beat it for 4 mins on med-hi).
Pour half of batter into greased/floured bundt pan (I just spray with PAM…again, all about keeping it simple). Combine sugar and cinnamon and sprinkle half the mixture over the batter. Pour remaining batter into pan, and top with remaining cinn/sugar. Swirl through with a knife. 
Bake 350 for 55-60 minutes (or until knife comes out clean)
Seriously! How easy was that?
And it’s versatile!
You can use any flavour of cake/pudding mix you like. I’ve used lemon cake with lemon pudding, and poured and dusted it with icing sugar. I’ve also used chocolate cake/pudding and poured an icing sugar glaze over. Anything goes really. Have fun with it!
Bon Appetit!
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That looks really good! I am going to try making this on the weekend. Thanks!
I’d say “good luck”, Marion, but it’s so easy, you won’t need any luck.
Hope it’s as popular at your house as it is at mine!
Tasted this at the Hooligans this week and it was very yummy indeed! Might try it as well with Nico soon (once the heat wave is gone and we can use the oven without baking ourselves in the process as well, lol)
However did I miss this…..I don’t think I was following you, cause I would have been baking this baby, probBly in chocolate!! Thanks for sharing!!
After I read all the ingredients I thought where is the coffee lol. Looks yummy and easy to do. Will give it a try. I am on a diet so it might have to wait as I can’t sit there and watch everyone eating it and saying how yummy it is.
Someone else asked about the lack of coffee too, Yvonne. lol I guess here, our coffee cakes are intended to be served with coffee, but they don’t actually contain any.
This is so bad for you, but I am so wanting to have some. So hard to resist!
I just found your blog and your ideas are incredible. I homeschool my kids and I will be making some of these activities with them for sure.Thank you so much for sharing.
So glad you’ve found us, Tereza! I hope you find loads of inspiration in the pages of my blog! xx (and I know what you mean about the coffee cake. It’s so bad, but it’s soooo good!)