Browned Butter Gingerbread Coffee Cake
This festive gingerbread coffee cake is loaded with spicy ginger flavors, flavorful browned butter, and lots of buttery streusel topping and icing on top. -- perfect for a holiday brunch or dessert!
Servings 8 servings
Calories 390kcal
Ingredients
Coffee Cake
- 1/2 cup salted butter
- 2/3 cup light brown sugar (or coconut sugar)
- 1/2 cup dark molasses
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger (very finely grated)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Streusel Topping
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar (or coconut sugar)
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
Glaze
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1-2 tablespoons milk
Instructions
Coffee Cake
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 9-in cake pan with parchment paper letting some overhang the sides. Set aside.
- In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt butter until a deep golden brown and fragrant. Set aside 1 tablespoon in a medium bowl and transfer remaining to a large bowl.
- Beat sugar, molasses, egg, ginger, vanilla, and buttermilk into browned butter mixture until smooth. In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and spices.
- Gently fold flour mixture into liquid until batter is just combined. Spread evenly in prepared pan. Set aside for a moment.
Streusel
- In a small bowl, combine all streusel ingredients until crumbly. Sprinkle evenly over coffee cake batter.
- Bake coffee cake at 350F 45-50 minutes until a toothpick tests done. Cool on a wire cooling rack at least 30 minutes. Carefully use parchment paper overhang to lift cake out of pan and onto a serving plate.
Glaze
- Place powdered sugar, and cinnamon in bowl with remaining 1 tablespoon browned butter. Begin whisking, adding milk by the tablespoon until glaze is drizzling consistency.
- Drizzle glaze over coffee cake and let stand 10 minutes. Slice coffee cake and serve warm. Enjoy!
Notes
Store coffee cake in an airtight container at room temperature up to 6 days. For best results, reheat slices of coffee cake before serving.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice coffee cake | Calories: 390kcal | Carbohydrates: 60.1g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 14.8g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 268mg | Potassium: 391mg | Fiber: 1.1g | Sugar: 29.3g | Calcium: 92mg | Iron: 3mg