Any Day All Occasion Snack Cake

Easy, oil based coffee cake with a crunchy, nutty streusel topping.

This recipe uses the most unusual method I’ve encountered of making a cake “ a portion of the cake mix actually becomes the streusel topping! The leavening, buttermilk and egg are mixed into a flour-sugar-oil blend to create the batter; nuts and cinnamon are added to the balance of the flour mix to make the topping.

I kept to the basic recipe though the author suggests several add-ins including fresh berries, diced apples or grated carrots. The cake was light and moist and mildly spiced. But the star was really the topping which became beautifully browned and crisp during the relatively short baking time.

This is definitely a recipe I will use often…..it uses very basic pantry ingredients and equipment and bakes up quickly. Excellent results for very little effort.