Banana Streusel Coffee Cake
"This is a unique banana cake, as it has sliced bananas added instead of pureed, with a wonderful buttery streusel topping...a wonderful coffeecake to serve to guests or family."
photo by Pamela
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
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1 13x9 inch cake
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 cup half-and-half cream or 1 cup milk
- 4 cups flour
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 4 1⁄2 cups sliced bananas
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STREUSEL
- 2⁄3 cup packed brown sugar
- 2⁄3 cup flour
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1⁄2 cup cold butter
directions
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 13" x 9" baking pan.
- Cream 3/4 cup butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beating well.
- Stir in cream; mix well.
- Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed batter; mixing well.
- Then fold in sliced bananas.
- Spread mixture into prepared baking pan.
- FOR STREUSEL: Mix together brown sugar, flour and cinnamon; cut in butter, until mixture is crumbly.
- Sprinkle on top of coffeecake.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until cake tests done.
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Reviews
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This was very good--we all enjoyed it. The flavor was excellent. The only thing I did different, was that I used buttermilk instead of regular milk (I had it on hand since I was planning on making a banana bread until I came across this recipe!). Personally, we thought that 4-1/2 cups of bananas was a little too much. The next time I make it, I think I will try using less bananas, and maybe mash them instead of slicing them. I will update my review at that time. Thank you for sharing this recipe, dojemi! -
The cake had excellent coffee cake texture and the banana slices were a nice change from pureed; although i think i would make chunks next time instead of slices. The topping wasnt very crumb-y, it was more of a topping, but the taste and crunch were great. Thanks!
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I can not comment on the cake part of this recipe, but I did use the streusel topping to pair with the banana coffee cake recipe #103807. It was excellent, and I'm hoping to make the cake part next time as well. Thanks! -
Boyfriend loves this one! I don't like bananas, but he liked having all the chunks. He says its really sweet, but mainly from the bananas. -
Wonderful coffee cake!! I only used 4 bananas as that was all I had and that yielded about 3 1/2 cups. Other than that, recipe went very well and it really smelled yummy while baking. I loved the streusel topping and as its name implies, it is best with a cup of coffee. Kitten, always a pleasure making and eating one of your recipes!!
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Tweaks
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The consistency of this 'batter' was waaaaaay too thick - more like bread dough - until I mashed up the bananas and added 1/2 cup extra buttermilk. For the topping, I used allspice instead of cinnamon (cardamom also goes well with banana, but I would add less because it can be very strong) and I worked it into the brown sugar before I added the butter; you want to work the clumps out of the brown sugar let the spice absorb a little of the sugar's moisture so it doesn't end up on the side of the bowl rather than inside the mix. I also added just 2 tablespoons of flour in the topping - just enough to help crumble the butter - because I wanted the topping to melt rather than form a crust.
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Wonderful coffee cake! I got home from work and mixed the batter to find half the bananas had been eaten. So I ran to the pantry and subbed some pineapple for the rest of the bananas. It turned out VERY well. MOist and flavorful and the topping adds an irrestible crunch! You cannot go wrong with a KITTENCAL recipe and this recipe is no exception! -
This was very good--we all enjoyed it. The flavor was excellent. The only thing I did different, was that I used buttermilk instead of regular milk (I had it on hand since I was planning on making a banana bread until I came across this recipe!). Personally, we thought that 4-1/2 cups of bananas was a little too much. The next time I make it, I think I will try using less bananas, and maybe mash them instead of slicing them. I will update my review at that time. Thank you for sharing this recipe, dojemi!
