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A loaf of cinnamon streusel bread with a slice cut off laying in front of it.

Cinnamon Streusel Bread

Author: Gail Ng
Soft and fluffy cinnamon swirl loaf cake with crunchy streusel topping and simple glaze
5 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 40 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 25 minutes
Yield 1 9x5" loaf
Category Dessert
Cuisine American

Equipment

Ingredients
  

Streusel Topping

  • 50 g all-purpose flour
  • 50 g brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 50 g unsalted butter, melted

Cinnamon Sugar RIbbon

  • 50 g brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

Loaf Cake

  • 300 g all-purpose flour
  • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 150 g light-tasting oil
  • 150 g granulated sugar
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 250 g buttermilk

Icing

  • 50 g powdered sugar
  • 1 ¼ teaspoons milk, dairy or non-dairy
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions
 

Streusel Topping

  • Mix: In a medium bowl, stir together flour, brown sugar, and cinnamon. Pour in melted butter and stir until it becomes a thick, crumbly paste. Set aside to let it cool and harden.
    Left to right: streusel ingredients in a bowl, mixing streusel mixture into a crumbly paste.

Cinnamon Sugar Ribbon

  • Stir: In a small bowl, stir together brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside while you make the cake batter.
    Left to right: cinnamon and brown sugar in a bowl, mixing cinnamon sugar together in a bowl.

Loaf Cake

  • Prep: Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a loaf pan with parchment paper and set aside.
  • Mix dry mixture: In a medium bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
  • Mix wet mixture: In a large mixing bowl, whisk together oil and granulated sugar until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and mix until combined. Pour in the buttermilk and whisk until combined.
    Left to right: eggs and wet ingredients in a mixing bowl, hand whisking buttermilk into wet mixture.
  • Sift dry mixture into wet mixture: Use a fine mesh sieve to sift the flour mixture into the wet mixture. Use a spatula to fold it together until just combined into a lumpy batter.
    Left to right: sifting flour into cake batter, folding cake batter together with a spatula.
  • Fill pan and add cinnamon sugar: Pour half of the batter into your lined loaf pan. Sprinkle your cinnamon sugar ribbon mixture on top of the batter in an even layer. Add the rest of the batter on top. Use a spatula to smooth the batter into the corners if needed.
    Left to right: sprinkling cinnamon sugar onto batter, dropping cake batter into loaf pan from a spatula.
  • Add streusel topping: Use your hands to crumble up the streusel topping into crumbs of varying sizes. Sprinkle them on top of the batter in an even layer.
    Left to right: hand sprinkling crumbles of streusel topping on top of cake batter, streusel bread batter in a loaf pan.
  • Bake: Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean. Let the cake cool in the pan for at least 30-45 minutes before lifting it out of the pan and onto a wire rack to cool.

Icing

  • Stir: In a small bowl, stir together powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla extract until it becomes a thick but pourable consistency. If it's too runny, add a bit more powdered sugar. If it's too thick, add a tiny bit more milk.
    Left to right: icing ingredients in a bowl, icing dripping off spoon into bowl.
  • Drizzle: Use a spoon to drizzle the icing on top of the loaf before slicing and serving.
    Drizzling icing from a spoon on top of a loaf of streusel bread in a crosshatch pattern.

Video

Notes

Note 1: Buttermilk substitute: To make a buttermilk substitute, weigh out 1 tablespoon of white vinegar or lemon juice. Add whole milk or 2% milk until the total weight comes to 250g. Stir it together and let it sit for 5 minutes until it has thickened and curdled before using.

Nutrition

Calories: 4448kcal | Carbohydrates: 586g | Protein: 56g | Fat: 211g | Saturated Fat: 57g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 91g | Monounsaturated Fat: 50g | Trans Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 463mg | Sodium: 2165mg | Potassium: 1037mg | Fiber: 13g | Sugar: 311g | Vitamin A: 2165IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 908mg | Iron: 20mg
Keywords cinnamon loaf cake, cinnamon streusel bread, cinnamon streusel cake, cinnamon streusel coffee cake
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