Grab a cup of coffee and get ready for a treat! I have an oh-so yummy breakfast cake recipe to share with you today. A sour cream coffee cake with an unexpected crunchy Cinnamon Pebbles crumb topping that everyone will enjoy. Today’s recipe is sponsored through my partnership with Pebbles Cereal.
The wonderful crunch and cinnamon flavor of the cereal adds an unexpected twist to the crumb topping you typically have on a coffee cake. There is a lot of the crunchy Cinnamon Pebbles crumb topping on this cake. I love to pile it on.
Before I share the recipe with you, I want to talk to you about the new Cinnamon Pebbles. Have you tried it yet? This cereal isn’t just for kids y’all. I absolutely love it! I knew as soon as I tried it that I would soon be incorporating it into some of my recipes.
This coffee cake is such a treat for Sunday morning with the family or a weekday coffee break with your girlfriends. There’s nothing like spending the morning with your best girlfriends, a scrumptious cake, good coffee and a bit of gossip.
A couple of notes about this recipe: You’ll want to prepare the crumb topping first and allow it to dry a bit, by spreading it out onto some parchment paper or a cookie sheet. Also, I use sour cream in this recipe but you could swap that out for Greek yogurt if you like.
Look at all those crunchy bits of cinnamon goodness!
Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Pebbles Crumb Topping
(16 servings)
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed
2 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup sour cream
Crumb Topping:
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups Cinnamon Pebbles
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
Directions:
To make the crumb topping, combine sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk in melted butter. Add flour and Cinnamon Pebbles and stir using a rubber spatula just until moist. Spread mixture out on parchment paper or a cookie sheet to dry until ready to use.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium-high about 2-3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla until well combined.
Place the mixer on low speed, and beat in sour cream and dry ingredients alternately in 3 parts, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat just until incorporated.
Spread batter evenly into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle on the crumb topping. Use your fingertips to gently press the crumbs into the batter.
Place into oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. If crumb topping begins to get too dark while baking, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
Allow to cool some, cut into pieces and serve.
Coffee Cake with Cinnamon Pebbles Crumb Topping
Yield 16 pieces
A sour cream coffee cake with an unexpected crunchy Cinnamon Pebbles crumb topping that everyone will enjoy.
Ingredients
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 1/4 cups brown sugar, packed 2 large eggs1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup sour cream
Crumb Topping: 1 cup brown sugar, packed 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups Cinnamon Pebbles 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted
Instructions
To make the crumb topping, combine sugar and salt in a medium bowl. Whisk in melted butter. Add flour and Cinnamon Pebbles and stir using a rubber spatula just until moist. Spread mixture out on parchment paper or a cookie sheet to dry until ready to use.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly coat a 9×13 baking dish with nonstick spray.
In a large bowl, combine flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and sugar on medium-high about 2-3 minutes, until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in vanilla until well combined.
Place the mixer on low speed, and beat in sour cream and dry ingredients alternately in 3 parts, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Beat just until incorporated.
Spread batter evenly into prepared baking dish. Sprinkle on the crumb topping. Use your fingertips to gently press the crumbs into the batter.
Place into oven and bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. If crumb topping begins to get too dark while baking, loosely cover with aluminum foil.
Allow to cool some, cut into pieces and serve.
robin masshole mommy says
January 18, 2017 at 3:28 PMI am totally drooling over this right now. I bet it is awesome warm right out of the oven.
Pam says
January 18, 2017 at 4:16 PMFruity Pebbles are my favorite cereal. I need o try these cinnamon Pebbles!
Ann Bacciaglia says
January 18, 2017 at 8:52 PMOh my this looks so delicious and easy to make. I will have to try this for dessert this weekend. I know it will be a big hit.
Annemarie LeBlanc says
January 18, 2017 at 11:06 PMI am not really good at baking but I will give this recipe my best shot! I love how good it looks and I can only imagine it would taste heavenly!
brianne says
January 19, 2017 at 9:31 AMOh this looks so yummy! Coffee cake is my favorite sweet treat!
Connie says
January 19, 2017 at 10:23 AMThese look like sweet little treats.
I will have to share this with my sister.
Cynthia R says
January 19, 2017 at 11:43 AMI love a good coffee cake and all lose delicious crumbs, my favorite is when I eat the cake and all the crumbles that fell off, get a forkful of that!
Janell Poulette says
January 19, 2017 at 11:43 AMThere is nothing i love more than coffee cake. I have never made it myself but i feel like i could do this one! I am also so excited to try the new Pebbles cereal!
Neely Moldovan says
January 19, 2017 at 3:50 PMAny kind of coffee cake is good to me! This one sounds delish!
Saidah Washington says
January 19, 2017 at 4:18 PMCoffee cake is one of my favorite desserts and who knew it was simple to make. I love how you incorporated the cereal into the recipe.
Kiwi says
January 19, 2017 at 5:40 PMI love remixing new ways to eat cereal. This looks so fun to eat and didnt know they had this flavor out!
Reesa Lewandowski says
January 19, 2017 at 5:51 PMI haven’t heard of this cereal yet! How delicious! This cake looks so good!
valmg @ Mom Knows It All says
January 19, 2017 at 8:08 PMI absolutely love coffee cake! Using cereal as a topping is a really creative idea!
Jeanine says
January 19, 2017 at 8:49 PMWow this looks AMAZING. I dont do coffee as a drink but I love it in cake form. This would be amazing with my nightly tea!
Eileen says
January 19, 2017 at 10:46 PMSomething I can make this weekend. I read your article at the right time. I will be having guests this weekend and I am making a list of food to serve. Your recipe is awesome. I will wow my guests with this sour cream coffee cake!
Rachel Ferrucci says
January 20, 2017 at 12:41 AMThis looks so yummy! I love the addition of the Pebbles! This is going in my recipe book.
Carrie says
January 20, 2017 at 3:17 AMThis sounds so delicious! I love a good coffee cake and love anything with cinnamon on it!
Divya says
January 20, 2017 at 7:01 AMOh gosh, coffee cake brings me back to my high school days when we’d all stand in line to buy the cafeteria coffee cake. It was, by far, the best tasting one because it was so warm and delicious – right out of the oven. Since then, I don’t think i’ve actually HAD coffee cake for fear of it ruining the memories I have, hahhaha. Silly. But I’ve gotta give this recipe a try. It looks delicious!
Kelly Hutchinson says
January 20, 2017 at 11:36 AMI have loved coffee cake since I was a little kid. This looks absolutely delicious!
CourtneyLynne says
January 22, 2017 at 11:55 AMOmg can we say yum?!? This coffee cake looks absolutely delicious!! Must give your recipe a try!
Susanna Fries says
January 23, 2017 at 12:13 PMI made this recipe this past weekend, and shared it with a group of 12! They LOVED it. The topping is the best part. There are so many baking, topping possibilities w/ this new flavor of Pebbles. Thanks for this recipe. (I did swap the sour cream for greek yogurt).
Angela says
January 23, 2017 at 12:23 PMThanks so much for letting me know, Susanna. I am so glad to hear all enjoyed!
Elena says
February 5, 2017 at 11:06 AMLooks so yummy! I am going to try this recipe
Becky Richardson says
February 10, 2017 at 5:36 AMThis looks heavenly!
Annette FISHER says
February 25, 2017 at 10:49 AMTHANKS FOR THE RECIPE, MAKE TODAY.
Rosie says
February 26, 2017 at 1:19 PMoh wow what a way to use Cinnamon Pebbles cereal, it sure sounds and looks totally scrumptious!
katie says
March 18, 2017 at 10:58 AMI didn’t know fruity pebbles came in cinnamon flavor, I hope they have them at the store next time I go.
Anita Jude says
March 20, 2017 at 11:05 PMOh my this looks delicious and I am going to have to make this !
annette fisher says
May 19, 2017 at 7:16 AMWOW, I LOVE THIS COFFEE CAKE AND THE KIDS LOVE TO HELP ME MAKE IT. THANK YOU
Lisa Brown says
June 26, 2017 at 7:32 AMI love coffee cake; the cake looks moist and the recipe easy to do.
Sara Zielinski says
July 5, 2017 at 12:08 PMThis is an awesome coffee cake.