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    Home » Breakfast

    Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream

    Published: Jun 16, 2009 Last updated: May 20, 2022 by Shelby Law Ruttan · As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream have an angel food cake texture with a cinnamon sugar streusel and vanilla icing drizzle is a perfect weekend indulgent muffin!
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    These Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream is a version of the popular coffee cake served in a muffin shape. The soft, slightly spongy cake like texture has a hint of brown sugar cinnamon and pecan filling and crumb top. The finishing touch is a vanilla icing drizzled while the muffin is still warm.

    I love to serve these sour cream coffee cake muffins on weekends when I have time to sit and relax with a hot cup of coffee and a couple of warm and delicious muffins.

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    • Mini Crumb Coffee Cakes
    • 🥘 Ingredients
    • 👪 Serving size
    • 🍽 Equipment
    • 🔪 Instructions
    • 💭 Top Tip
    • 📖 Variations
    • More Muffin recipes
    • 📖 Recipe
    • 💬 Comments
    A single coffee cake muffin with sour cream on a white napkin with a grey coffee mug behind the muffin with the words mine written on the mug.

    Mini Crumb Coffee Cakes

    I love coffee cakes. This blueberry coffee cake has been a favorite of my family for years now. However, one of my favorite coffee cakes is the New York Crumb Cake.

    I also love mini food. So, it is quite natural for me to really love muffins! I love trying new recipes out all the time when it comes to theses breakfast mini cakes. So, I decided to take my mom's coffee cake with sour cream recipe and turn it into muffins.

    My family was not disappointed! These Coffee Cake Muffins with sour cream were so delicious, my family devoured almost every one of them the morning I made them!

    🥘 Ingredients

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    Dark brown sugar, chopped toasted pecans, and ground cinnamon are what makes the streusel and the crumb topping.

    Unsalted butter and granulated sugar. The butter should be at room temperature to make it easy to cream into the sugar..

    Large eggs, full fat sour cream, water, and pure vanilla extract are the wet ingredients for these coffee cake muffins. The eggs should be room temperature. This combination is what lends the texture and flavor. I highly recommend this vanilla extract.

    Bread flour, baking powder, and salt are the dry ingredients. It is bread flour that also lends to the texture and sponginess to this coffee cake muffin recipe. I highly recommend this bread flour.

    👪 Serving size

    This recipe will make 16 Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream.

    🍽 Equipment

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    Muffin pans, two muffin pans will be needed to make this recipe. If you have a 12 cup and 6 cup pan, that will work. Or use these individual silicone cupcake baking cups. I wish they would make an 18 cup pan!

    A large mixing bowl and two smaller mixing bowls, plus 1 prep cup (for the reserved sugar mixture. This stackable set will provide you all you need.

    Electric hand mixer to mix the muffin batter and a rubber spatula to scrape the bowl.

    Tablespoon size scoop. I like to use this scoop for a lot of my baking from cookies to muffins.

    Baked Coffee cake muffins with sour cream on a brown tray with one muffin that has been cut in half showing the inside streusel.

    🔪 Instructions

    How to make Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream

    Step 1:

    1. Preheat the oven to 400°. In a small mixing bowl, combine the first 3 ingredients. Reserve 3 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture in a small prep bowl and set aside.

    Step 2:

    1. Place granulated sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes).
    2. Add egg substitute; beat 3 minutes. Beat in sour cream, water, and vanilla.

    Step 3:

    1. Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
    2. Add the flour mixture to the sour cream mixture and mix until blended.

    Step 4:

    1. Line muffin pans with paper liners. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the batter into the paper lined muffin cups. Tap the muffin pan on the counter to spread the batter out over the bottom of the muffin cup.
    2. Evenly sprinkle the batter with the brown sugar mixture. Spoon the remaining batter evenly over the sugar streusel in the muffin cups.
    3. Sprinkle the remaining 3 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture evenly over the top of the second muffin batter layer.

    Step 5:

    1. Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Immediately remove the muffins from the pan and place on a wire rack.
    2. Combine the powdered sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla in a small bowl, stirring until smooth. Drizzle the icing evenly over the warm muffins.

    💭 Top Tip

    • To get the texture results that I received, be sure to mix the sugar and butter for the 3 minutes indicated as well as the addition of eggs, water and vanilla.
    • Weighing the flour if at all possible is highly recommended for this recipe.
    • If unable to weigh the flour, be sure to sift and the scoop with a spoon into the measuring cup to measure, being sure to not pack the flour into the cup.
    • Scoop 1 tablespoon of batter into the muffin pans, then gently tap the pans on the counter to flatten the batter over the bottom of the pan.

    📖 Variations

    • For a lighter flavor, substitute light brown sugar for the dark brown sugar.
    • Mix the streusel mixture into the batter instead of creating a layer (keeping the 3 tablespoon reserved for topping out).
    • Substitute chopped walnuts for the pecans or leave the nuts out entirely.
    • Lighten the muffin up by substituting low fat sour cream for the regular sour cream.

    More Muffin recipes

    Almond Joy Muffins

    Banana Crumb Muffins

    Cherry Chocolate Chip Muffins

    French Toast Muffins

    Pecan Praline Pumpkin Muffins

    Rhubarb Crumb Muffins

    *If you made these coffee cake muffins, please give them a star rating*

    📖 Recipe

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    Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream

    Shelby Law Ruttan
    Coffee Cake Muffins with Sour Cream have an angel food cake texture with a cinnamon sugar streusel and vanilla icing drizzle is a perfect weekend indulgent muffin!
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    Prep Time 15 mins
    Cook Time 25 mins
    Total Time 40 mins
    Course Breakfast
    Cuisine American
    Servings 16 Servings
    Calories 210 kcal

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    Ingredients
      

    FOR THE TOPPING/FILLING

    • ½ cup dark brown sugar , packed
    • ¼ cup chopped pecans
    • 1½ teaspoons ground cinnamon

    FOR THE MUFFIN BATTER

    • 1 cup granulated sugar
    • ¼ cup butter , softened
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 cup sour cream
    • 2 tablespoons water
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 7 ounces bread flour OR (1¾ cup)
    • 1 teaspoon baking powder
    • ½ teaspoon salt

    ICING DRIZZLE

    • 6 tablespoons powdered sugar
    • 3 teaspoons heavy cream

    Instructions
     

    • Preheat the oven to 350°. Combine the first 3 ingredients, set aside.
    • Place granulated sugar and butter in a large
      bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3
      minutes). Add egg substitute; beat 3 minutes. Beat in sour cream, water,
      and vanilla.
    • Combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add the flour mixture to the sour cream mixture and mix until blended.
    • Reserve 3 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture in a small bowl and set aside. Sprinkle surface of batter with remaining brown sugar mixture. Gently fold batter 4 times.
    • Line muffin pans with paper liners. Spoon 1 tablespoon of the batter into the paper lined muffin cups. Tap the muffin pan on the counter to spread the batter out over the bottom of the muffin cup.
    • Evenly sprinkle the batter with the brown sugar mixture. Spoon the remaining batter evenly over the sugar streusel in the muffin cups.
    • Sprinkle the remaining 3 tablespoons of the brown sugar mixture evenly over the top of the second muffin batter layer. Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove the muffins from pan immediately; place on a wire rack.
    • Combine the powdered sugar, heavy cream, and vanilla in a small bowl, stirring until smooth. Drizzle the icing evenly over the warm muffins.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 210kcalCarbohydrates: 33gProtein: 3gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 40mgSodium: 148mgPotassium: 61mgFiber: 1gSugar: 23gVitamin A: 227IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 46mgIron: 1mg
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    About Shelby Law Ruttan

    Shelby is the author/owner of Grumpy's Honeybunch. Established in 2007, she shares and preserves family recipes as well as recipes for cooking light and keto. She has authored the One-Pot Paleo Cookbook and The Pescatarian Keto Cookbook. She is an experienced, self-taught home cook who loves to share recipes with others. She also authors the websites Honeybunch Hunts and The Best Vegetarian Recipes. You can see her work on websites such as Veal Made Easy, Parade, Community Table, SoFab Food, Yummly, and FoodGawker.

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    1. Creative One

      June 22, 2009 at 3:26 pm

      I am a big fan of muffins and these would certainly hit the spot with me.
      The days are getting closer for your cruise, you are going to have such a blast.

      Reply
    2. Ingrid

      June 22, 2009 at 3:11 pm

      Those look amazing! I haven't eaten breakfast. Now I want muffins.
      ~ingrid

      Reply
    3. Glamorous Beauty

      June 19, 2009 at 4:36 am

      Those are some great looking muffins.

      Reply
    4. Laura

      June 18, 2009 at 9:16 pm

      I know nothing about cruises, but that muffin looks awesome. I hope your dr gives you good news.

      Reply
    5. Katy ~

      June 17, 2009 at 11:27 pm

      HoneyB, a cruise sounds so luxurious! I am so very happy for you and Grumpy to have such happy plans!

      Yummmm...these muffins look fab!

      Reply
    6. Helene

      June 17, 2009 at 6:35 pm

      Sounds like quite a trip. You'll have a super time. Those muffins looks great, I have to make them.

      Reply
    7. Christy

      June 17, 2009 at 4:35 pm

      Holy Yum!! These muffins look FABULOUS!! We're taking a road trip for a baseball tournament next weekend and these will be perfect to pack up for a quick breakfast in the hotel. 🙂

      I've never been on a cruise (although I've tried talking hubby into them MANY times) so I'll have to live vicariously through you.

      Reply
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