Bread Machine Coffee Cake

A recipe for bread machine coffee cake that’s easy to make for a sweet breakfast treat.

Why you’ll love this recipe

Maybe you’ve never tried bread machine coffee cake before, but surely you’ve seen those packaged breakast sweets at the grocery store.

This recipe is actually pretty similar: a rich, sweet dough. The topping is a delicious mix of everyone’s favorite things: butter, brown sugar, and cinnamon. And it’s topped off with the simplest of glazes that mixes up in just a minute.

But the best thing about this recipe? It’s easy. Really easy. Let’s get started.

Ingredients

Dough

• 1/3 cup instant potato flakes
• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/3 cup white sugar
• 1/3 cup softened butter unsalted
• ½ cup + 2 tablespoons cup water
• ¾ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• 2 teaspoons instant yeast

Cinnamon Sugar Topping

• ¼ cup butter melted
• ¾ brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon

Glaze

• ½ cup powdered sugar?
• 2 teaspoons milk or cream?
• splash of vanilla extract

If you don’t have a bread machine, I recommend this very basic model which does a great job of kneading the dough and completing the first rise.

Step by step

Kneading and rising the dough in the machine

This recipe is easy as can be! To get started, just add all the DOUGH ingredients to the bucket of your bread machine. Use whatever order is recommended by your manufacturer.

Select the dough cycle and keep an eye on it for the first few minutes. You are looking for a soft, smooth dough that clears the sides of the bucket. If it is dry and crumbly, add more water a few teaspoons at a time until the dough comes together. If it seems too sticky and wet and is sticking to the bucket, add more flour.

Once the consistency is right, you can leave the bread machine alone until it beeps.

After the cycle is complete, the dough might not have risen all that much. That’s okay!

Prepare a 13 x 9 dish with non-stick baking spray

Turn out the dough and stretch it gently until it covers the bottom of this dish. Don’t press it down more than you have to.

Cover it with a clean, damp tea towel or plastic wrap and place the coffee cake dough in a warm place to rise for about an hour. The dough should look puffy at this point, but may not fully double.

Towards the end of the second rise, get your oven ready. Place a rack in the center and preheat it to 350 degrees.

Topping, baking, and glazing the coffee cake

Now we are going to gently indent the dough so it can hold all of the sugary topping. Using your knuckle or fingertip, gently poke the dough all over.

Mix the cinnamon and brown sugar in a small bowl and sprinkle them all over the dough. There is a lot of it and the cake will be completely covered. (This is a good thing!) Pour the melted butter right on top. If some goes down the sides, that’s okay. Don’t worry.

Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.

Let the bread machine coffee cake cool in the pan for about ten minutes while you mix up the glaze. It should be thick and barely pourable. Drizzle it on top until you are satisfied.

You can serve this right out of the pan, either warm or room temperature.

More sweet baked breakfast recipes

• Sourdough banana bread is the perfect blend of sweet and tangy.
• Sweet orange rolls also use the bread machine for an easy technique.
• If you like cinnamon sugar, you’ll love sourdough coffee cake too.
• And adding mixed berries to coffee cake is never a bad idea!

I hope you enjoy this recipe!