Description
Carrot Cake Coffee Cake is a delicious combo of carrot cake, coffee cake and a cheesecake. Moist and flavorful carrot cake topped with cheesecake layer and crunchy cinnamon streusel crumb topping is perfect for Easter brunch or any spring breakfast or snack.
Ingredients
Cinnamon Crumb Topping:
- ¼ cup (56 grams) unsalted butter-room temperature
- ¼ cup (50 grams) light brown sugar
- ¾ cup (95 grams) all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon cinnamon
Carrot Cake:
- 1 ¼ cups (160 grams) all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon (or more to taste)
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg (optional)
- ¼ cup (56 grams) unsalted butter-room temperature
- ½ cup (100 grams) light brown sugar
- ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 large egg-room temperature
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- ½ cup plain yogurt
- 7 oz. (200 grams) finely grated carrots
Cream Cheese Layer:
- 8 oz. (220 grams) cream cheese -room temperature
- ¼ cup (50 grams) granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° and line 8 x 8 inches square pan with parchment paper and spray with nonstick spray.
- First, grate carrots and set them aside.
- To make the crumb topping, whisk together flour, sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Using two forks or a pastry cutter, cut in the butter. If the mixture looks sandy, squeeze it with your hands in large clumps, then crumble with your fingers in pea-sized crumbs.
- For the cream cheese layer, beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add in egg and mix until no lumps remain, then set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg, then set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars together until smooth.
- Add in egg and vanilla and mix well.
- Alternate adding the dry mixture with the yogurt ( ½ of dry ingredients-yogurt-remaining ½ of dry ingredients) and mix until evenly combined.
- Finally, mix in carrots. Spread the mixture in a prepared pan.
- Gently spread cream cheese mixture on top (don’t go all the way to the edges).
- Sprinkle crumb mixture on top of cream cheese mixture.
- Bake for 50-60 min or until toothpick comes out clean with just a few moist crumbs attached.