Banana Crumb Coffee Cake.”

With a soft texture and sweet flavor, this Banana Coffee Cake is super moist with a cinnamon sugar swirl and a flavorful crumb topping.

WANT TO SAVE THIS RECIPE?

Enter your email below & we’ll send it to your inbox. Plus get great new recipes from us every week!SAVE

This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Affiliate, if you purchase through those links, I earn a small commission. Thank you! Read our disclosure policy here.

Looking for a fun way to upgrade your coffee cake, or use overripe bananas for something other than banana bread?

This banana coffee cake with homemade crumb topping is perfect for a special brunch or a satisfying dessert.

Why this Recipe Works

Sweet, nostalgic, and indulgent, this coffee cake with banana is the perfect recipe for fans of comforting and fruity baked treats!

It includes a moist and tender cake, a cinnamon sugar filling, a delicious crumb topping, and an optional homemade icing that adds the right amount of sweetness that pairs with loads of banana flavor.

Serve it alongside a Corned Beef Hash with Scrambled Eggs or this Steak and Potato Breakfast Hash for the ultimate brunch or special breakfast!

Ingredients Needed

• All Purpose Flour
• Sugar: Use both white sugar and brown sugar for the perfect balance of sweetness.
• Butter: Softened butter gives the crumble a nice rich flavor.
• Cinnamon: Pairs well with the sugary sweetness and provides some warmth.
• Sour Cream: This is the secret to a nice moist coffee cake with a little bit of tangy flavor to balance out the sweetness.
• Butter: I prefer to use unsalted butter so I can
• Vanilla extract: Adds an extra dimension of sweet warmth to your cake.
• Bananas: Commonly used to make banana bread, overripe bananas are also great for making coffee cake!
• Baking Soda: Provides a nice lift to your crumb cake and prevents it from getting too dense.
• Salt
• Powdered Sugar: This is different from granulated sugar so be sure not to use the same kind!
• Milk: I like to use regular dairy milk, but you could use a non-dairy substitute if you prefer.

How to Make this Banana Crumb Coffee Cake

• Step 1: For the crumble, add the flour, sugars, butter, and cinnamon in a large mixing bowl.
• Step 2: Combine until you have large crumbs, then store in the fridge.
• Step 3: In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients for the crumb cake (both sugars, sour cream, egg, butter, vanilla, and mashed bananas).
• Step 4: Whisk together the dry ingredients in another large bowl (flour, baking soda, and salt) and fold the flour mixture into the wet ingredients.

• Step 5: Spread half of the batter in an even layer in a prepared pan.
• Step 6: Evenly distribute the brown sugar cinnamon mixture over the batter.
• Step 7: Add the other half of the coffee cake batter over top.
• Step 8: Sprinkle the crumble over top of the batter.

Recipe Tips

• The riper the bananas are that you use, the sweeter the result will be.
• For some extra flavor, add other warm spices like nutmeg or pumpkin spice in the cinnamon sugar layer.
• You can use either light brown sugar or dark brown sugar.
• Don’t overmix the batter! You may end up with a more tough or dense coffee cake. Allow refrigerated ingredients to come up to room temperature so the batter comes together more easily.
• Instead of the homemade icing, you can also dust the coffee cake with some powdered sugar.
• For a slightly lighter option, use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream and coconut oil instead of butter.