Coffee Cake Loaf

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 2 teaspoon cinnamon (ground)
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup butter (unsalted, softened)
• 3/4 cup sugar (granulated)
• 2 large eggs (room temperature)
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

1. 1

   Prep the ingredients and oven:: Preheat the oven to 350°F and spray a loaf pan with cooking spray or grease it with butter. In a bowl whisk the brown sugar with the cinnamon together until combined.

2. 2

   Start the batter:: Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a bowl. Set aside. In another bowl cream the butter with the granulated sugar until light in color and well combined. Add the eggs in one at a time and mix until light and fluffy.

3. 3

   Finish the batter.: Add the buttermilk, vanilla extract and flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until well incorporated and smooth. Note: the batter is a bit thicker than a regular cake batter. If your batter is too thick, add a bit more buttermilk, or if it's too thin, add a bit more flour.

4. 4

   Assemble the coffee cake:: Pour ⅓ of the batter in the prepared bread pan and sprinkle with ⅓ of the brown sugar mixture, repeat with remaining batter and sprinkle remaining brown sugar mixture over the top. You should end up with 3 layers of batter and 3 layers of cinnamon sugar.

5. 5

   Bake and cool:: Transfer the loaf pan to the oven and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out clean inserted in the center of the loaf. Cool in the loaf pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.