Strawberry Coffee Cake bars
Strawberry Coffee Cake Bars – I’m not sure if I met a person who doesn’t like having coffee. Even those who are not crazy about having coffee daily have a favorite type coffee. Be it espresso, cappuccino, or black, almost everyone has a favorite flavor.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- Pinch of salt
- 6 tablespoon oil
- 1 whole egg
- 1 egg yolk
- ¼ cup strawberry jam
- ¼ cup sugar
FOR THE STREUSEL
- ½ cup brown sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 6 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
TO MAKE THE STREUSEL
- In a bowl, mix all the ingredients and keep aside.
TO MAKE THE CAKE
- Preheat oven to 350F/180C. Line a 9” square baking pan with parchment paper or grease and flour the pan.
- In a bowl sift flour, salt, cornstarch, and baking powder three times. Keep aside
- In a different bowl, add the jam and whisk then add the egg and egg yolk and beat until combined.
- Add the sugar and vanilla beat until the mixture is fluffy.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix gently.
- Pour cake batter into the baking pan and spread evenly.
- Make sure that that streusel is in small clumps. Distribute over the cake batter evenly. You can use ¾ the amount of streusel if you wish.
- Bake the coffee cake for 16 to 17 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.