Bisquick Coffee Cake
with homemade bisquick
Makes one of those fluffy cakes that pulls apart almost like cotton candy. Great with coffee. This recipe is quite common, but the amounts vary quite a bit. Planning to adjust this to find the right balance. I think it could use a little more sugar.
What you will need
STREUSEL TOPPING
3 tbsp butter
1/2 cup bisquick
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
CAKE BATTER
2 cups bisquick baking mix
2 tbsp oil
2/3 cup milk
1 egg
4 tb sugar
2 tsp vanilla
How to cook
1
Preheat oven to 375F
2
If you don't have Bisquick, here's an easy substitute. With this homemade Bisquick, I often have to add a little extra liquid to recipes, but otherwise it works well.
3
Combine streusel ingredients.
4
Squish the streusel ingredients together into a crumbly mass.
5
Combine all of the batter ingredients.
6
Whisk the batter together. Like pancakes, it doesn't need to be perfectly smooth. Some small lumps are fine.
7
Pour batter into a greased, 9" round cake pan.
8
Break up the cinnamon crumble and distribute the chunks over the surface of the cake batter.
9
Bake for about 20 minutes. Cool for 5-10 minutes at least, and serve with a nice cuppa Joe.
Homemade Bisquick
Bisquick is basically a readymade mix of fat, salt, flour and baking powder. You can make a simple substitute with common ingredients. I made this using butter. This version should be refrigerated. But if you replace the butter with a more shelf stable fat like coconut oil or lard, it will store for a longer period of time, like real bisquick. In that case, you might want to double the recipe for a larger batch to store.