Try this Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Cake for breakfast one morning and watch the smiles start to happen.
I may or may not be responsible for creating muffin and coffee cake snobs out of my children.
They have become so used to me adding chocolate chips to just about everything I bake. So, now when I make a fruity or plain dessert I get looks.
You know the looks? One eyebrow raised, wide eyed, and a hip stuck out...oh, wait I think that's just the look my almost teenage daughter gives me on any topic. Naaaah, she's a good kid, but don't leave the chocolate chips out of the muffins and cake.
I started to get the looks when I admitted that I did not add chocolate chips to this coffee cake. Lucky for me, I DID add an entire bag of mini peanut butter cups to the cake. That got some smiles from my girl! She is definitely my child!
This coffee cake is really just an easy spice cake. Save a little bit of the dry ingredients to sprinkle on top for a streusel. After spreading the batter in a pan, sprinkle it with peanut butter cups and the streusel. Go ahead and cut the peanut butter cup minis in half. It makes them go a little bit farther, and the peanut butter melts into the cake as it bakes.
Any day that you can call peanut butter cups breakfast is going to an awesome day!
What have we learned today?
1. Don't mess with teenage girls and their chocolate chips.
2. Coffee cake made with peanut butter cups is an awesome breakfast.
I think you need to add peanut butter cups to your shopping list right away 🙂
Recipe
Peanut Butter Cup Coffee Cake
A homemade spice cake topped with peanut butter cups and a crumb topping is a delicious way to start the day.
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup vegetable oil
- 1 large egg
- 1 cup butter milk
- 1 bag Reese's Minis, halved (8 ounce bag)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, and salt. Remove ½ cup for topping.
- Add the baking soda, oil, egg, and butter milk and mix until combined.
- Spread in a greased 9x13 pan. Sprinkle with the peanut butter cups and reserved topping mixture. Bake for 30-35 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool.
- Serve warm. Cut into 24 squares.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 162Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 8mgSodium: 121mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 12gProtein: 2g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
A few more breakfast recipes that we enjoy around here:
Amy @ Amy's Healthy Baking
May I come over for breakfast?? Chocolate, PB & coffee cake are three of my favorite things, but I had never thought to combine them all together. Totally brilliant -- and pinned!! 🙂 My entire family (extended out-of-town relatives too) love a tiny particular restaurant chain in the Bay Area solely because of their coffee cake. It's about 6-8" high, full of fresh juicy blueberries, and topped with the thickest, most amazing cinnamon crumble. It's practically a felony to go to Hobee's and not get a piece, just like it would be to have breakfast with your family and not take a taste!
Chels R.
It looks awesome! Definitely something my hubby would love. Have fun in Disneyland =)
Kelly
Haha I would gladly take any fruity muffins or coffee cakes that warrant the looks from your kiddos 🙂 I love coffee cake but with chocolate and peanut butter cups? I'm sold - these look fantastic!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain
I'm smiling already! Coffee cake is one of those cakes I can NEVER say no to, and this one looks fabulous! Pair it with a cup of actual coffee and I am set! 😀
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction
You know how I love chocolate and peanut butter! I wish I had piece to go with my cup of coffee right now!
Chloe @ foodlikecake
This looks SO good!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
Best coffee cake ever! And I get that attitude - and my daughter is 9!!!
Jennie @themessybakerblog
Girl, I love what you do with chocolate and peanut butter. This cake looks amazing. Pinned.
Kelly
Seriously, this is the best looking coffee cake I've ever seen! I love anything involving peanut butter cups! Yum!!
Tanya
MMmm..I love peanut butter anything!! This sounds so good 🙂
Pamela @ Brooklyn Farm Girl
This would be the perfect friend to have alongside a cup of tea! How amazing is this cake! YUM!
Mir
Oh, no. You put crumb topping on something with peanut butter cups! Now I'm doomed.
And I hear you. When I bake without chocolate, people just eye me with open suspicion. Like I'm up to no good at all.
This is fabulous!
Averie @ Averie Cooks
PB and cake and chocolate - the perfect breakfast, right 🙂 Pinned!
Chelsea @chelseasmessyapron
Okay as much as I love fruit, if I can pass chocolate + peanut butter off for my breakfast I am SO on board! This looks gorgeous Jocelyn! Hope you had a great memorial day weekend 🙂
marcie
That's so funny about your kids being coffee cake snobs. 🙂 I do know those looks -- "what, no chocolate chips?" I prefer them too, OR peanut butter cups could sub-in for them any time! This looks delicious. 🙂
Erin | The Law Student's Wife
Way to raise the standards for family coffee cake! PB cups? No wonder your kids hold out for the good stuff!
Tieghan
That looks like an awesome breakfast! Peanut butter cups? Yes, please!
Vanessa
I love coffee cake! Never thought to add peanut butter cups. Looks delish!
Kim (Feed Me, Seymour)
I definitely NEED this coffee cake in my life. It looks great. And I also am a breakfast/coffee cake snob so I applaud the use of tons of chocolate chips!
Mary Frances
I'm smiling already; peanut butter and chocolate have a way of doing that! Haha, don't leave the chocolate out of my recipes either - they're vital! Loving this coffee cake, Ms. Jocelyn, its the perfect way to start the morning!