Protein Coffee Cake with Streusel (Complete but Easy)
Serves 1210 mins prep25 mins cook
An easy Protein Coffee Cake complete with a Cinnamon Coffee Streusel, perfect for a healthy snack or dessert. Made with whole wheat pasty flour, Greek yogurt, only a little butter, and sweetened with protein powder, this recipe makes a high protein, sugar free and healthy coffee cake!
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What you need
tsp baking powder
tsp baking soda
tsp salt
cup almond milk
tbsp butter
tbsp no-calorie sweetener
tsp cinnamon
tsp instant coffee
Instructions
1 Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8x8” baking pan with parchment paper; Spray sides with cooking spray. 2 In a bowl, combine whole wheat flour, half protein powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. 3 In a large bowl, beat together butter and half protein powder using an electric hand mixer or paddle attachment until combined. 4 Add Greek yogurt, milk and egg and beat again. 5 Add dry mix to wet and fold using a large spoon or spatula.DO NOT OVER-MIX or the cake will be tough because of the protein powder and gluten from the whole wheat flour. Make streusel: 1 In another bowl, combine flour, zero calorie sugar replacement, cinnamon and coffee. 2 And butter cubes and a fork to work mixture to form heavy crumbs. 3 Spread ½ cake batter into baking pan, sprinkle on half streusel, spread remaining batter (flatten with back of spoon or spatula), top with remaining coffee-cinnamon mixture. 4 Bake on center rack for 25-30 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center comes out clean and center of cake is springy to touch. 5 Let cool in pan fro 15 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.View original recipe