Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake – quick and easy coffee cake made using baking mix and with cinnamon swirls throughout!
When I was growing up, my mom always made something special for breakfast almost every weekend. (Thanks mom! 😉 )
One of her famous (and my favorite) breakfasts is coffee cake. Nothing wrong with a little cake for breakfast, am I right?!
This recipe is so super easy to make. It uses Bisquick baking mix, which is nice because you don’t have to bother with measuring out flour, baking soda, salt, yada yada because it’s already in the baking mix. Only a few more ingredients, and one bowl to mix it in. Simple and easy.
Every time I make this coffee cake, it always turns out fabulous. It’s light and moist with the perfect cinnamon swirl topping. Basically, it’s gone within 10 minutes at my house full of boys! You can easily double this recipe to get a 9×13 pan. Serve a warm slice with a glass of cold milk and you’ll be in breakfast heaven!
Ingredients
- 2 cups Bisquick baking mix
- 2 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. sugar
- 1 egg
- 2/3 cup milk
- 2 Tbsp. melted butter divided
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp. + 2 tsp. light brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400º F. Spray an 8x8 pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the Bisquick, sugar, egg, milk and 1 Tbsp. of the melted butter, and the vanilla. Mix with wooden spoon until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and smooth down the top.
- Mix brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl. Drizzle remaining butter over the top of the coffee cake and sprinkle cinnamon and sugar mixture over the butter. Lightly swirl batter with a knife for a marbled effect.
- Bake in preheated oven for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Slice up and enjoy!
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This post was originally published at Sweet Treats and More on June 11th.
Love the simplicity. And yes, we all love a little cake for breakfast now and then!
Hope you’re enjoying your time away!
I love coffee cake. I also love using Bisquick as a short cut when I bake. There is nothing ever wrong with cake for breakfast! 🙂
I loooove coffee cake! A lot! How easy is this with Bisquick?? Pinned!
Combining two of my favorite things, cinnamon and coffee. Absolutely perfect!
Blessings, Catherine
Beautiful photos! I have those same napkins via Hen House Linens. I love all their beautiful table linens! Thanks for your inspiring posts. Happy Summer! 🙂
This looks awesome! I love the Bisquick shortcut (I sure as heck don’t want to bake anything complicated first thing in the morning haha). I live in a house full of girls, but I bet this would disappear just as quickly anyway!
Love that your mom always made a special weekend breakfast. This looks like I could eat it everyday!
I love cinnamon and sugar and this sounds wonderful! Way better than those box coffee cake recipes. This one is going right into my recipe file! Thanks for sharing!
You had me at cake for breakfast 🙂 Gotta love an easy simple dish that gets devoured in minutes. My crew would have this gone in one morning for sure!