Nutella Coffee Cake
Moist, buttery, and bursting with flavor, Nutella coffee cake is the perfect way to start your day. Made with a delicious crumble topping and rich swirls of Nutella, this recipe is guaranteed to be a new staple in your home.
The first time I had this coffee cake was when Christopher and I went to a breakfast/lunch place nearby, where they serve great coffee and delicious baked goods. Christopher loves their peanut butter banana crepe. I mostly get their egg sandwich on a croissant.
BUT, we always start with an “appetizer,” which is how I discovered the Nutella coffee cake. It was so delicious that I had to figure out how to make my own. I’ve made coffee cake for years, so I imagined I would simply add Nutella to that recipe.
And that’s exactly what I did. But my result wasn’t as good as the bakery’s.
It took me three tries to get it close enough. And it took me three additional trips to buy more coffee cake from that cute little shop for comparison, which, let me tell you, was a hardship.
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Helpful tips
- Take the butter out at least a half hour before starting the recipe. I usually unwrap the butter, place it into the mixer and cut it into pats.
- I use about a cup of Nutella for this coffee cake. Use as little or as much as you like.
- I use the 9 cup Bundt pan in this recipe, but if you prefer to make it in a larger pan like the 12 cup, there is a slider in the recipe card that will adjust the ingredient amounts for you.
- If the Nutella is too stiff to work with, heat it up in a small saucepan.
How to make Nutella coffee cake
Pre-step
Take the butter out at least a half hour before starting the recipe.
Step one
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and liberally grease the bundt pan.
Get out a stand mixer.
Step two
Gather the beginning ingredients – softened butter and sugar. (A)
Step three
Add the butter and sugar in the mixer and mix until combined. It won’t be creamy. (B)
Step four
Add an egg and vanilla. (C) Mix until combined.
Step five
Add the second egg. (D) Mix until combined.
Step six
Gather the dry ingredients – flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Also get the Nutella.
Step seven
Add the dry ingredients to the mixer. (E) Mix until just combined.
Step eight
Add sour cream. (F)
You can use the mixer to combine the sour cream in the batter or you can fold it in with a rubber spatula.
Step nine
Add half the batter to the greased bundt pan. (G)
Step ten
Dollop as much Nutella as you want on the first layer of batter. (H)
Step eleven
Take a knife and swirl it round the Nutella so it looks marbled.
Step twelve
Add the rest of the cake batter on the Nutella. (I)
Step thirteen
Add more spoonfuls of Nutella. (J)
Step fourteen
This next step is optional – time to make the crumble topping. Get a mixing bowl and add sugar and flour. (K)
Step fifteen
Add melted butter and mix together with the flour and sugar. (L)
Step sixteen
Take a knife again and swirl it around to mix the Nutella with the batter. (M)
Step seventeen
Sprinkle the crumble on top of the unbaked coffee cake. (N)
Bake for 45 minutes.
Let the cake cool for at least 10 minutes before removing it from the pan.
If you like, garnish the coffee cake with a sprinkling of confectioner’s sugar.
Time to cut a piece.
And eat it.
Look at those swirls!
I hope you enjoyed this Nutella coffee cake recipe.
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Nutella Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups spelt flour (or flour of choice)
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 8 tablespoons butter (1 stick, room temperature)
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup sour cream (or plain Greek yogurt)
- 1 cup Nutella (warmed for easy spreading)
Crumble Topping
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons butter (melted)
Optional
- confectioner's sugar (to sprinkle on top)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F and liberally grease the bundt pan.
- Place the room temperature butter and sugar into a stand mixer and mix until combined. It may or may not be 'creamy'.
- Add one egg and the vanilla and mix until combined. And the other egg and again, mix until combined
- Add flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt and mix until combined.
- Add the sour cream or Greek yogurt and mix by hand with a rubber spatula.
- Place half of the batter in the pan and add a few heaping tablespoons of Nutella. Take a knive and swirl the Nutella in the batter so it looks marbled.
- Add the rest of the batter and top it with the dollop the rest of the Nutella, swirl again with the knife.
Crumble Topping
- Add 1/4 cup sugar and 1/4 cup flour in a small mixing bowl and mix it with 2 tablespoons of melted butter until it forms crumbles. I use a fork for this.
- Top the batter with the crumbles
- Put pan in the oven and bake for 45 minutes until your tester comes out clean.
- Allow the coffee cake to cool in the pan for 5 – 10 minutes before removing it from the pan and on to a wire rack.
- (This is optional) If you want to give the cake some 'color', sift some comfectioner's sugar on top.
- Slice a piece, then eat it.
- Smile
- Enjoy
Equipment
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- Take the butter out at least a half hour before starting the recipe. I usually unwrap the butter, place it into the mixer and cut it into pats.
- I use about a cup of Nutella for this coffee cake. Use as little or as much as you like.
- I use the 9 cup Bundt pan in this recipe, but if you prefer to make it in a larger pan like the 12 cup, there is a slider in the recipe card that will adjust the ingredient amounts for you.
- If the Nutella is too stiff to work with, heat it up in a small saucepan.
Nutrition
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Nutella in a coffee cake, omg, perfection!
Thanks Christopher!
Amazing and easy to bake!
I’m so happy to hear that Deepa! Thanks for your feedback and rating. I appreciate it.
Omg this coffee cake was everything I wanted with my afternoon tea today!! It was moist, light and perfectly sweet!
Thanks so much Anjali! I appreciate it.
This is absolutely scrumptious looking can you cyber me a slice I cant wait for my mouth to try some!
Wouldn’t that be fun, Claudia? Thanks for your comment!
Nutella is my absolute favorite!! I probably will not be sharing this with anyone, it looks too good!
Thanks so much Whitney! I hope you enjoy it when you try it.
The cake looks super moist and delicious…saving it for later. Thanks for the lovely recipe.
You’re welcome. Thanks so much Meenakshi!
The texture from the spelt flour is amazing! That pocket of nutella in the middle is divine.
Thanks so much Brianna! I’m a big Nutella nut. 😉