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.

Other delicious desserts

• Whoopie pie cake
• Cherry rhubarb crisp
• Cheesecake

And as always, may all your dishes be delish!

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