Coffee Cake with Sweetened Condensed Milk Frosting + Coffee Milk Crumbs
Coffee cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 4 eggs, room temperature
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup dark roast coffee
- ¼ cup milk, I used 3.25%
Sweetened condensed milk frosting
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups icing sugar
- ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon sweetened condensed milk
Coffee milk crumbs
- ¾ cup skim milk powder
- ⅛ cup finely ground dark roast coffee beans
- ½ cup all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons white granulated sugar
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
Make the cake
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 9 x 2 inch round cake or 9 inch square cake pan.
Beat the butter until light and fluffy.
Add the sugars and mix until completely incorporated.
Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt. In a liquid measuring cup, stir together the coffee and milk.
Add a ⅓ of the flour mixture to the butter-sugar mixture and mix until combined. Add 1/2 of the coffee mixture and mix well. Continue alternating
between adding the flour and coffee mixtures, ending with flour.
Pour batter into your cake pan and bake in a regular oven for 35-40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Let cake cool completely on wire rack before icing.
Make the frosting
Beat the butter on medium until light and fluffy.
Beat in icing sugar and when smooth, beat in condensed milk until thick, smooth and fluffy.
Using a small offset spatula, ice the cooled cake with the frosting.
Make the milk crumbs
Preheat the oven to 275 degrees; line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Note: You can make the crumbs as the cake cools.
Combine the skim milk powder, ground coffee, flour, sugar, cornstarch and salt in a medium bowl.
Add melted butter and mix until everything clumps together.
Spread the mixture evenly onto the baking sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool.
Add a generous amount of the coffee milk crumbs to the top of your cake.