Banana Coffee Cake

This Banana Coffee Cake is a great way to use up any super-ripe bananas you might have lying around! With a moist, fluffy, vanilla banana-flavored interior and a crisp buttery streusel topping drizzled with an optional glaze, this is a unique and delicious coffee cake recipe! Hey guys! Sam here again from Sugar Spun Run with another sweet treat for you! Recently I’ve been doing a lot of baking with bananas after finding myself faced with a mile-high pile of well-browned bananas in my house. They were just past their prime and desperately needed to be baked into something or they would shortly need to be thrown out (and my freezer was and always is way too full to even consider storing them there). I made batch after batch of my favorite banana muffins and passed out more slices of cream cheese frosted banana cake than I can even count, but eventually I wanted to try something different and this recipe for Banana Coffee Cake was born!

How to Make Banana Coffee Cake

The #1 tip is to find the ripest bananas you can! The browner and spottier they are the better — this is going to give your Banana Coffee Cake the best flavor. Mash them up well (you can use a potato masher or even just a fork) and add them to your butter, sugar, eggs, and other wet ingredients. Stir together your dry ingredients in a separate bowl, and then use a spatula to gently fold the dry ingredients into the wet. Take care not to over-mix the batter here! Finally, pour your banana coffee cake batter into a greased and floured 9×9 pan and prepare your streusel topping, which is what really puts this coffee cake over the top!

How to Make Streusel Topping

There are a number of different ways to make the streusel topping, but my preferred method is to start with melted butter. Many recipes use cold butter, but for this particular streusel, the melted butter makes for a nice buttery crumb that pairs so well with the banana cake. Use a fork to stir your dry streusel ingredients in with the melted butter. Take care not to overwork the streusel mixture, or you’ll end up with a paste! You want the mixture to resemble coarse crumbs that you can use your hands to drop evenly over your banana coffee cake. This Banana Coffee Cake would be a great make-ahead breakfast or Mother’s Day brunch option, it’s simple, packed with flavor, and sure to be a hit with your guests. Enjoy! All nutritional information is based on third party calculations and is only an estimate. Each recipe and nutritional value will vary depending on the brands you use, measuring methods and portion sizes per household.