This incredible Bisquick Coffee Cake recipe is sweet and nostalgic. Every wonderful bite magically takes you back to Grandma’s kitchen.
This Bisquick Coffee Cake holds a special place in my heart. My grandmother was a big believer in having fresh made coffee cake on hand for potential visitors. These were the days before humans waited 20 minutes in line for a latte, making them super late for almost every commitment, but not late enough to take a quick Snap of it for their followers.
Gran’s friends would often stop over for a cup of coffee, imagine that! It gets worse. She felt it appropriate to have fresh homemade coffee cake to serve with it.
Anyway, my grandmother also believed that you could make pretty much anything out of Bisquick, hence my recipes for Bisquick Breakfast Casserole , Bisquick Sausage Balls , oh, and Bisquick Peach Cobbler. These tried and true recipes fit in nicely with this ahh-mazing Bisquick Coffee Cake, which I’ll share with you now.
What Is Coffee Cake?
Coffee cake is a soft and delicious breakfast cake that is not overly sweet in its traditional form. While it usually consists of a light brown sugar and cinnamon flavor, it can be tweaked plenty of ways to sweeten it up and make it your own.
Bisquick coffee cake with apple pie filling is a great way to welcome fall, while Bisquick coffee cake blueberry muffins are a wonderful way to celebrate summer!
How To Make Bisquick Coffee Cake?
Making Bisquick Coffee Cake is easy. This is an old Bisquick coffee cake recipe, but it never fails to please a crowd. Also, it’s easy to make…and you can whip it up for when you do have unexpected guests.
All you really need is a hand mixer, a prepared baking pan (8×8 or 9×9 – this isn’t the Bisquick coffee cake 13×9 pan recipe) and a mixing bowl. Combine Bisquick, whole milk, eggs and granulated sugar. Pour the batter into a prepared pan.
For the topping, combine Bisquick, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter. Mix together until coarsely ground and sprinkle it over the top. Bake!
What I Love Most About This Easy Coffee Cake Recipe
I love it because it’s genuinely an easy coffee cake recipe, with standard ingredients. I get so frustrated when I’m scrolling through Pinterest, and a recipe claims to be easy but actually requires ingredients like vanilla bean and spelt flour. I love both of those ingredients, but I don’t consider them staples in my pantry.
Bisquick, on the other hand, is a frequent flier. I always have what I need for this cake on hand, meaning it’s not only delicious, but a tried and true go-to recipe. It’s not a Bisquick coffee cake recipe from box instructions. It was created with love. Which is why it’s so easy.
It might seem like a shortcut, but Bisquick can star in the leading role for hundreds of recipes, ranging from savory to sweet. This Impossible Cheeseburger Pie Recipe with Bisquick is gooey proof that Bisquick can do it all.
Does This Taste Like Cinnamon Coffee Cake?
No, not really. There is cinnamon in the topping, but it offers a super subtly sweet spice flavor. A cinnamon coffee cake has a much stronger cinnamon taste, and you’ll be able to see the swirls of cinnamon throughout.
I like to add additional cinnamon to the batter of this recipe when I make Bisquick coffee cake muffins!
Does This Have The Texture Of A Sour Cream Coffee Cake?
Nope. Sour Cream Coffee Cake is a bit richer and denser than this light and airy Bisquick cake. Sour cream adds a tad more moisture to the recipe as well, kind of like a Bisquick cream cheese coffee cake.
If you want to moisten your coffee cake up a bit, but skimp on the extra calories, try a Bisquick coffee cake with applesauce. You’ll be pleasantly surprised! Heck, they’re all delicious.
Can You Convert This To A Blueberry Coffee Cake?
In my opinion, few ingredients add juicy little flavor bursts quite like blueberries. You can convert this simple coffee cake recipe into a Blueberry Coffee Cake just by adding a cup of fresh or frozen blueberries!
If you’re feeling adventurous, we’ve got a great from-scratch recipe linked above! Don’t run, it’s easy!
More Coffee Cake Recipes:
The world wide web is absolutely stuffed with delectable coffee cake recipes that are to die for. From thick and moist to light and airy…there is an endless supply of diverse coffee cake recipes ready for the making.
So we’re clear, I rarely keep my coffee cake indulgence restricted to the A.M. hours. There are too many incredible coffee cake recipes for me not to attempt to enjoy them all.
Plus, you can add anything (like raspberries and strawberries…hint hint) to this basic Bisquick coffee cake recipe, and chances are it will still taste incredible!
Apple Coffee Cake
Apple Coffee Cake is dreamlike on a crisp morning.
Raspberry Coffee Cake
Raspberry Coffee Cake bursts with the warm sugary flavor of slightly tart raspberries.
Strawberry Coffee Cake
Strawberry Coffee Cake compliments a cup of coffee with cream and sugar as well as it does a glass of Sweet Tea or, dare I say, wine.
Best Coffee Cake Recipe
There are so many versions of coffee cake available. This recipe might not be the best coffee cake recipe you’ll ever try (I’m being modest, it is), but you can make it your own.
The original is delicious, my Gran knows her way around a coffee cake, but this recipe handles additions and tweaks like a champ! You’ll love it as it is, but don’t be afraid to take it to the next level.
Recipe Notes for Bisquick Coffee Cake Recipe:
Measuring The Bisquick: Here’s a great tip from one of our readers named Julia: “Spoon the dry mix into measuring cup lightly then level off with a knife. Don’t dip and pack. Too much dry mix will make end product dry as well.” Very well said, Julia! Thank you!!
Can You Make This Ahead of Time? You absolutely can make this Bisquick Coffee Cake Recipe ahead of time! That’s how my Gran survived her loving (judgy) circle of friends! Simply prepare, bake and then cover it right away! Pop it in the fridge, but bring it to room temp before serving.
Better yet, warm each serving in the microwave and serve with fresh coffee and cream. Ugh. I’m hungry.
How Do You Freeze This Cake? If you find that you’ve made too much coffee cake and no one stopped by, and you’re not like me and ready and willing to consume the entire cake yourself…no problem!
Cover it tightly in a freezer safe container. Freeze for up to three months. When it thaws, it will taste like you just made it!
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Bisquick Coffee Cake
Ingredients
Coffee Cake:
- 2 Cups Bisquick
- 2/3 Cup Whole Milk
- 1 Large Egg
- 2 Tablespoons Granulated Sugar
Topping:
- 1/3 Cup Bisquick
- 1/3 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1/4 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Spray an 8X8 inch or 9X9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a mixing bowl, using a handheld electric mixer, combine all the coffee cake ingredients. Pour batter into prepared baking dish.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix together all the topping ingredient with a pastry blender or 2 butter knives until the mixture forms coarse crumbs. Sprinkle topping evenly over batter.
- Bake in preheated oven for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with a few moist crumbs.
We make this at least once a month but I double the topping. So good!
Thanks, Amanda! Glad you to hear you liked it! 😀
Ohh the memories. This was my favorite breakfast recipe. I remember making it when I was about 7 years old. Yes I was a young cook and did not know that a hot cake pan and a wall to wall carpet in the house do not mix. Dad was mad but the coffee cake kept me out of trouble. The carpet melted away as much as the Bisquick did in your mouth.
That’s such a cute story! 😀
I could not reach the counter top so the carpet was the next best thing! I made my yes Velvet Cake last night after posting. Suggest more butter for the topping and use your hand to mix. Swirl it around the top so it goes down into the batter. Delicious thru and thru.
I think they used to call it Velvet Crumb Cake….. So yummy..
Oh, I didn’t know that! <3
This is what I remember making about 40 years ago! Thanks.
You’re welcome, Sarah!
Made this using cup blueberries and no changes to recipe. Very moist and yummy. Hint for using Bisquick that most people already know; spoon the dry mix into measuring cup lightly then level off with knife. Don’t dip and pack. Too much dry mix will make end product dry as well. This reminds me of the Biquick recipe 40 years ago that I made when my family was young; polished it off in one day. So good.
Hey Julia. Blueberries in this cake sound awesome. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and great tips.<3
Made this but it came out very very dry
Hi Dan. All I can think of is perhaps your oven runs hot so the coffee cake overbaked.
This is my decades old favorite. I sometimes put chopped walnuts in topping and/or chopped fruit in batter (berries apples bits.). Whatever fruit I have on hand. So tasty and quick.
Hi Lauren!
Mmmm, Sounds great! I may have to try this myself. Thanks for sharing your tweaks!
This was my very first attempt at baking! In 1956, at 13 yrs old While babysitting, we made the Bisquick Coffee cake. What a great memory and the cake was absolutely delicious. Will make one tomorrow for old times sake!
Hi Maureen!
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for sharing.
Is this the old recipe on the Bisquick box years ago when I was a kid
I believe you are spot on. I love that it’s so easy to make but still tastes so delicious! 🙂
I have made this many times over the years, and it’s so good.
I usually double the topping and put it in the middle of the cake; 1/2 the batter, 1/2 the topping, then repeat with the remaining batter and topping. Yum!
Hey Karen! Thank you for sharing your tips. They sound delish. <2