6 to 8 servings
YouTube instructional video is at the bottom.
What you’ll need
Cake Flour
All-purpose flour
Sugar
Salt
Baking soda
Unsalted butter (Room temp)
Large eggs (Room temp)
Whole milk (Room temp)
Sour cream (Room temp)
Vanilla extract
Butter extract
Cake batter extract
Cinnamon
Tools you’ll need
9-inch round pie or cake pan
Food processor
Baker’s Joy non-stick baking spray
Preparation of ingredients
Streusel topping
Step 1- Add 2/3 cup All-purpose flour, 3 tablespoons sugar, 4 tablespoons unsalted butter (Cold), and 1/8 teaspoon salt into a food processor. Blend or pulse for 30 seconds to 1 minute.
Step 2- Bring mixture together with your hands and crumble it into a small bowl. Place into fridge until ready to be added on top of the cake batter.
Dry ingredients (Cake flour mixture)
Step 3- Sift 1 1/4 cups cake flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, and 1/4 teaspoon salt into a medium-sized bowl. Stir all ingredients together and set aside.
Wet ingredients (Milk and sour cream mixture)
Step 4- Add 2/3 cup whole milk (Room temp), 1/2 cup sour cream (Room temp), 1 1/2 teaspoons butter extract, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1/4 teaspoon cake batter extract, and dip a tooth pick into yellow gel paste food coloring and swirl the toothpick into the liquid. Stir all ingredients together with a whisk until combined.
Cake batter
Step 5- Add 1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter (Softened and at Room temp) and 1 cup sugar into stand mixer bowl fitted with paddle attachment. Mix on high speed for 4 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Step 6- Add 2 large eggs (Room temp) one at a time while mixing on a medium speed.
Step 7- Add the Cake flour mixture and the milk and sour cream mixture into the batter 2 separate times. Mix on a medium low speed for 15 to 20 seconds or until combined each time. Scrape down sides of bowl.
Spray baking pan with Baker’s joy non-stick baking spray
Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
Step 8- Add prepared cake batter into baking pan. Spread around as evenly as possible using the back of a spoon. Shake the pan to make the batter more even.
Step 9- Sprinkle a generous amount of cinnamon on top of the cake batter. Swirl the cinnamon into the batter. Spread batter around pan as evenly as possible with a spoon. Shake the pan to make the batter more even. Generously sprinkle Streusel topping on top of cake batter.
Step 10- Place into a preheated 325-degree oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove cake from oven. Let cool for 2 to 3 hours before removing out of the pan or before serving. You can also leave the cake in the pan and serve it as is.
YouTube instructional video
