Mud Pie Coffee Cake

Mud Pie Coffee Cake

225g / 1 cup butter, room temperature
200g / 1 cup white sugar 
200g / 1 cup soft light brown sugar
250g / 2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp salt
230g / 1 cup sour cream
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract


1) Preheat oven to 180C / 350F. Prepare a 20 x 20 cm / 8 x 8 inch silicone baking dish or generously butter a metal baking dish.

2) In a large bowl with a mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy.

3) In another bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Add this to the butter/sugar mixture and beat until combined. Set aside 1 cup of this mixture for the topping.

4) In a separate bowl, lightly beat together sour cream and eggs. Add to the sugar/butter mixture and stir to combine.

5) Pour the mixture into the prepared baking dish. Top with the 1 cup of crumb topping mixture, slightly pressing it down.

6) Bake 50-60 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting.

Recipe adapted from here.

Dulce de Leche Blondies

Dulce de Leche Blondies

115g / 1/2 cup butter, softened
100g / 1/2 cup soft light brown sugar
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1 can dulce de leche
185g / 1 1/2 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder

1) Preheat oven to 180C / 350F. Prepare a 20 x 20 cm / 8 x 8 inch silicone baking dish.

2) In a large bowl, beat together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and salt. Beat in dulce de leche.

3) In another bowl, stir together flour and baking powder. Add the flour mixture into the dulce de leche mixture and beat just until incorporated.

4) Spread evenly into the pan and bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting into squares.

Recipe by collecting memories