Strawberry Streusel Coffee Cake

This coffee cake is summer baking perfection. It combines a delicious streusel topped coffee cake, with one of my favorite summer fruits. It's moist, light, and just the right amount of sweetness. 

It's also pretty adaptable! I didn't have sour cream so greek yoghurt came to the rescue. I also decided to use half whole wheat flour and I could barely taste the difference. And hey, if you think it's better for you, you can eat more of it, right? 

The only thing I would change is the strawberries. I needed more! My strawberries cooked down really quickly so in the end the cake wasn't overflowing with strawberry compote like the original recipe. So next time I think I'll plan on at least a cup and a half of strawberries, or not cook them for as long. 

Strawberry Coffee Cake

Adapted from Joy The Baker 

Ingredients

1 cup sliced strawberries 

1/3 cup sugar

2 tablespoons cornstarch or all purpose flour

2 teaspoons water

1/2 cup butter, softened

1 cup sugar

2 eggs

1 cup all purpose flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt 

8 oz. greek yoghurt (or sour cream)

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Streusel topping:

3 tablespoons cold unsalted butter, cut into 1/2 inch cubes

1/2 cup all purpose flour 

3 1/2 tablespoons sugar 

Directions

1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

2) To make the streusel topping: combine all the topping ingredients in a bowl and rub together with your fingertips until crumbly

3) To make the strawberry filling: combine strawberries, 1/3 cup of sugar, cornstarch/flour and water in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until the sauce thickens and strawberries soften (about 5 minutes). 

4) Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes. 

5) Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. 

6) Add vanilla extract

7) Sift dry ingredients together

8) Add the dry ingredients to the creamed butter in 3 parts alternating with the greek yoghurt in 2 parts, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. 

9) Beat just until combined

10) Spoon 2/3 of the batter into the prepared pan.  

11) Spread the cooled strawberry mixture over the batter.  

12) Spoon the remaining batter onto the strawberries and spread evenly. 

13) Top with streusel topping and bake in the upper third of the oven.  

14) Bake for 50-60 minutes, until a knife inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.