Sourdough Discard Coffee Cake

This sourdough discard coffee cake is so easy to make. It is sweet, delicious, and the perfect way to use your discard!

While I love making bread with my sourdough starter, I also love making all kinds of different sourdough discard recipes. This sourdough discard coffee cake recipe is one of my all time favorite sourdough discard recipes. Not only does this cake taste amazing but it is super easy to make too.

If you need some more sourdough inspiration some of my other favorite recipes are this Sourdough Everything Bagel Bread, Sourdough Graham Crackers, and Sourdough Apple Cake.

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• ❤️ Why you’ll love this recipe
• 🍰 Ingredients needed
• 👩🏻‍🍳 How to make (step by step guide)
• 🥡 How to store leftovers
• 👩‍🍳 Tips
• Sourdough Discard Coffee Cake

❤️ Why you’ll love this recipe

• Easy: You need just a few simple ingredients to make this coffee cake.
• Reduce your kitchen waste: This recipe is an easy way to cut down on kitchen waste. Sourdough bakers will appreciate the slight tang the sourdough gives this cake.
• Tastes great: This is one of my all time favorite sourdough discard recipes! The tangy sourdough, brown sugar, vanilla, and cinnamon flavors go so well together.

🍰 Ingredients needed

For this coffee cake, you will need:

• Flour: You’ll need all purpose flour.
• Sugar and brown sugar: To sweeten the cake. You will need brown sugar for the topping too.
• Sourdough discard: The star of this coffee cake recipe.
• Baking soda: To give the cake some rise.
• Salt: You’ll need just ½ a teaspoon.
• Cinnamon and nutmeg: To give the cake some spice. You will also top the cake with cinnamon.
• Butter: I recommend using unsalted butter.
• Egg: You’ll need one large egg.
• Oil: You’ll need vegetable or safflower oil for this recipe.
• Vanilla extract: Pure vanilla extract is best for baking.

If you’d like to learn how to make your own sourdough starter, this post on how to make sourdough starter with blueberries is a great start.

👩🏻‍🍳 How to make (step by step guide)

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and grease a 9 inch baking dish.

In a large mixing bowl combine your dry ingredients (flour, sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, and nutmeg). Stir well with a large spoon.

Next, add in your wet ingredients and mix well with a hand mixer.

Pour the batter into the baking dish.

Next, in a medium bowl combine the ingredients for the topping (brown sugar, butter, cinnamon, and flour). Use a pastry cutter or two forks to combine and press into the ingredients until the topping is pea sized.

Sprinkle the topping over the batter and bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean from the middle of the cake.

🥡 How to store leftovers

Cover leftovers with plastic storage wrap and keep at room temperature. This coffee cake will be good for up to 4 days after making.

👩‍🍳 Tips

• Feel free to add walnuts or pecans to the topping or in the cake, if desired.
• Use a pastry cutter or two forks to combine the topping together.
• Mix the dry ingredients and then the wet ingredients for the best results.

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