Easy Mini Coffee Cake Muffins recipe with a cinnamon sugar streusel on top! These fluffy moist muffins are so quick to make! Recipe makes 16 mini muffins, only 105 calories a piece.
These Mini Coffee Cake Muffins are delicious. D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! As a kid one of my favorite desserts was coffee cake – breakfast, dessert, holidays – it didn’t matter, when I saw it I was always going to have a piece! Not much has changed as an adult, I still love it!
I was recently craving a piece of coffee cake but wasn’t in the mood to make a entire cake. I really love mini muffins because since they are small it means I can eat 1 (or 2 or 3 or 4….) without guilt. These Coffee Cake Muffins taste just like traditional Coffee Cake with a sweet cinnamon sugar crumble on top.
How to Make Coffee Cake Muffins
For this recipe you’ll need need 2 bowls. One to make the cake in, the other to make that extra yummy cinnamon sugar crumble.
The muffins will need a couple dry ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Then add in your wet ingredients: butter, egg, milk and vanilla. Some coffee cake muffin recipes call for sour cream, but these are so moist and fluffy without the sour cream! I like to use a hand mixer to mix everything until smooth.
Next fill up your mini muffin pan. I love using this pan in the kitchen and consider it one of my favorite baking tools.
Now it’s time to add the Cinnamon Sugar Crumble for the top of each muffin!
How to Make Coffee Cake Streusel
Here’s what you need for the cinnamon streusel topping.
- flour
- sugar
- cinnamon
- melted butter
In a small bowl combine your flour, sugar and cinnamon with a fork. Next, add in your melted butter and mix until you have a crumbly mixture. Make sure to watch the recipe video (it’s up above) if you have any questions on how to make the streusel.
Bake in the oven at 350 degrees for 14-15 minutes. They Coffee Cake Muffins will be overflowing out of their pan with sugar crumble goodness. I let these cool for about 15 minutes and then used a butter knife to gently remove them.
How Many Calories in a Coffee Cake Muffin?
Each Mini Coffee Cake Muffin is 105 calories making them a sensible and low calorie treat!
Can I freeze Coffee Cake Muffins?
Yes, you can absolutely freeze these muffins. I wait until they cool and then I put in freezer bags. When I’m ready to eat a muffin I will take one out of the bag and heat it in the microwave for about 10-15 seconds. It’s that easy!
I hope you enjoy this recipe for Coffee Cake Muffins as much as I do!
Looking for more muffin recipes?
Here’s some of my most popular muffins!
Mini Banana Muffins
Mini Blueberry Muffins
Zucchini Chocolate Chip Muffins
Sprinkled Birthday Cake Muffins
Monkey Bread Muffins
Cinnamon Roll Muffins
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Mini Coffee Cake Muffins
PrintIngredients
For the muffins
- 1 cup flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup butter melted
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
For the crumble topping
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons butter melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Spray a mini muffin pan with nonstick spray.
- For the muffins: In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Add in melted butter and mix with fork so the mixture is crumbly. Add egg, milk and vanilla. Continue mixing with a fork so everything is combined. Pour this mixture into the mini muffin pan – it should fill up approximately 16 muffins.
- For the streusel topping: In a small bowl combine flour, sugar and cinnamon. Add melted butter and mix with fork so the mixture is crumbly. Sprinkle this mixture on top of the muffins. Keep sprinkling until it's all gone.
- Bake for 14-15 minutes.
- Let cool for 10 minutes before removing muffins from pan.
Yoon C says
Was great! The cakes came out a bit dense, tried to be careful with flour, any other tips to make them fluffy and moist? Also do you have the full nutritional value of these?
Rachel Reed says
I switched the milk for Greek yogurt and added a tiny bit of heavy cream and the came out so moist and amazing🤤 whole family loved them. I made them for snacks throughout the week but they may not last! 🥲🩷
Olivia says
Accidentally put WAY too much topping on it and it looked a little dandruffy, dried out a little too🥲… Otherwise very yummy!
Lynn H says
Can you make this in a loaf pan? If so how long would you bake it?
Pamela Reed says
Hey Lynn, I don’t see why you couldn’t, but I’ve personally never tried it. If you do, please let me know how it turns out (and share the time so others can try it!). Thank you!
Nina says
Wow, thank you for the recipe! Easy, quick and delicious!
Made regular size muffins (~22min) and used monkfruit sweetener instead of sugar in the cake batter (used regular sugar for the streusel)
Will definitely make those again!
Melissa says
How many regular size muffins did you make from this recipe?
Ruth says
How long do you bake if made in regular muffin tin?
Pamela says
Hey Ruth, if you are making regular size muffins, adjust the baking time to about 22-25 minutes. Enjoy!
Liz says
Hi don’t say how much coffee to add…???
Pamela says
Hey Liz, you don’t add coffee to these. Generally it’s called “coffee cake” because it’s served with coffee, not because it has coffee in it. Hope that helps!
Donna says
Can I add frozen blueberries to the batter??
Pamela says
You absolutely can! Just make sure to toss the frozen berries with flour before adding to the batter, this will prevent them from sinking to the bottom.
Janine Moates says
Had fun viewing your blog. Thank you for sharing. You’ve got a new fan.
farmgirl says
I loved it
Wanda says
I’m wondering what country this originates from?
P says
I’ve made this several times, but my family of guys don’t want ‘mini’ anything, so I make 9 regular sized muffins, & I double the streusel & my family LOVES them. I use a silicone muffin pan, so they just lift right out. (Will never grease metal pan or use paper liners again). Great recipe 😋
Pamela says
I’m happy to hear this recipe is a hit with the entire family! Thanks so much for commenting! 🙂
Phyllis says
I’ve made these muffins a few times @ the request of hubby & sons, however I make 9 regular size muffins, & I double the streusel bc life is short & streusel must be plentiful. It’s fabulous, Thnx !
John Doe says
Can i use mini cupcake wrappers?
Pamela says
Yes, you sure can.
Chloe S. says
Is it white sugar or brown sugar?
Pamela says
Hey Chloe, it’s white sugar.
Tori skye says
Can I use this recipe to make regular sized cup cakes? Or do they work best for mini?
Hillary J Coats says
This was so easy to make and smells amazing
nina says
this recipe is easy! 2 bowls and a fork! love the crumbs.tasty moist cake.id lake to make the muffins bigger.next time!
Sumra says
Can I use mini cupcake wrappers for these?
Stephanie says
These were very tasty and I could see how this would be great – however, my streussel never got crumbly – just mushy with the butter and after they baked, it all just ran off the top. Still delicious but missed a lot of that cinammon sugar goodness as it was at the bottom of my oven 🙁 Did I do something wrong?
Pamela says
Hey Stephanie, please watch the recipe video (it’s up above) if you have any questions on how to make the streusel. That will visually show you how I make it. Hope this helps!
Stephanie says
I had the same problem with the topping, and my name happens to be Stephanie too! Coincidental… I don’t know! 😜
Lynne garguilo says
Can you add bits of pear or apple
Pamela says
Absolutely! Just make sure to dice them up pretty finely. Enjoy the muffins! 🙂
Gisele says
Easy to make, made 2 batches. Great for serving at Sunday school!
Anzie says
Theses taste great, but even though I made 20, rather than 16 mini muffins they went over the sides. This is the second time I made them. Sad that they aren’t pretty enough for the bridal shower I’m having.
Bethany Souza says
Drizzle a little powdered sugar mixed with water to give em alittle but if a sexier pasty look
Anita says
I usually bake mine in a regular size cake pan, but turning them into mini muffins size is a great idea. Love the single serve portions. 🙂