Easy How to Make Fruit Coffee Cake. Grandma's Easy Fruit Coffee Cake Recipe

Homemade coffee cake. Who doesn't love the smell and taste of coffee cake? I have a great recipe for a fruit coffee cake that is really easy. And, you can pick what kind of fruit OR sprinkle a bit of sugar and cinnamon where fruit usually goes. This is so easy that I urge you to read through the coffee cake recipe and ingredients, take a deep breath and make coffee cake for your family and friends. You can do this!

Items you will need

Mixing bowl
9x13 cake pan
measuring cups
measuring spoons
mixer or mixing spoon

Ingredients

1 cup of sugar
4 eggs
1 cup of oil ( I use olive oil)
2 cups flour
2 teaspoons of baking powder

1 can of fruit pie filling
sugar
cinnamon

Okay, here we go! First, set your oven to 350 degrees. Do it now so that your oven will be hot and ready to bake the coffee cake as soon as you get it mixed together.

Add the first 5 ingredients to your mixing bowl. Make sure you stir it well. That was easy! This batter will be thick and may have a few lumps in it. Do not worry. The coffee cake batter always looks like this.

Next get out your 9x13 cake pan. Divide the coffee cake batter. Put half of it in the pan. This stuff is sort of sticky and it will not want to spread like a cake batter does. You don't have to be perfect with this. Just make sure you get the batter to cover the entire bottom of the cake pan. Don't panic when it looks like there is not very much batter there. Remember: This is easy, don't make it hard!

Next, open the can of fruit pie filling that you desire. I take a big spoon and spoon the filling evenly over the batter in the pan. Just make sure that everything has a piece of fruit or pie filling syrup covering it. If you opted to make coffee cake without the fruit pie filling, sprinkle sugar and cinnamon, nuts or whatever you want instead of fruit pie filling.

Next, you take the remainder of the coffee cake batter and spread it gently over the top of the fruit layer. Now this stuff is going to be sticky. And its not going to be perfect. You may even have a few gaps in the batter. Thats just fine. As the batter cooks, the coffee cake will start to look more like what you are used to.

Last step, sprinkle some sugar and cinnamon over the entire top of this coffee cake. Set the cake pan in the oven. I have an electric oven. The recipe calls for 40 minutes at 350 degrees. I start checking my coffee cake at 30-35 minutes. I like my coffee cake browned on the top. I use toothpicks to see if the coffee cake is done. If you put the toothpick in and pull it out with no batter, the coffee cake is done. Mine is usually done about 38 minutes. A lot depends on your oven.

Take the coffee cake out and let it cool for a bit. You can add ice cream or whipped cream on it when you serve it. This coffee cake has been a hit for our family for three generations that I know of. It is so easy. Don't make it hard by trying to be perfect with it.

Tips for making the fruit coffee cake

Set your oven heat before you start.
Get all ingredients out before you start.
Don't get hung up on perfection. This coffee cake recipe is very forgiving and always has eye appeal.
Don't over bake. If the toothpick comes out clean, the coffee cake starts to pull away from the sides of the pan, its done.

This is an easy recipe for fruit coffee cake. Thanks to Grandma and Mom for passing it down. Your family might start passing this coffee cake recipe down also! Remember, its easy!!