This Cinnamon Chip Coffee Cake is a classic delicious coffee cake with a cinnamon chip crumb topping. It makes a great morning treat or an afternoon snack.
My momโs best friend, Shelia left us with the most amazing coffee cake recipe, and we use it over and over. Since her passing, I have made several spin-offs of it. I know she is just smiling down on us too, loving all the baking I am doing and using her delicious recipes. I know too her family loves how much we remember her through our baking.
Holidays are perfect for sharing yummy treats like this Cinnamon Chip Coffee Cake. Every year my family and I go out on Christmas Eve and carol to our close family and friends, or at least the ones that are home. We leave them with a treat, of course! I try to do something not typical because everyone has already been filled up on sugar cookies and candy, so this year, this is the treat! Not only is it easy, it is pretty inexpensive to make.
I love the finishing touches that the cinnamon chips give this coffee cake. I know your family and friends will too!
XOXO San
How do you make Cinnamon Chip Coffee Cake?
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Preheat oven to 350 and grease 9×13 metal pan.
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Mix all the ingredients for the cake, except the cinnamon chips, in a mixer for 7 minutes. I love to use my Kitchen Aid mixer for this!
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Meanwhile, mix together brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
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Stir in the cinnamon chips and pour batter in the greased 9×13 metal pan. Sprinkle brown sugar mix over the cake and top with 1/2 cup cinnamon chips.
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Place in oven and bake 25-35 minutes or until the cake is set and is pulling away from the edges. Let it completely cool so it doesnโt crumble when you cut it.
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Serve and enjoy!
Want to try a twist on your standard coffee cake recipe? Try some amazing, Coffee Cake Pancakes!
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Cinnamon Chip Coffee Cake

Ingredients
Coffee Cake
- 1 yellow cake mix just use the mix, donโt follow the directions on the back!
- 4 eggs
- 3/4 cup canola or vegetable oil
- 3/4 water
- 1/2 cup instant vanilla pudding
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup mini-cinnamon chips I buy Hersheyโs
Topping
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon cinnamon
- 1/2 cup mini-cinnamon chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 and grease 9x13 metal pan.
- Mix all the ingredients for the cake, except the cinnamon chips, in a mixer for 7 minutes. I love to use my Kitchen Aid mixer for this!
- Meanwhile, mix together brown sugar and cinnamon in a small bowl.
- Stir in the cinnamon chips and pour batter in the greased 9x13 metal pan. Sprinkle brown sugar mix over the cake and top with 1/2 cup cinnamon chips.
- Place in oven and bake 25-35 minutes or until the cake is set and is pulling away from the edges. Let it completely cool so it doesnโt crumble when you cut it.
- Serve and enjoy!

Kids review: They loved it! They said it was super soft and loved the cinnamon chips throughout the cake.
I LOVE cinnamon coffee cake! Looks so good ๐
This looks wonderful. We absolutely love cinnamon chips! YUM!
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I love coffee cake. Will definitely have to try this one.
This cinnamon chip coffee cake sounds so yummy. Can this be made in a bundt pan?
Hi- you do mean the instant pudding POWDER, right? (not already made pudding?) Just making sure! Thanks for the recipe! Just got cinnamon chips from Amazon.
Yes just the powder – don’t make it into the pudding, just use the powder – so excited for you! San