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Coffee Cake Pancakes

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These Coffee Cake Pancakes have all the delicious flavors a classic coffee cake has to offer but served up pancake-style.

Ready for a breakfast twist? These pancakes taste just like coffee cake complete with a buttery cinnamon streusel topping. They are great for a weekend breakfast, brunch or holiday breakfast celebration.

Coffee Cake Pancakes

There is the most amazing breakfast place here in Fort Collins, called Snooze. The tasty creations they come up with are unique, pleasing to the eye, and made fresh! Sometimes you can wait over an hour just to get a seat and it is well worth every stomach-growling second!

They have an amazing assortment of pancakes on their menu and I couldn’t help but recreate the coffee cake pancakes at home. They are the perfect combination of fluffy pancakes and a sugary swirl and cinnamon streusel topping. If you love coffee cake and pancakes this recipe is a must-try.

Ingredients

These coffee cake pancakes are a little more involved than plain pancakes, but they are well worth the effort. What I love best is that I don’t have to stand in line at Snooze to have them! I can stay in my pajamas with the kids and make a batch at home.

Cinnamon Streusel Topping:

  • Yellow cake mix
  • Brown sugar
  • Instant oats
  • Cinnamon
  • Butter

Pancakes:

  • Buttermilk
  • Milk
  • Sugar
  • Eggs
  • Flour
  • Canola oil
  • Baking soda and baking powder
  • Ground cloves and cinnamon
  • Vanilla
  • Maple syrup
  • Salt (just a pinch)

How to Make the Pancakes

Make the topping first by combining all of the ingredients in a bowl. Using a pastry cutter, fork, or your hands work the butter into the dry ingredients until the mixture is crumble and the butter is distributed.

For the pancakes, I like to use two bowls to make the batter. This makes it easier to combine everything together without over mixing the batter.

So whisk the dry ingredients in one bowl and the wet ingredients in a another bowl. Pour the wet ones into the dry ones and stir until just combined. The batter doesn’t need to be completely smooth – it is okay if there are a few lumps.

I like to scoop a 1/2 cup of the batter for each pancake. Cook them on a hot griddle or pan until bubbles start to form on the surface. Flip them over and cook them on the other side.

While they cook on the other side, cover the top of the pancake with the topping. Once the pancake is cooked through and the topping has melted a bit they are ready to serve.

The first time I made these I couldn’t make them fast enough – the kids loved them!. They agreed with my husband that this was the best pancake recipe I have ever made!

I hope you enjoy my version of Coffee Cake Pancakes, my family’s new favorite breakfast! Enjoy! XOXO San

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Coffee Cake Pancakes

These Coffee Cake Pancakes are our new favorite breakfast treat. They have all the delicious flavors a classic coffee cake has to offer and more.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Breakfast
Cuisine: American
Keyword: coffee cake pancakes, copycat snooze pancakes, streusel pancakes
Servings: 12
Calories: 376kcal
Author: Sandra

Ingredients

Cinnamon Streusel

  • 3/4 cup yellow cake mix
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup instant oats
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 6 tablespoons butter

Pancakes

  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/4 cup canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon cloves
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon maple syrup
  • salt pinch

Instructions

Cinnamon Streusel

  • In a medium bowl, combine all ingredients. Crumble together with your hands or a fork, or pastry blender until you have a crumbly mixture. Set aside.

Pancake Batter

  • Heat a griddle over medium heat.
  • In a large mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cloves, and a dash of salt. Set aside.
  • Whisk together buttermilk, milk, eggs, oil, and vanilla in a small bowl until foamy. Add to flour mixture and stir until just combined. Do not over mix, batter will be slightly lumpy. 
  • In a small bowl, remove a 1/2 cup of the pancake batter and mix in maple syrup and cinnamon. Stir until well combined and set aside.
  • Coat the heated griddle with butter or cooking spray. Drop batter by 1/2 cup and dabble about 1-1 1/2 teaspoons of the maple cinnamon batter on top. Crumble a pinch or two of the streusel on top and swirl into the batter using the end of a spoon.
  • Cook until bubbles form, about 2-3 minutes. Carefully flip over and cover generously with streusel. Cook for another 2-3 minutes or until golden brown and the topping begins to melt.
  • I like to cover the pancake at this point with a cereal bowl to allow the butter to melt in the streusel topping for a crispy top but this is optional. 
  • Repeat the process to make the rest of the pancakes and serve with butter. Enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 376kcal | Carbohydrates: 58g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 46mg | Sodium: 429mg | Potassium: 158mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 285IU | Calcium: 152mg | Iron: 1.9mg
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  21. Elisebet F says

    Oh my goodness, I want to make this so badly! We just had pancakes today (love them!), but I’m such a huge coffee freak…I definitely want to try these.

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  25. Jessica says

    These look delicious…and it just so happens tomorrow is my grocery shopping day. I’ve added a couple of ingredients from your recipe to my list! I think these are going to happen this weekend!

    Reply

  28. Lois Alter Mark says

    Too funny because we just had breakfast at Snooze in San Diego this morning! I actually tweeted a picture of the cinnamon roll pancake they gave us for free just as a little treat! So delicious, and yours look just as good!

    Reply

  29. cathy says

    so yummy looking! What a great idea to take coffee cake flavors and put them into a pancake! I am checking out this great recipe from great ideas Thursday!
    Cathy

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  30. Shauna says

    We are a breakfast family… I mean, a really breakfast for every meal family… and this sounds just amazing. Sweet and fluffy

    Reply

    • Sandra says

      If you want baked fruit, it would. I like fresh fruit, so I would use it as a topping or make some fresh jam instead to spread on it. But that is just my personal preference. xo San

      Reply

  41. Jhady says

    I just droll looking at the photo, this is the yummiest pancake I have seen. I like cinnamon flavor and having it on my pancake will make my pancake perfect.

    Reply

  59. Jake says

    Walnuts would seem like a match made in heaven. Have you ever used nuts in your regular coffee cake? BTW – your coffee cake is the only one I will ever eat 🙂

    Reply

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