Over the years, we’ve published our fair share of both banana bread and coffee cake recipes for TheKitchn.com. There’s everything from classic banana bread and Nutella swirl banana bread, to carrot cake coffee cake and coffee cake in a mug. And one day it occurred to me—a mash-up between the two baked goods could quite possibly be a match made in heaven.
Banana bread has that perfect moistness from the overripe bananas, and coffee cake offers all of the crumbly, textural goodness that one could want from a dessert. I wanted to inject some warm flavors into this dessert, so the streusel includes cinnamon and nutmeg.
I also included walnuts in the streusel, which I’m always going to do with streusel from now on. I don’t always love walnuts inside of my banana bread, but adding it to the streusel really changed the game. It adds to the delightful texture of the crumb topping, creating a delicious contrast to the soft, delicate cake.
My favorite thing about this recipe is that it only takes about 15 minutes to prep the streusel and the batter. After that, you let the oven do all the work. The hardest part about it is waiting for the cake to bake and cool. However, you won’t be disappointed!
Banana Coffee Cake
Serves 9 to 12
For the Streusel
