Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cake

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cake is the perfect easiest cake to make with that first cup of coffee in the morning.

The cake is really one of my favorites especially when you need a quick dessert or snack cake in a hurry.

This coffee cake really tastes like it's made from scratch and the sour cream keeps it moist plus that cinnamon streusel sinks in the middle while baking to have a sensational flavored topping.

If you haven't tried doctored cake mix recipes, this is a super quick and easy recipe and one of our other popular favorites is Cake Mix Carrot Cake.

Using all simple pantry ingredients this tender and moist cake can be on your table within an hour and you may also like to try our 4 Ingredient Pumpkin Cake it's another family favorite.

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Why Make This Coffee Cake

I can think of endless reasons you would want to make this quick doctored sour cream coffee  cake and here are my thoughts below:

1. Coffee Cake is perfect with  your morning hot beverage and  especially a cup of coffee
2. This cake is  quick to throw together and great for entertaining unexpected guests
3. It's a delicious any time of the day snack cake
4. Cinnamon while baking makes the house smell spectacular and makes a warm feeling when you enter the home
5. Selling your house? This is what you want to smell when you walk in that door with that freshly baked cinnamon coffee cake and leave some on the counter for those walking through
6. This cake freezes well and makes 2- 9-inch square or even cupcakes for someone with a small family or a college student
7. The cake stays moist in the refrigerator for up to 5 days
8. The cake served as a dessert with vanilla bean ice cream and drizzled with caramel topping is an exceptional yet easy dessert in minutes
9. This recipe starts with a cake that is doctored and is the easiest sour cream coffee cake you will ever make and is outstanding in flavor
10. If you want an all-made-from-scratch cake and are not a fan of using a mix you can always try our made-from-scratch " Old Fashioned Sour Cream Coffee Cake" vintage recipe or our Almond Made from Scratch filled Coffee Cake
11. This doctored cake mix will save time for the busy bakers out there and fool everyone it isn't made from scratch!
12. Now are you ready to bake some delicious cake for your family, friends and be lucky to even get a piece? The recipe is in the printable card at the bottom of this post if you would like to avoid the ads we use to provide you free recipes.

Easy Step-by-Step Doctored Cake Mix Coffee Cake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. This makes either 16 cupcakes, 2- 8-inch cakes, or 1 - 13 x 9 pan or makes 12 cupcakes and 1 - 8-inch cakes or 1-  bundt pan 10 cup
2. Prepare the cupcake tins or the pans you are using with paper liners and/or grease the pans that you are using
3. Make the batter using the doctored additional ingredients
4. Sprinkle the topping on
5. Bake at 350 degrees depending on pans or tins using time will varying

Shopping List for Cake Mix Sour Cream Coffee Cake

• yellow cake mix
• sour cream
• water
• eggs
• Optional Topping or Filling: chopped walnuts or pecans (use pumpkin seeds if you have nut allergies) 
• sugar
• brown sugar
• ground cinnamon
• flour
• butter

Tips

1. always preheat the oven
2. make cupcakes or two 9-inch small cakes or a 13 x 9 sheet cake
3. cupcakes will sink a little in the middle with the weight of the topping, it's better to add a layer of the batter.  A little batter, topping, and  ending with batter on top for cupcakes
4. line the pan with parchment paper or heavily spray pans with cooking oil spray
5. nuts are a great addition to the streusel or pumpkin seeds for food allergies
6. do not overbake this cake and use the toothpick method

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Hummingbird Cake
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Coffee Cake is a Terrific Snack Cake

You can add any dried fruits nuts or even chocolate chips.

One combination we loved was chocolate chips and coconut.

But, whatever cake below you decide to make, they are great plain or with adaptions.

If you're not fond of baking this doctored cake mix will be your new favorite recipe and you may also like our Blueberry Lemon Doctored Cake Mix to try out.

With just a few ingredients added to a cake mix, this doctored yellow cake mix with a streusel topping can be on your table within the hour with not much fuss over.

This cake is super moist and delicious and great for snacking on unexpected guests.

You'll fool everyone this was made starting out with a cake mix instead of making it all from scratch.

Great any time of the day with any beverage but of course terrific to start off the day with that cup of Joe!

Sour Cream Coffee Cake Mix Cake

Yield: 15

Author: Claudia Lamascolo

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 30 MinTotal time: 40 Min

The doctored cake mix is loaded with cinnamon and sugar topping. This cake is very moist and light because of the added sour cream to the mix.

Ingredients

• 1 (15.25-ounce) package of yellow cake mix
• 1 cup sour cream or Greek yogurt
• 1 cup of water
• 3 large eggs
• Optional Topping or Filling
• 1 cup coarsely chopped walnuts or pecans (use pumpkin seeds if you have nut allergies)
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 8 tablespoons softened butter
• 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
• For Other Optional Topping Additions: 1 cup chopped fruits of choice, blueberries, apples, peaches, cherries, raspberries, proceed the same by topping each cupcake with fruits then sprinkling with cinnamon, nuts, and sugar mixture.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. This makes either 16 cupcakes, 2- 8-inch cakes, or 1 - 13 x 9 pan or makes 12 cupcakes and 1 - 8-inch cakes or 1- 10 cup bundt pan.
3. Prepare the cupcake tins or the pans you are using with paper liners and/or grease the pans that you are using.
4. For the Topping:
5. In a medium bowl, combine nuts or seeds if using, flour, sugars, cinnamon and butter mix well and set aside.
6. For the Batter:
7. In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat the cake mix with sour cream, water, and eggs for 3 minutes.
8. The batter will be very thick.
9. Pour into the prepared pans
10. Note: If making cupcakes, line your cupcake tin paper liners 2/3 full ( I use a medium-sized ice cream scoop to spoon into the paper liners).
11. Sprinkle on the topping to the top of the cake with the crumb mixture or on each cupcake with the optional cinnamon and nut topping mix or any of the fruit suggestions.
12. The cake or cupcakes can be put in the freezer for up to 3 months.
13. Bake a large 13 x 9 sheet cake for 30 to 35 minutes at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes for cupcakes and 20- 25 minutes for two small cake pans around 8 inches.
14. Note: Best to use the toothpick method in the center to make sure it comes out clean these are completed with cooking,

Notes

Tips

1. always preheat the oven
2. make cupcakes or two 9-inch small cakes or a 13 x 9 sheet cake
3. cupcakes will sink a little in the middle with the weight of the topping, it's better to add a layer of the batter. A little batter, topping, and ending with batter on top for cupcakes
4. line the pan with parchment paper or heavily spray pans with cooking oil spray
5. nuts are a great addition to the streusel or pumpkin seeds for food allergies
6. do not overbake this cake and use the toothpick method

Why Make This Coffee Cake

I can think of endless reasons you would want to make this altered delicious doctored sour cream coffee cake and here are my thoughts below:

1. Coffee Cake is perfect with your morning hot beverage and especially a cup of coffee
2. This cake is quick to throw together and great for entertaining unexpected guests
3. It's a delicious any time of the day snack cake
4. Cinnamon while baking makes the house smell spectacular and gives a warm feeling when you enter the home
5. Selling your house? This is what you want to smell when you walk in that door with that freshly baked cinnamon coffee cake and leave some on the counter for those walking through
6. This cake freezes well and makes 2- 9-inch square or even cupcakes for someone with a small family or a college student
7. The cake stays moist in the refrigerator for up to 5 days
8. The cake served as a dessert with vanilla bean ice cream and drizzled with caramel topping is an exceptional yet easy dessert in minutes
9. This recipe starts with a cake that is doctored and is the easiest sour cream coffee cake you will ever make and is outstanding in flavor
10. If you want an all-made-from-scratch cake and are not a fan of using a mix you can always try our made-from-scratch " Old Fashioned Sour Cream Coffee Cake" vintage recipe
11. This doctored cake mix will save time for the busy bakers out there and fool everyone it isn't made from scratch!
12. Now are you ready to bake some delicious cake for your family, friends and be lucky to even get a piece? The recipe is in the printable card at the bottom of this post if you would like to avoid the ads we use to provide you free recipes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

240.28

Fat (grams)

9.98 g

Sat. Fat (grams)

2.9 g

Carbs (grams)

34.89 g

Fiber (grams)

1.07 g

Net carbs

33.82 g

Sugar (grams)

20.13 g

Protein (grams)

4.11 g

Sodium (milligrams)

270.89 mg

Cholesterol (grams)

46.25 mg

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