Skillet Coffee Cake

This skillet coffee cake is made in a cast iron skillet. It’s simple to put together and the flavor is out of this world.

Because you make it in a skillet, this makes a great recipe to use when camping too. You can cook it on a grill or over a campfire instead of in the oven.

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Cast Iron Skillet Coffee Cake Recipe

Makes: 1 – 10” skillet

Serves: 6

Prep time: 15 minutes

Bake time: 35 minutes

Cake Ingredients:

2 1⁄2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup brown sugar, packed

3⁄4 cup plain greek yogurt

1⁄2 cup butter, softened

2 eggs

2 tsp baking powder

1⁄2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp vanilla extract

Topping Ingredients:

3⁄4 cup brown sugar, packed

1⁄2 cup flour

6 tbsp butter, firm

2 tsp cinnamon

Supplies:

10” cast iron skillet

stand or hand mixer

medium size bowl

small size bowl

Instructions:

Heat oven to 350° F

Grease skillet with butter

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and baking soda. Set aside.

With a stand or electric mixer, beat together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time to butter mixture. Beat well after each egg.

Beat in vanilla.

With the mixer on low, beat in half the flour mixture until thoroughly combined.

Add in yogurt and mix until thoroughly combined.

Add in remaining flour and mix until thoroughly combined.

This is a stiff batter. Spread into buttered skillet. Set aside and prepare topping.

In a small bowl, combine brown sugar, flour, and cinnamon.

Add firm butter and cut with pastry cutter or work into small crumbs with your fingers.

Sprinkle topping evenly over cake batter.

Bake for 35 -40 minutes. Check with a cake tester or toothpick at 30-35 minutes.

Cut and serve warm or cool.

Store leftovers in a covered container.

Notes:

To make over a campfire, it’s best to wait until the fire has burned down so you have a nice bed of hot coals. You might also want to use a grate as this allows for more even baking.

Bake for about 50-55 minutes. The timing will vary according to the heat of your particular fire so be sure to keep a close eye on your cake.

We found this delicious sounding campfire skillet chocolate cake over on Spaceships and Laser Beams.