Need a new take on banana bread for those bananas your kids swore they would eat? You know the ones. Fully speckled. Slightly dramatic. Sitting on the counter like they are begging for a second chance.

Good news. They are not getting banana bread. They are getting upgraded to banana bread coffee cake. ☕✨

Ingredients

Cake

• 3 ripe bananas, mashed
• 1/2 cup butter, melted, 113 g
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar, 105 g
• 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed, 118 g
• 2 1/4 cups All-purpose Red Fife flour, 270 g
• 1/2 cup sour cream or Greekyougurt, 130 g
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt

Streusel

• 85 g All-purpose Red Fife flour, about 2/3 cup
• 80 g brown sugar, about 1/3 cup
• 70 g unsalted butter, melted, 5 tbsp
• 1 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• Pinch of salt

Cinnamon Sugar

• 50 g brown sugar, about 1/4 cup
• 1 tsp cinnamon

Icing

I didn’t measure, I just use about 1/4 cup icing sugar, a splash of vanilla extract and a splash of heavy cream or milk until I get a thick but pourable consistency.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F, 175°C. Line or grease an 8 x 8 baking pan.
2. Make the strusel- Mix flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, and salt. Stir in melted butter until crumbly. Set aside.
3. Make the Cinnamon Sugar- Stir together brown sugar and cinnamon. Set aside.
4. Make the batter- In a large bowl, whisk mashed bananas, melted butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and eggs until smooth.
5. Mix in sour cream and vanilla until combined.
6. Add flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix just until incorporated. Do not overmix.
7. Assemble- Spread half of the batter evenly into the prepared pan.
8. Sprinkle about 1/4 cup of the streusel over the batter.
9. Sprinkle all of the cinnamon sugar evenly over that layer.
10. Spread the remaining batter carefully over the cinnamon sugar layer.
11. Top with the remaining streusel.
12.  Bake at 350°F for about 50 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the centre comes out with moist crumbs. If the top browns too quickly, loosely tent with foil during the last 10 to 15 minutes.
13. Cool for 15 to 20 minutes before drizzling with icing.