☕️🍰 Sweet Cream Yogurt Coffee Cake is fluffy, soft, sweet, and very close in taste and texture to boxed yellow cake mix but this cake is made from scratch. Made with simple ingredients and ready in an hour, it’s a perfect cake for sharing!
Vanilla Greek Yogurt Coffee Cake Recipe
I’ve made a lot of cakes over the years, and coffee cakes like my glazed pumpkin coffee cake, cinnamon sugar swirl coffee cake, and buttery crumb coffee cake are some of my favorites.
However, this vanilla coffee cake is equally as delicious and truly unique.
- The batter comes together with a secret ingredient: Baileys® Coffee Creamers Sweet Italian Biscotti! It’s a creamy, alcohol-free flavor capturing the essence of the traditional double-baked Italian cookies that gives the cake an amazing, sweet vanilla taste.
- Pro Tip: If you can’t find that exact creamer, feel free to use another liquid coffee creamer such as vanilla or French vanilla.
- The cake is an easy, no-mixer recipe, and always turns out supremely moist, springy, and fluffy. The trifecta of moisturizing and tenderizing ingredients, including creamer, yogurt, and oil, gives the cake a creamy and rich flavor profile while preventing dryness.
- I glazed the cake with a simple confectioner’s sugar glaze and more creamer. It’s the final sha-zam that makes the cake really sing and locks in even more moisture.
- My family and taste-testers said the cake is definitely a keeper. It’s got just enough density to give it some heft and body, but it’s still light, springy, bouncy, and fluffy. It’s perfect with a warm cup of coffee in the morning or as an afternoon snack and is a great option for Mother’s Day, added to a brunch board.
Ingredients You’ll Need
This is definitely a sweet coffee cake, with a strong vanilla flavor. Here’s what you’ll need to make the coffee cake with yogurt and coffee creamer:
- Baking staples: All-purpose flour, granulated sugar, salt, egg, vanilla extract
- Coffee Creamer: Baileys Coffee Creamer, Sweet Cream, Vanilla, French Vanilla, or your favorite coffee creamer. You can make this yogurt coffee cake with any flavor coffee creamer you’d like. Anything in the realm of vanilla, cinnamon / spice, or even pumpkin should work. If you don’t keep coffee creamer on hand, you could try making the vanilla coffee cake with either half-and-half or whole milk instead and add a bit of sugar mixed into the milk, since coffee creamer is usually sweet.
- Vanilla Greek yogurt: Full-fat yogurt will create the richest flavor and the most tender crumb
- Oil: Use a neutral-tasting oil such as avocado oil or canola oil in place of unsalted butter for richness and moisture.
- Confectioners’ sugar (powdered sugar) for the glaze.
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Vanilla Greek Yogurt Coffee Cake
This rich vanilla cake recipe is easy to make, and the best part is that you don’t need to dirty lots of dishes in the process! There’s no need to pull out a hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment or fuss with a million tools.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients.
- In a large measuring cup, whisk together the egg, creamer, yogurt, oil, and vanilla. Add the wet ingredients to the flour mixture, and fold lightly with a rubber spatula until just combined.
- Spoon the cake batter out into a parchment paper or foil-lined square pan, smoothing the top into an even layer lightly with a spatula.
- Bake until the center is set, slightly springy to the touch, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter.
- Place the pan on a wire rack and allow the cake to cool for at least 30 minutes before optionally glazing. The glaze makes about double what’s shown. Use as little or as much as you like, depending on your sweetness preferences. Or, omit it completely if you think it would be too much for you. Powdered sugar and fresh berries or a sprinkle of brown sugar make for great toppings! You could even add a crumb topping like the one used for my mini pumpkin nut bread loaves.
Can I make Greek yogurt coffee cake muffins?
I haven’t tested it, but I don’t see why not! Prepare the batter as normal. Then, spoon it into a greased muffin pan, filling each cavity 2/3 of the way full. Adjust the baking time as needed, and let the muffins cool completely before adding glaze.
Vanilla Yogurt Coffee Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 large egg
- ½ cup Baileys Coffee Creamer, (or your favorite coffee creamer such as French Vanilla, Vanilla, Cinnamon, Pumpkin Spice, Sweet Cream, etc. I recommend full-fat creamer with regular sugar rather than lower fat or sugarfree options)
- ⅓ cup vanilla Greek yogurt, (plain Greek yogurt or sour cream may be substituted; use full fat for optional results)
- 3 tablespoons canola or vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, or to taste
Glaze
- 2 tablespoons Baileys Coffee Creamer, (or your favorite coffee creamer)
- about 1 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350F. Line an 8-inch square pan with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray, or grease and flour the pan; set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, and optional salt; set aside.
- In a large measuring cup or separate small bowl, whisk together the egg, creamer, yogurt, oil, and vanilla.
- Add the wet mixture to the dry, mixing lightly with a rubber spatula until just combined; don’t overmix.
- Turn batter out into prepared pan, smoothing the top lightly with a spatula.
- Bake for about 30 minutes, or until center is set and slightly spring to the touch, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean or with a few moist crumbs, but no batter. Watch your cake, not the clock, and always bake until done noting that climate, oven, and exact ingredients used effect baking time.
- Place pan on a wire rack and allow cake to cool for at least 30 minutes before optionally glazing. While cake cooks, makes the glaze.
Glaze
- To a small bowl, add the creamer, and slowly add the confectioners’ sugar.
- Whisk together until smooth. Depending on desired consistency, you may need to play with the creamer and sugar ratios slightly.
- Evenly drizzle the glaze over the cake before slicing and serving.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Pumpkin Coffee Cake — A FAST and EASY no-mixer pumpkin coffee cake with rich pumpkin flavor! Super soft, tender, and topped with the BEST crumble topping that you’ll fall in love with! Great for brunches and holiday entertaining!
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Strawberry Coffee Cake — Sweet, juicy strawberries are found in every bite, and the cream cheese glaze is the perfect tangy complement to the creamy, sweet cake.
This post brought to you by Baileys Creamers. Recipe and all opinions expressed are my own.
ooohhh wow! This looks like it would be perfect for breakfast, brunch, dinner, and dessert! Coffee cake all day!
We think alike!!
I love how pretty the icing looks on this cake.
Thanks for noticing it :)
Averie, just the name of this coffee cake sounds delightful, especially with Bailey’s coffee creamer in here! And your pictures are gorgeous, too! Pinned!
Thanks for pinning and for the compliments! :)
The second picture in this post of the cake seriously makes me want to just dive right into a slice! Can you ship to Boston? This looks amaaazing :)
I’d love to ship food – I have it coming out of the woodwork. I donate more food than the Red Cross I think :)
This coffee cake looks perfect! So yummy!
Oh my, if you say this cake is totally unique, then it is!
Most desserts just aren’t worth doing those Billy Blanks 80’s workout VHS tapes….but this one is. (I guess I’m the only one who still does those =)
Stunning visual appeal…….Can’t wait to sample.
Most desserts just aren’t worth doing those Billy Blanks 80′s workout VHS tapes….but this one is. <--- THANK YOU for the best comment of the day. Amen girl. I can totally appreciate your sentiment. For me, it's not those tapes but it's sweating out another mile on the concrete. I always think twice before another piece of anything, if it's worth another 3 miles of sweating. LOL
Well this is GORGEOUS! I’ve been seeing a few recipes with coffee creamer in them and I’m curious to try it out. This sounds so delicious… can’t go wrong with Bailey’s, right? I’m starting a juice cleanse on Saturday so I am going to hold off on this for now, but pinning for later!!! xo
Thanks for pinning and you and your cleanses, you’re great with them! I haven’t done a formal one in about 9 months or so? I should do another one. It’s the season of the year where it feels natural and easier (I did one in the dead of winter once…froze the whole time drinking all those cold juices!)
I have totally been waiting to do another one until it got warmer! Now that it’s almost 90 degrees in Texas every day… it’s time! :)
I thought of your yellow cupcake recipe when I saw this because it also looks like a classic. Coffee creamer in a cake sounds delicious–and so much easier than trying to figure out how many different extracts you’d need to create a similar flavor. Bailey’s is always good–I’ll have to scout this one out!
so much easier than trying to figure out how many different extracts you’d need to create a similar flavor <-- Amen to that! It also reminds me yellow cake mix cake which no matter how hard I've tried, recreating that is next to impossible. Duncan Hines has been around forever for a reason! And yes it does look so much like my yellow cupcake recipe, you're right! I forget my own recipes sometimes...LOL!
The cake you’re describing almost sounds too good to be true. I’m almost afraid to make it but it looks and sounds so good I’d feel like a fool if I didn’t. Maybe we’d be able to pace ourselves and it’ll last more than a day? Wishful thinking..
LOL you’re too funny! Well you have a family to help you taste test. It’s a small cake and probably will disappear pretty quickly but that’s a good thing, right :)
That looks amazing! So soft and fluffy :-) Pinned!
Thanks for pinning! :-)
I wish I lived closer to my mama as she would love this!
I love that you used Baileys Coffee Creamer here! That sounds absolutely incredible! This cake is gorgeous and looks so moist and perfect – as always! Pinned :)
Thanks for pinning! :-)
Don’t you love happy accidents? And that yellow cake quality is always a nice surprise!
This crumb looks perfect on this cake! Love the drizzle, too!
Yes I do love them! And as hard as I’ve tried in the past to recreate yellow cake mix cake, this is as close as I’ve gotten (by accident no less!)
That cake looks so delicious! A recipe doesn’t have to be complex to be a success and this one looks like a big hit!
Averie ,
This coffee cake looks so soft and yummy. And the bright orange color really bring me up! There are so many recipes that I need trying here. I have tried that pineapple upside down cake several days ago, and it really turns out to be so good even I am quite a newbie in baking world.
Thanks for trying the pineapple upside down cake and for a newbie, that’s not the easiest cake to make, it’s not hard per se, but it’s slightly fussy. This cake is super duper easy. If you make that other cake, this one is an in-your-sleep easy cake :)
Gorgeous looking cake Averie! So light and fluffy and i bet delicious!