Cinnamon Swirl Coffee Cake

Why is coffee cake so good? Completely unfair.

My grandma used to make ridiculously delicious coffee cake- and I was feeling nostalgic the other day...so I made some. The recipe was one I found online & is completely perfect: soft, sweet, comforting. 

Note: Coffee Cake has a lot of butter. 

Wait.

Let me reiterate:

Coffee. Cake. Has. A. LOT. Of. Butter. 

But it's oh so good.

The main recipe is from the sweet blog Buns in my Oven- and the cinnamon swirl is mine.

Recipe (found here) 

For the cake:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

12 tablespoons butter

1 1/2 cups white sugar

2 large eggs

1 1/4 cups sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

For the crumb topping:

1 cup brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 tablespoons cinnamon

1 cup (2 sticks) melted butter

2 1/2 cups flour

For the cinnamon swirl:

1/4 cup white sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

For full instructions, make sure to give the original recipe maker some love, by visiting her blog here. The one thing I added was the cinnamon swirl in the middle- just put half the batter in the pan- sprinkle the cinnamon + sugar evenly, and add the rest of the batter! 

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Ugh. It tastes as good as it looks, I promise. Cinnamony sweet goodness.

I worked yesterday and am dying to hear about what everyone did yesterday! I'll be at the beach today making up for lost relaxation time. Mmmhmm bring on the sun.

How was your weekend? 

I envy any of you that had any type of picnic/BBQ/etc. Majorly.

xo, lp

**psssssssssst! I'm majorly excited about the fact that tomorrow I'll be doing my first GIVEAWAY on the blog! Woohoo!!!