WW Recipe of the Day: Low-Fat Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
Moist and satisfying, this skinny coffee cake is a sweet and special way to start the day.
Low-Fat Skinny Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
I'm a coffee cake lover. There's something so indulgent about having cake for breakfast.
It's not something I do all the time, just every once in a while for a special treat.
Some of my favorite coffee cakes are the kind that begin with a yellow cake mix that you sprinkle with streusel layers of cinnamon, brown sugar and chopped nuts. The flavors remind me of the little Drake's Coffee Cakes (affiliate link) I was so fond of as a kid growing up back east.
If you prefer to bake from scratch check out this yummy coffee crumb cake recipe
Recipe Notes
This quick and easy skinny low fat cinnamon streusel coffee cake begins with a box of Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Cupcake Mix (affiliate link), which is essentially a 9-ounce cake mix (instead of the standard 18.25-ounce package) designed to make just 12 cupcakes.
You can always use half of a standard cake mix instead.
How Many Calories and WW Points in this Coffee Cake?
According to my calculations each serving has 149 calories and:
5 *SmartPoints (Green plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Blue plan)
5 *SmartPoints (Purple plan)
4 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
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Easy Skinny Low Fat Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the streusel
- 2 tablespoons light brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ cup finely chopped pecans
For the coffee cake
- 1 package (9 ounces) yellow cupcake mix
- 1 tablespoon all-purpse flour
- ½ cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt
- ½ cup water
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Position an oven rack in the center and preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Lightly mist an 8 x 8-inch square baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set it aside.
- To make the streusel, in a small bow, stir together the brown sugar, cinnamon and pecans until well combined.
- To make the cake, in a large bowl, beat together the dry cake mix, flour, yogurt, water, oil, egg and vanilla with an electric mixer (affiliate link) on medium until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Scrape ½ the batter into the prepared pan and smooth it out evenly. Sprinkle ½ the streusel mixture evenly over the batter in the pan.
- Scrape the remaining batter over the topping, spreading it out evenly. Sprinkle the rest of the streusel topping over the cake batter.
- Bake until golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and place on a wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.
- Slice and serve while still a little warm.
Recipe Notes
*Points® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan's ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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Hello, just wanted to say, I enjoyed this post.
It was funny. Keep on posting!
Prerana
I tried this today. I used an entire box of Duncan Hines yellow cake mix, doubled the recipe, used only one egg though. I didn't have the Greek yogurt, used fat free sour cream instead. The cake is amazing! Thank you for this lovely coffee cake recipe!
Tiffany
This low-fat coffee cake with cinnamon streusel recipe is delish, I made it exactly has directed minus the pecans. And it was fantastic, even my extremely picky 4 yr old and husband loved it. Thanks
MJ
If you use the whole box of mix, and double the recipe, what size pan did you use, and did you alter the amount of baking time?
Thank you.
Emily
I see the PointsPlus value per serving, but what is the SmartPoints value?
Sara
Super yummy coffee cake! I subbed applesauce for the oil and it came out wonderfully!
Betty McCullough
This coffee cake was the best. Took it to a picnic. They all wanted the recipe.
jude steinmetz
I made this tonight with slight changes. Used plain yogurt, extra vanilla, an extra egg ( a little richer) , Betty Crocker cake mix (butter recipe, but did not add the butter), and doubled the struesel topping. It baked for the same time, and came out delicious! Thank you for a good low fat cake recipe! Yum!
Robin
Why is a package of cupcake mix 9 oz ? Most store bought us 15-16 oz. this makes the recipe confusing.
Martha McKinnon
Hi Robin, I happened to have a box of cupcake mix I used in this recipe that was 9 ounces. This is half of what old (18 ounces) cake mixes used to be. Now cake mixes have been made smaller to 15-16 ounces. If you use 1/2 a standard cake mix with this recipe it should be fine. Hope this helps. ~Martha
Rosemarie Pettignano
Need to know how much is in there
Leslie Green
So moist. Very yummy. Made it for our Easter brunch. It was a hit.