With a buttery streusel topping and sweet cinnamon filling, this classic vegan coffee cake recipe is a wonderful addition to any brunch or breakfast menu!

The best vegan coffee cake

As someone who grew up with traditional New York style coffee cake, I wanted to create a vegan version that would be much more than “good, for a vegan cake.”

It needed to have the same moist vanilla cake and rich cinnamon crumb topping as the original, with each tender bite absolutely melting in your mouth.

And this delicious coffee crumb cake does just that: it melts in your mouth.

With glowing reviews from both vegans and non vegans, the simple dairy free recipe really is just as good as any fancy bakery coffee cake!

Also make this Vegan Chocolate Cake
Dairy free crumb cake flavors

Banana Coffee Cake: Replace the applesauce with ripe mashed banana. Sprinkle on a few tablespoons of finely chopped walnuts when you add the streusel.

Blueberry Coffee Cake: Add a half cup of fresh blueberries on top of the filling before covering with the remaining cake batter. You can use this same method to turn the cake into strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, or cherry versions.

Apple Coffee Cake: Add a half cup of diced apples on top of the filling and a handful of chopped, toasted pecans in either the filling or the topping.

Pumpkin Coffee Cake: Replace the applesauce in the recipe with canned pumpkin puree. Substitute half a teaspoon of the cinnamon in the...