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Best Breakfast Cakes

Coffee Cakes and Crumb Cake Recipes

By , About.com Guide

Here are some of my favorite breakfast cakes, including delicious spiced coffee cakes and fruit-filled crumb cakes.

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Cake

Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb CakeImage © Diana Rattray

This delicious crumb cake is a great way to use this season's rhubarb and strawberries. Serve this cake as a coffee cake for brunch or breakfast, as a dessert cake, or take it along to a potluck.

Special Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Special Sour Cream Coffee CakeImage © Diana Rattray

This is a special coffee cake recipe made with sour cream and a chocolate cinnamon filling.

Cherry Crumb Cake

Cherry Crumb CakeImage © Diana Rattray
This cherry crumb cake is topped with a delicious spiced buttery brown sugar topping. Serve this cherry cake with a scoop of ice cream for an extra-special dessert.

Strawberry Coffee Cake

Strawberry Coffee CakeImage © Diana Rattray

This delicious coffee cake is made with fresh sliced strawberries and a simple cake batter with crumb topping.

Peach Coffee Cake

Peach Coffee CakeImage © Diana Rattray

Serve this peach coffee cake for a brunch or breakfast or top it with whipped cream or ice cream for a very special summer dessert.

Fruit Cocktail Coffee Cake

Fruit Cocktail Coffee CakeImage © Diana Rattray
Bake this delicious cake in a tube cake pan or Bundt pan. Use fruit chunks or fruit cocktail in this cake, and feel free to use walnuts instead of the chopped pecans, or leave the nuts out.

Blueberry Crumb Cake

Blueberry Crumb CakeImage © Diana Rattray

This blueberry cake is the perfect coffee cake for your next get-together. This cake is topped with blueberries and a spiced brown sugar crumb topping, along with optional finely chopped nuts.

Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Sour Cream Coffee CakeImage © Diana Rattray
This sour cream coffee cake is baked in a tube pan, layered with cinnamon nut mixture.

Orange Crumb Cake With Cinnamon Crumb Topping

Orange Crumb Cake With Cinnamon Crumb ToppingImage © Diana Rattray

This is a tasty orange crumb cake with the added flavor of orange and a cinnamon crumb topping. This is a great breakfast or snack cake for the family, or freeze part of it for another day. 

Peach Streusel Cake

Peach Streusel CakeImage © Diana Rattray
Serve this peach cake with coffee for brunch or top it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream for a delicious dessert.

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