Public Recipe
Cinnamon-Sugar Kuchen 2025 Edition
Shared on 12/2/2025
You know how some cakes feel like they belong on the table before the coffee even finishes brewing? Kuchen does that. It's soft, not too sweet, with a cinnamon ripple that melts into the crumb. The top gets a little crackly from the sugar you dust on after baking. This one travels well. Wrap it, slide it into a cake box, and hand it to a neighbor who's had a long week. They can slice it warm, or wait until morning. Either way, it feels like comfort.
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Prep Time
10 minutes
Bake Time
30 minutes
Difficulty
intermediate
Yield
1 cake (9-inch)
yeast bread
Ingredients
Dry
- 300 Flour
- 60 Sugar
- 8 Baking powder
- 3 Salt
- 1 Nutmeg
Wet
- 180 Milk
- 60 Sour cream
- 1 Egg
- 6 Vanilla
- 45 Melted butter
Ripple
- 30 Butter
- 50 Brown sugar
- 6 Cinnamon
- 40 Pecans optional
Finish
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 1/2 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
1
1
Heat oven to 190C/375F.
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2
Whisk dry ingredients.
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3
Whisk wet ingredients.
4
4
Fold together dry and wet ingredients.
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5
Spread half of the batter into the pan.
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6
Add ripple mixture.
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7
Top with remaining batter.
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8
Bake for 28-30 minutes.
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9
Cool for 10 minutes and dust with cinnamon-sugar.
Equipment
- 9-inch springform pan
- mixing bowls
- whisk
- measuring scale
- oven
Tips
- •Wrap the cake well for storage to keep it fresh.
- •For a warmer flavor, slightly warm the ripple before layering.
Troubleshooting
- Issue: Cake is too drySolution: Reduce baking time or ensure ingredients are measured accurately.
- Issue: Ripple is too stiffSolution: Warm the ripple mixture slightly to soften it.
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