Vegan Coffee Cake Crumble

(12 servings)

  • For The Crumble Topping:
  • 1 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 
3/4 cup packed brown sugar (light or medium)
  • 
4 Tablespoons non-hydrogenated margarine - melted
  • 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

  • For The Cake:
  • 
1 cup vanilla or plain soy milk
  • 
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
  • 
2 and 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 
1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 
1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 
1 cup packed brown sugar (light or medium)
  • 
3/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 
1/2 cup canola oil
  • 
1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
  • egg substitute equivalent to 1 egg
  • 
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a 9x13 baking dish with a generous coating of cooking spray.

Start by making the topping:

In a small bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, melted margarine and cinnamon. Mix well and set aside.

Now the cake:

In a measuring cup, stir together the soymilk and vinegar to create "buttermilk." Set aside.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder. Mix well. Set aside.

In the bowl of a stand mixer (or a large bowl), combine the sugars, oil, applesauce and vanilla. Beat well. Add egg substitute and continue to beat until well-combined (about 20 more seconds). Alternately, add both the reserved "buttermilk" and the flour mixtures to the mixer bowl. Continue to beat just until the batter is smooth.

Spread batter in prepared pan. Sprinkle the topping mixture evenly over batter.

Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

Remove the coffee cake from oven, place on a rack and let it cool completely before serving. If desired, lightly dust cooled cake with powdered sugar.

Tip: For variation, core, peel and dice a medium apple and fold it into the finished batter. You could also add 1/4 to a 1/3 cup of any chopped nut. Pecans and apple work great together.


This coffee cake uses soy milk and egg substitute so it's vegan. Apple sauce adds moistness to the batter. A cinnamon and brown sugar crumble acts as the perfect topping.


Mr Breakfast would like to thank chall22 for this recipe.

Recipe number 2684. Submitted 11/20/2009.