Glazed Peanut Butter & Jam Coffee Cake

If you enjoy eating peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, this is the coffee cake for you!

A peanut butter coffee cake with a scattering of streusel, dollops of grape jam, and topped by a creamy peanut butter glaze.

Is your mouth watering yet? Best of all, this is a pantry style recipe; no expensive or exotic ingredients are required to make this mouth watering, breakfast cake. Yes, I said breakfast cake.

Ready to make some homemade happiness on a plate? Let's get started. 

Before making your coffee cake batter:

1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Make your streusel topping.

Streusel Topping 

1/3 cup packed light brown sugar

1/4 cup all purpose flour

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

3 Tbsp. butter, or margarine

Directions

• Place all of your ingredients in a bowl.
• Mix all ingredients until crumbly. 
• Make sure the butter or margarine is cold or your topping will not form small crumbs.
• Set aside and prepare your coffee cake batter.

Coffee Cake Ingredients

2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup granulate white sugar

3 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup milk

1 medium to large egg

1/4 cup grape jam

Directions

• Place all of your dry ingredients into a bowl.
• Stir dry ingredients until blended.
• Add peanut butter, milk, and egg.
• Beat on low speed for 30 seconds.
• Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scrapping sides of bowl occasionally.
• Spread half of the batter in a greased 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan, or a 9 x 9 inch square pan.

Half of the batter is spread into the greased pan.

• Sprinkle half of the streusel topping on top of the batter.

Half of the streusel is sprinkled on the batter.

• Pour remaining batter into the pan.
• Spread gently over streusel topping with a spatula, if necessary.

Second layer of batter and streusel.

• Sprinkle remaining streusel topping over batter.
• Place grape jam by teaspoonfuls on top of the cake.

Dollops of grape jam placed onto the coffee cake.

• Bake for about 30 minutes, or until a wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. 30 minutes for an oblong cake pan, 40 minutes for a square cake pan.

Baked and ready for a layer of creamy peanut butter glaze.

• Cool before applying creamy peanut butter glaze

Creamy Peanut Butter Glaze

Ingredients

2 cups powdered sugar

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

4 Tbsp. hot water

Directions

• Place powdered sugar in a bowl.
• Add vanilla extract, creamy peanut butter, and 2 Tbsp. of hot water.
• Beat with a whisk just until mixed well.
• Add 2 more Tbsp. of hot water.
• Whisk or beat until well mixed and creamy.
• Pour peanut butter glaze onto the top of the cooled coffee cake
• Gently spread with a spatula until the entire top of the cake is covered.

Creamy peanut butter glaze.

NOTE: The streusel in an oblong cake is not in a distinct layer. If you want distinct layers of streusel, use a square, 9 x 9 inch cake pan. OR  double the streusel recipe.