Peanut Butter and Jelly Coffee Cake
Updated March 26, 2019
Today is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! PB & J was one of my favorite sandwiches as a kid and it still is. Whole wheat bread, creamy peanut butter, and sweet jelly or jam-classic comfort food! I never get tired of a good PB & J. To celebrate this fine holiday, I will be eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich for lunch, but I also made you a special treat, a Peanut Butter and Jelly Coffee Cake. This cake tastes like a PB & J sandwich, but in cake form. Oh yeah!
This cake is easy to make and I bet you have all of the ingredients in your kitchen. There is peanut butter in the cake and in the peanut butter streusel topping. I used creamy peanut butter to make the cake and crunchy peanut butter for the streusel topping because I wanted a little extra crunch. This cake is meant for peanut butter fanatics-like myself:)
The cake is tender and moist with a sweet tunnel of jelly in the middle. I used grape jelly to stick with tradition, but use whatever jelly or jam you like. The cake tastes just like a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, but in dessert form. The peanut butter streusel topping is out of this world and adds a nice crunch to the cake.
Since this is a coffee cake it is perfectly acceptable to have a big fat slice for breakfast. And since it is a PB & J cake it is also perfectly acceptable to eat it for lunch:) Wash it down with a cold glass of milk and you are set!
This Peanut Butter and Jelly Coffee Cake is the perfect way to celebrate National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day! Grab a jar of peanut butter and your favorite jelly and get baking!
Peanut Butter and Jelly Coffee Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/2 cup grape jelly or jelly of your choice
- For the Peanut Butter Streusel Topping:
- 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup crunchy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter melted
Instructions
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray a 8x8 baking pan with cooking spray and set aside.
- 2. First, make the peanut butter streusel topping. In a medium bowl, combine the flour and brown sugar. Mix with a spoon until there are no big brown sugar clumps. Add the peanut butter and melted butter, stirring until the mixture is crumbly. Set aside.
- 3. In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together. In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the peanut butter and butter until creamy and smooth, about 3 minutes. Add the brown sugar mix until creamy. Add the egg and vanilla extract. Turn the mixer to low and alternately add the dry ingredients and buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Don't over mix, beat until just combined.
- 4. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. Spoon grape jelly evenly over the cake. Take a toothpick and gently swirl in the jelly. Sprinkle the peanut butter streusel over the cake. Bake for 30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer the cake to a wire cooling rack and cool completely. Slice and serve!
- Note: I used grape jelly, but you can use your favorite flavor of jelly or jam! Enjoy!
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This sounds wonderful!!
A classic combo…. I’m going to try it!
I absolutely love how your keep me informed of all of the National food days. It is so much fun! And, this cake looks so good!
Yay PB&J! 😀 My all time favorite sandwich! What a neat twist!!! 😀 I love this Maria!
PB&J is a favorite of the kids! Have pinned it (@yummyinspire) to make for them as a special treat!
I think I’d eat the entire thing by myself!
The crumbly topping gets me every time!! I agree- PB&J is SO good. The only thing better is PB & banana in my opinion! Great way to celebrate!
Mmm I am in love! Coffee cake freak right here 🙂
Oh yum, what a great idea! Wish I had a slice for breakfast!
YUM! This looks fantastic!
Ohhh I could do some damage to that cake! Looks deeeelicious!
Oh how this looks amazing!
Happy PB&J day to you too! This looks delicious
Mmm, I agree, pb and jam are one of my comfort foods too! This looks amazing!
I’m thinking that this would be an acceptable lunch, right? If only I can get one whipped up in time!! LOVE.
I seriously need to get on these food holidays, lol! I love PB&J goodies, yours looks beautiful! Have a great day Maria! xoxo
You cannot go wrong with peanut butter and jelly! Perfect for coffee (or tea) indeed!
This would be awesome with some homemade jam! I think I have one jar left!
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What a great idea! I had no idea today was PB&J Day 🙁 This cake sounds wonderful.
Oh my! I am all over this. Anything PB+J is a winner in my book! Yummm
I happen to have 1/2 cup of buttermilk leftover in the fridge. Was wondering what I could do with it….this is the answer!!
I love this! I should make this for the kids when they come home today for an after-school snack.
Fun idea, Maria! I know my kids would love this.
Looks amazing! I have to give it a try! I LOVE PB&J!!
OMG how fun! I had no idea today was National PB&J Day, otherwise I would’ve packed myself one for lunch 🙂 This looks like it would be so yummy!!
Just working on my own PB&J post for today and this cake looks so delish, Maria!
I die over anything with streusel!! YUM!
We are PB&J addicts around here! Love this!
So creative, Maria! My boys love PB, so I’m adding this to the recipe box.
I could seriously eat a pb&j every day and not get sick of it. I love this way to have it for breakfast!
Suddenly my regular morning plate of toast and eggs doesn’t seem so appealing! This looks delicious, Maria. What a tasty looking and creative recipe. Thanks for sharing!
Do you keep a calendar of all these amazing food holidays? I’m always way late to the game! This is one heck of a delicious way to celebrate PB&J!
I love it! I’m glad I ‘m not the only one who knew it was Peanut Butter and Jelly day today! I keep a little calendar of some fun holidays like this on my blog
http://bel-bien.blogspot.com/p/dates-for-your-diary.html
I am gonna have to try this, my hubby would love it, with a tall glass of milk!
Yuuuummmmyyyyyyy…..! This cake looks lñike adream to me, oh can’t wait for Friday to arrive, will definitely try it soon! Thanks.
I love ALL things peanut butter and jelly! This is just perfect…
YUM!! I think I’ll make this with seedless raspberry jam since it’s my favorite!
This looks soooo good! My 4-year old would definitely love this (and I would, too!).
What a clever idea for PB&J!
such a great holiday 🙂
Well-done, Maria! This is brilliant! I need to find out about foodie holidays in advance so that I can prepare. This one is right up my alley!
Yum! I would totally make this… I just made a jam from last summer’s frozen raspberries and peaches and it would totally go well in this!
This is the perfect recipe for PB&J Day! I am dying over the pb streusel topping!
PBJ is one of my favorites! If not my favorite! I would LOVE this cake! Wonderful recipe!
I love this recipe and I love your site. I hope you don’t mind, I included a link to it on my PB&J Day post. Have a great day!
there is really no better combination than peanut butter and jelly. this cake looks simply lovely!
how many calories is in this?
Yeah I’d like to know calories too.
Delicious though.
Just dove into this cake…it is divine. So much better than I expected. The peanut butter taste is serious – better than a PBJ sandwich by far!!! Love it!!
Happy PB&J day would like some of this for tea with a large cup of PG!
This looks amazing!!! I didn’t know today was National PB&J Day and since that’s what I bring for lunch everyday, I would’ve made something! I’m def saving this recipe. YUM!
I had a PB&J for breakfast! but this cake would have been a MUCH better option.
Yummy!
I didn’t realize it was PB&J Day until 4:30pm today otherwise I may have had a PB&J for lunch. I loved that sandwich as a kid. Still a stellar sandwich in my book!
Yum, I’ve never seen a pb&j combination in coffee cake form. I’m sure I’ll be over the moon once I take that first bite.
Lovely coffee cake — reminds me of delicious tea cakes. And what a great idea with streusel 🙂
You had me at “peanut butter” – yum!
This is wonderful Maria! I love anything peanut butter and jelly so I’m sure I’d adore this cake. Thanks for sharing!
Such a fun cake Maria & I love the crumble on top!
This peanut butter and jelly coffee cake looks so delicious. I remember as i was growing up, pb & j was a favorite as well.
Such a fun twist on the classic, Maria!
This looks delicious! Great spin on a classic that can be served up so many ways!
I just made this for my family, and they LOVED it. I substituted the chocolate chips for the jelly since my husband doesn’t like any kind of fruit in any kind of cake. Thank you for the delicious recipe that I’ll definitely make again.
Love that you added chocolate chips! Yum!
Oh my, this is right up my alley!! Love it!
PB & J is the ultimate comfort for me! Put it in a cake form, and you’ve got me hooked! What a great post to come back to after being out of the country for 3 months! 🙂 It’s so nice to be back and catching up on all your food adventures! I missed it very much!
I just made this tonight (in a 9-inch cake pan because I didn’t have an 8×8-inch square dish) and it was absolutely delicious! You can definitely taste the peanut butter in the cake; as a peanut butter fanatic myself, I couldn’t have been happier! I made two adjustments: 1) I found the crumble a little too paste-like so I added an additional 2-3 tablespoons of flour and 2) I substituted half of the all-purpose flour with whole wheat pastry flour in the cake.
Thanks for the wonderful recipe! I’ll be making it again 🙂
I just made this the other day and boy did it go fast! Even my picky husband loved them.
Pinned it love PB&J!
Yes please