When Coffee Cake Stares Longingly At You

Sometimes you just want a small coffee cake or quick bread - enough for one meal to satisfy that short longing for something cinnamony and delicious. This recipe fits that bill - all the way.
As you know my family members are serial cereal eaters on the weekend - it's heartbreaking really. And while yes - someone needed a timeout because of this coffee cake/bread - we won't say who - but we'll just say he asked for a second piece because he thought it was just that good. Worth that time out I guess!
I made up my own buttermilk - yet again - a little milk, some lemon juice (don't tell Andy or my mom), some plain nonfat Greek Yogurt, worked great.
The nice part was there was only one slice left when we were done - that went with Andy to work. No extra huge coffee cake to tempt me and stare longingly at me wishing I'd smother it in butter and eat it. Hrm... perhaps I need to make another coffee cake... perhaps I just need more sleep.

Cinnamon Loaf
2 cups All Purpose / Plain flour
1 1/2 cups regular sugar
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 egg
1/4 cup canola oil
1 Tbsp cinnamon powder

Glaze:
1/4 cup powdered / icing sugar
2 tsp milk

1. Preheat oven to 350 °F (180 °C). Grease a 9-in loaf pan.
2. Combine the flour, 1 cup sugar, baking powder, salt, buttermilk, egg, vanilla, and oil; stir just until moistened.
3. In a small bowl, combine cinnamon and remaining sugar.
4. Pour half of the batter into bread pan; sprinkle with half of the cinnamon-sugar. Spread with remaining batter and sprinkle with remaining cinnamon-sugar.
5. Using a skewer or knife, cut through the batter to swirl a few times.
6. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Allow to cool for 10 minutes in the pan before removing to wire rack. Cool completely.
7. For the glaze, combine icing / powdered sugar and enough milk to reach desired consistency; drizzle over loaf.