Coffee Cake Recipe Wanted

badgerpackerfan

Enthusiast Member
I am looking for a moist coffee cake that has just a little cinnamon and sugar on top. I know there is a very old recipe that was simple, moist and delicious.

 
Hi BPF, can you remember the shape of the cake? Tube, bundt, 9x13, square??

And how "old" is "very old recipe"?
Can you remember the time frame when you made (or tasted) it?

 
Here is my favorite simple coffee cake

COFFEE CAKE


1/2 C shortening
3/4 C sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
2 C flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 pint sour cream
6 T softened butter
1 C packed brown sugar
2 tsp cinnamon
1 C chopped nuts

Mix last four ingredients and set aside. Grease 10" tube pan, and line it with waxed paper. Cream shortening, sugar and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time. Add flour, baking powder and soda to mix, alternately with sour cream. Spread half of batter in pan. Sprinkle half of nut mix over it. Repeat. Bake at 350° about 50 minutes. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pan.

 
I've tried a bunch, and I've never found one I like as much as this one:

My Favorite Coffee Cake

This recipe is the best coffee cake recipe
I've come across. I've made it for church
meetings, neighborhood association
get-togethers, brunches, etc., and it never
fails to get a lot of oooohhhs and
aaaaahhhhs! It is VERY tender, moist, and
smells like absolute heaven. (We actually
shortened a committee meeting once, because I
had taken this cake out of the oven and
brought it *warm* to the meeting room. The
aroma drove everyone nuts! A motion was made
to "adjourn and devour"!).

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This recipe 'doubles' very well, and in all
truth, an 8 x 8 pan is simply not enough for
more than 2 people! I use a 15" x 10" x 2"
glass pyrex for a double batch. I find I
have to increase cooking time by about 10
minutes, checking for doneness with a
toothpick (comes out clean when done).

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My Favorite Coffee Cake


Preheat oven to 350 degrees

BATTER:
1 1/2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup shortening
3/4 cup milk
1 egg

TOPPING:
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 Tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp melted butter
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1/2 cup sugar

greased 8x8 pan

In a med. bowl, mix dry ingredients of
topping with a spoon, add melted
butter and stir to a crumbly consistency.

For batter, mix flour, baking powder and salt
in a med. bowl and set aside.

In a mixer bowl, cream shortening, sugar and
egg. Add the milk and dry
ingredients to the shortening mixture, and
mix on med. speed until smooth.

Place 1/2 of batter in bottom of greased pan
and gently spread to cover.

Evenly sprinkle 1/2 of the topping onto the
batter in the pan. Follow with
remaining batter, and then remaining topping.

Bake 25 to 30 minutes, or until top is nicely
browned. Remove from oven,
cool on rack until warm. Enjoy!


Note: I usually use walnuts, pecans, or
almonds in the topping, with equally
good results. A half and half mixture of
almonds and pecans is especially good.

Michael

 
ha! THIS was the one I was thinking was the tunnel/bundt/tube cake your son made.

I'm so happpy to know I'm not 100% insane.

 
I love this one! It's what my new neighbors get when they move in.

Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 20:12:32 GMT
From: Marilyn in FL

While it's good cold, this cake is an absolute dream on the olfactory front when warm. If you're pressed for time, prep the sugars/dry mix and the wet mix the night before (just hold off on the baking soda and baking powder). Pulling it together in the morning takes a heartbeat... and bakes in only 35-45 minutes (Check on it at the earlier time... mine has never gone the full baking limit.)

Also, I don't add the second tsp of cinnamon on the final topping (recipe uses 2 tsp total) ...but that's just a personal preference.

I get up, mix it together, toss it in the oven, shower and get dressed. When it's done, so am I.

Wrap the pan in a thick towel and go forth with a nutty/cinnamon-y treat that will win friends and teach young children to respect you.

In large bowl mix together

2 1/4 C flour
1 C brown sugar
3/4 C sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp ginger
3/4 C corn oil (she's pretty emphatic about using oil vs butter...says some cakes fail miserably if you use butter. Her word is good enough for me...I use oil)

Remove and reserve 3/4 C of crumbs.

Add to large bowl:
1 beaten egg
1 C buttermilk
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt

Pour into well-greased 13x9 pan

Add to reserved crumbs:
1/2 C chopped nuts
1 tsp cinnamon
and sprinkle on top of cake
(I like to sprinkle a few chocolate chips on the top. People seem to get such a cheap thrill eating chocolate for breakfast.)

Bake 350 for 35-45 minutes.
Hope this is correct...I'm doing it from memory...EVERYONE loves this! I've even got a contingency at work that begs...It is SUCH a rush of power to have people beg!!

Responses
1. AMEN to this coffeecake paean of praise! It is THE BEST. I have also made it with>>> (Mary in OR)
blueberries sprinkled over the top (in which case, cut WAY down on the cinnamon in the topping); with sliced tart apples; I think it would probably be great with fresh cranberries, although you might need to add some sugar to the topping. It is the only coffeecake I've made for years. I see others and think But why bother...they can't be as good!

http://eat.at/swap/forum6/77_Cafe_Beaujolais_Coffee_Cake

 
can't get past the registration and I don't want to register for yet another thing. is there a way

around?

 
Ang, Are you talking about Aunt Jewel's Cake? If so, do a google search and see if it comes up for

you. If you cannot get the recipe I will type it for you.

Gay

 
THANK YOU!

thank you all for the coffee cake recipes. I am sure one of them is the one I have wanted. However, they all sound wonderful and I will enjoy trying them. Everyone is so helpful. Thanks again.

 
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